While doing some work on the One Place Study I am doing for the neighborhood I grew up in I decided to start looking for when the first non European person moved into the neighborhood. From that I decided to start compiling census records and city directory entries that note a person who is not European. I’m making them available here so that others may be able to find their ancestors easier. So far I have found Black Americans, Chinese Americans, and at least one Native American.

I will be updating this continually. If you happen to find someone not listed on my sheets who should be there, please let me know.

The direct link to this spreadsheet is: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g16OPKAuqbrNjkHfol36WsqcK4PwW6t0KTkTikX_gOo/edit?usp=sharing

“I don’t think you can ever leave home.
You take it with you. It’s in your hair follicles,
in the bend of your knees, the arch of your foot.
You can’t leave home. You just take it and rearrange it”
– Maya Angelou, African-American Lives (PBS), 2007

Welcome to my family history blog. Come join me as I learn more about both sides of my family. The four most recent family names are Jousma, Clark, Julien, and Mohney. I will be sharing personal data on my ancestors as well as information on the places they lived and events that they may have lived through.

Beecher Family
Bensinger Family
Clark Family
Clawson Family
Coffey Family
Henderson Family
Jouwsma/Jousma Family – Fryslan (Friesland) Netherlands
Julien Family
Moerland Family – Zeeland, Netherlands
Mohney Family
Moyer Family
Neele Family – Zeeland, Netherlands
Robinson Family
Shingledecker Family – Southwest Germany
Tea Family