Hey guys. I will be bringing my geneology with me to the reunion. Just to keep everyone informed before hand of what I have found, here is a very quick rundown:
Dad's side: German, Irish, Scot, French, American Indian? The Laverty name is from Ireland, although it is northern Ireland. The Bairds are from Scotland and the Griffins appear at this point to be from Ireland. The Harris line may be from Scotland but I haven't been able to verify this.
Mom's side: Irish, Swedish, Canadian, Austrian, Russian, English
Where is the Polish you ask? The Austrian and Russian sides spoke Polish because they were originally part of the Polish empire and because of their proximity to other Polish speaking people. Our Great-grandmother wrote that she was Austrian on her marriage license. The Kujawa's (Kuyava) came from Russia. However, our grandfather Joseph George Kujawa (This is the correct order of his name) spoke Yiddish!
Known last names in our line: Laverty, Martin, Baird, Gerow, Griffin, Harris, Smith,Buehler, Helmuth, Reeb, Lude, Uhl, Kuyava, Kujawa, Gawlak, Wojczyk, Hand, Butler, Doyle, Coyle, Akerberg, Instrom There are a lot of variations in some of the spellings. I wrote down what was used on something in their own hand or the hand of one of their children.
See you at the reunion!
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