20. Our Garlock Ancestors.
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This story is my attempt to bring together information about all our ancestors I've written about into one document. It not so much a...
Mark Jamison
- Apr 19, 2023
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19. Source Materials.
Like the previous post, this is not for everyone. But, if you are interested in doing some research or reading on your own to expand your...
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Mark Jamison
- Apr 19, 2023
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18. Ancestral Decisions.
The earliest records of the Garlock Family are hard to come by. For the first couple of generations after coming to America, there is...
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Mark Jamison
- Apr 15, 2023
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17. Garlocks at war.
I couldn't write about the Garlocks of New York without mentioning the incredible impact the French and Indian War and the American...
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Mark Jamison
- Apr 15, 2023
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16. The Garlocks of New York.
Once Johann Peter and Johann Christian Gerlach came to America, it took them a while to get settled. New York State was a wild place in...
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Mark Jamison
- Apr 15, 2023
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Episode One - Palatine Beginnings. (2023 Version)
I first published this Post in 2022. Since then I have found new information that changes the story significantly. I originally based my...
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Mark Jamison
- May 4, 2022
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15. episode one - Palatine Beginnings
And now we go back to the beginnings of the Garlock story. Episode One. Back to Europe, to Germany. Back to the 1500's, 1600's and...
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Mark Jamison
- May 4, 2022
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14. Charles & Stella
An so, having written about the ancestry of both the the Garlock Family and the Miller Family, it's time to address how the two families...
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Mark Jamison
- Apr 1, 2021
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12. Stella (Miller) Garlock - The Prequel
After I wrote my first story, my mom (Charlotte Jamison) asked if I had found out anything about the Miller side of the family. I really...
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Mark Jamison
- Feb 17, 2021
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11. Let's Not forget Edson
I've been researching Rev. Charles Garlock and his kin for some time now. Maranda Garlock's youngest son Edson Jason Garlock was Charles'...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 18, 2021
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10. Simpson College Zenith Yearbook
In our last adventure, I had downloaded a slew of fun items from the Morningside College annual yearbooks on my grandfather Charles...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 17, 2021
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9. The Morningside College Sioux Annual Yearbook
Another great resource I discovered during my research was old yearbooks. People have scanned old high school and college yearbooks and...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 16, 2021
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8. The Travels and Tribulations of the Rev. Charles William Garlock.
I spent several months researching the Rev. Charles Garlock and his family. What an interesting guy. This piece is the culmination of...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 15, 2021
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7. Rev. Charles William Garlock in the (old) News
My research into the Garlock family took a real turn when I subscribed to Newpapers.com. This site is a repository of millions of...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 14, 2021
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6. The Miller Family
When I started doing this research, I focused on the Garlock side of my family rather than the Jamisons. With my mother being a Garlock,...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 13, 2021
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5. On the Road to Find the Garlock Family.
In September of last Ann and I took a road trip in our RV to track down some of the Garlock Family members I had been writing about. The...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 8, 2021
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4. Cherokee Mental Health Institute
When I wrote the piece about Vera, I was particularly struck that she had simply been forgotten by the family. Unfortunately, mental...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 7, 2021
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3. Postscript to the Story of Maranda Garlock
When I noted in my earlier post that Maranda Garlock was remarried after she moved to Sioux City, I did not know much about her life and...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 3, 2021
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2. Why is it Nobody Seems to Know About Vera Edith Garlock?
When I published my first story "How the West Was Won by the Garlock Family", I briefly introduced the oldest daughter of Rev. Charles...
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Mark Jamison
- Jan 2, 2021
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1. How the West Was Won by the Garlock Family.
I have no training or background in history. This is something that became an interest to me after retirement in October of 2019, and...
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