My father asked me to do some research on the Bundy school, located in Morgan Township, Porter County, Indiana. I found this photo on the facebook page for the Porter County Museum. [1] (Click on image to enlarge) The caption reads: 1907 image of the Bundy School in Morgan Township.Top Row: Grace Hubbel-teacher, Grace Lemster,… Continue reading Bundy School, Porter County Indiana, 1907
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From England to Indiana, Part 5
This the fifth in a series of posts examining a handwritten family history of Isaac Casbon and his descendants. The date and authorship of the manuscript is unknown. So far we’ve looked at Isaac Casbon’s family in Meldreth, England; his son Thomas’ marriage, family, and emigration first to Ohio and later to Porter County, Indiana;… Continue reading From England to Indiana, Part 5
Why Indiana?
In a previous post I asked why Thomas Casbon left Ohio for Indiana. It seems that he was making a good go of things in Ohio. He owned his own farm. He raised his children to adulthood there. We’ll probably never know exactly why he decided to move, but it’s likely there was more than one… Continue reading Why Indiana?
From England to Indiana, Part 4
This the fourth in a series of posts examining the handwritten family history of Isaac Casbon and his descendants. The manuscript, unsigned and undated, was written by someone with apparently first-hand knowledge of many of the people and events. (Click on image to enlarge) They concluded to go to the State of Ind Silvester went… Continue reading From England to Indiana, Part 4
From England to Indiana, Part 3
This is the third post in a series discussing the handwritten family history of Isaac Casbon and his descendants. This post focuses on Thomas Casbon’s emigration to the United States with his family. (Click on image to enlarge) Thomas Casbon emigrated to United States in the year of 1865 1846. Although I haven’t been able to… Continue reading From England to Indiana, Part 3
Welcome to ‘Our Casbon Journey’!
This is the first post of what I hope will be many. Our Casbon Journey is primarily a family history blog, dedicated to everybody with the Casbon family name. I’m including Casban and Casben as closely-related variants, since many of them share common ancestors with Casbons. According to Forebears.com, as of 2014, our surname is the… Continue reading Welcome to ‘Our Casbon Journey’!