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An Iowa Family

An Iowa Family

Genealogy and Family History by Terry Kneen, [email protected]

This site has information on Kneen, Craine, Foster, Cody, Parish, Summers, Raff, and Maxwell plus many related families. I have included photos and historical information for Cherokee, Iowa; Red Oak, Iowa; and Hartley, Iowa and will be adding more information in the future. I appreciate comments, corrections, suggestions, and those great notes from distant cousins.

Kneen and Craine from the Isle of Man > Illinois > Iowa and South Dakota

  • Listing of Kneen's and related families.
  • Listing of Craine and related families.
  • Pictures of Foster, Cody, Kneen and Culver
  • Brief summary of the John Thomas Kneen family.
  • Obituaries of Kneens and newspaper notes from Hartley Herald Iowa
  • Eliza Isabella Kneen birth record from the Isle of Man
  • Photo of Grandma Maude Foster Kneen Osborn
  • Family cemetery plot at Hartley Iowa.
  • See the other Kneen sources below.

Foster from England > Massachusetts > New Hampshire > Michigan and Indiana > Iowa and South Dakota

  • F. A. Foster Letter from South Dakota to his father Charles H. around 1890.
  • F. A. Foster Journal and farm records from 1877 to 1890 Cherokee County, Iowa.
  • Listing of Foster's and related families.
  • Pictures of Foster, Cody, Kneen and Culver
  • F. A. Foster Obituary
  • Charles H. Foster Obituary
  • Will of Susanna Foster from 1878
  • Obituary of Mary Cody Foster
  • Maude Bernice Foster (Kneen) Osborn
  • Dessie Foster Obituary
  • Location of the original Foster farm land.
  • Location of Frank A. Fosters farm in Spring Township, Cherokee Ia.
  • See the other Foster sources below.

Cody from North Carolina > Indiana > Iowa and Nebraska

  • Listing of Cody's and related families
  • Sarah E. Cody and Niles Gregg information.
  • Pictures of Foster, Cody, Kneen and Culver
  • Austin Cody Land Grant - Putnam County Indiana
  • Austin Cody Land Grant 2 - Putnam County Indiana
  • Obituary of Mary Cody Foster
  • See other Cody source materials below.

Summers (Sommer, Sommers) from Bern Switzerland > Wisconsin > Iowa > Nebraska

  • Listing of Summers and related families.
  • Photo of John, Laura, and children.
  • Later photo of above: John Laura and Children in the 1950's.
  • Obituary and photo of Laura Maxwell Summers
  • Photos of John and Laura Maxwell Summers
  • Photo of Grandma Summers
  • Photos of Ulrich and Elizabeth Raff Summers
  • Gravestone of Ulrich and Elizabeth Raff Summers in Greenwood Neb.
  • Photo of Leta Summers Swezey and Wayne Swezey
  • Gravesite of John Ellsworth Summers
  • See Sommer information below

Maxwell from Scotland > Virginia > Minnesota > Iowa

  • Listing of Maxwell's and related families.
  • John Maxwell Land Grant - Hennepin County Minnesota
  • John Maxwell 2nd land Grant - Hennepin County Minnesota
  • George Maxwell Land Grant - Hennepin County Minnesota
  • Photo of Francis R. Maxwell
  • Obituary and photo of Laura Maxwell Summers
  • Photo of Cliotia Maxwell
  • See other Maxwell source material below.

Raff from Ohio > Iowa > Kansas

  • Listing of Raff's and related families.
  • Picture of Sara Raff.
  • Photos of Ulrich and Elizabeth Raff Summers
  • See other Raff source material below.

 

 Additional links to this family's source material:

General Links

  • Cherokee Iowa Information and photos.
  • Burials in Cedar Cemetery, Cherokee, Ia
  • Abandoned Towns in Cherokee County Iowa
  • US GenWeb Project
  • Family Search
  • Cyndi's List
  • National Archives and Records Administration
  • The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site
  • Your local Public Library!

Links for researching Kneen

  • O'Brien County Iowa GenWeb site
  • Isle of Man
  • A Manx Notebook by Frances Coakley
  • Brian E. P. Kneen's Family Site

Links for Researching Maxwell

  • Hennepin County Minnesota Website
  • Louisa County Iowa Website

Links for Researching Sommer

  • Red Oak, Iowa (Montgomery County) Information
  • Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
  • Swiss surname directory
  • Iowa Civil War Site
  • Nebraska State Historical Society

Links for Researching Raff

  • Darke County, Ohio Genealogy
  • Descendants of Christian Raff and Sarah Ganger

Links for Researching Cody

  • Marion County Iowa GenWeb site
  • Iowa Civil War Site
  • Marion County Township map

Links for Researching Foster

  • Merrimack County, New Hampshire
  • Foster WebRing

Iowa Links

  • Iowa GenWeb Project
  • State Historical Society of Iowa
Last updated 1/21/2003 Copyright 2001 Terry Kneen

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