Welcome to Edward and Carolyn Jack's family tree
website! This tree is a mother-and-son effort. The names highlighted below
are those of our main research lines.
Charles Jack
was born in Manchester, England, of a Scottish father and an English mother.
On his father's side, he is a descendant of Ian MacIan, a relative of the
Chieftain of the MacDonalds massacred at Glencoe in 1692. Ian's son Thomas
Jack fought for the Jacobites at Culloden in 1745.
Jeannette Pouliot
was French Canadian, from l'Ile d'Orleans, Quebec, and descended from many
of the earliest French colonists, as well as from a Scottish highlander who was
given land in Quebec in 1763, for his military service.
Lawrence Connors
was the grandson of Irish immigrants to Boston. His mother's family (the
Coynes and the Devers) were from Counties Sligo, Mayo, and Donegal. His father was placed
in an orphanage at the age of 7, but we have recently learned something of his parents.
Grace
Edwards was born in Nova Scotia, the descendant of English, Irish,
German, Acadian, Montbeliard, and Scottish immigrants. She is descended
from many of the first settlers of Nova Scotia, including at least two
Loyalist soldiers of the American Revolution.
Hazel
Senora Frey's ancestor Tobias Frey came from Germany to York, Pennsylvania in 1729,
and the family is still there today.
Louise A. Maul also
comes from a long line of people who originally came from Germany and Switzerland to York, Pennsylvania
as early as 1733.
Her line includes Bott, Oberlander, Bager/Baugher, Ziegler, Schmidt, Menges, and Miller as well as Maul/Moul.
The main attraction, with over 20,000 names. Here you
can visually browse our family tree, search our surname list or find
someone in the index. Some pages require a password to protect the privacy
of living people.
Click on parents' or children's names to navigate the tree. Click on the
person's name to view additional notes or photos.
