RELEASE DATE: DECEMBER 4, 2011
KINSEARCHING
by
Marleta Childs
P. O. Box 6825
LUBBOCK, TX 79493-6825
[email protected]
Evelyn Guluka is searching for information about the ancestors and descendants of Jefferson Davis MARSHALL of Upshur County, Texas. Anyone with information may e-mail her at [email protected].
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Two interesting items containing quite a bit of genealogical information can be found in the January 1995 (Volume II, No. 1) issue of the Southern New Mexico Historical Review. On pages 9-16, J. Henry Gustafson tells the story of his family in the article, “Swedish in New Mexico! The Gustafsons of Las Cruces.” He begins with his parents’ immigration from Sweden to the Great Plains and follows their story through their move to the American Southwest.
The second article pertains to a house in Las Cruces after the end of the American Civil War: “Early Owners of the Nestor Armijo Home, Part II: Benjamin Harrover and John D Barncastle.” Written by John B. Colligan, it appears on pages 41-45.