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 | Dr. Mary Forrester Hobart The location is uncertain, however the odds are on Boston. | 3 Jun 2026 | |
 | George Zentmyer Retires From the Schuyler Sun, December 27, 1945. | 2 Jun 2026 | |
 | Grand Island Sailers' and Soldiers' Home During the years 1891-92 Lieutenant Miles Zentmyer was the second Commandant of this facility, which opened in 1887 in Grand Island, Nebraska. Originally built for Union veterans of the Civil War, it eventually accepted Confederates as well. The original Victorian building was torn down in 1931. In January 2019 a new Veterans Home was opened in Kearney, Nebraska and this campus was abandoned. | 1 Jun 2026 | |
 | Union Pacific Depot in Schuyler, Nebraska The Union Pacific was central to the Miles Zentmyer family. Son George worked for the UP in Omaha, and daughter Herma worked there as well, and both visited Schuyler often. The depot was demolished in 1980 and Schuyler is no longer a stop on the Union Pacific Railroad. | 1 Jun 2026 | |
 | The end of John Calvin Strahorn's last run in North Platte. From the Zentmyer Collection. That is what is written on the back of this photo. This locomotive is a Baldwin Consolidation 2-8-0, a type which probably accounted for the vast majority of John's trips to and from North Platte. | 29 May 2026 | |
 | Vine St. Looking West from Oregon St. This postcard image is from 1910, the year before Miles died. The Zentmyer residence is on the far left of the view, and the Bolton Dry Goods Store is on the far right. Image courtesy Nebraska State Historical Society. | 29 May 2026 | |
 | The Strahorn house in North Platte, Nebraska From the Zentmyer Collection. The house was at 109 W. Second St. The property is now part of a retail development. From the Zentmyer Collecton. Looks cold. | 28 May 2026 | |
 | J.C. Strahorn checking in with the timekeeper. From the Zentmyer Collection. Every division point had a master clock, which was updated every 24 hours by a telegraph signal from the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. The timekeeper would check the watches of every engineer on every train that passed through the division. | 28 May 2026 | |
 | Letter of Recommendation for J.C. Strahorn, who resigned for failing health. From the Zentmyer Collection. John soon obtained a job with the Union Pacific Railroad in North Platte, Nebraska, and lived another fifty-three years. | 28 May 2026 | |
 | Brothers John C. and Robert E. Strahorn, Christmas 1924 From the Zentmyer Collection. The location is the vacant lot at 5929 Terrace Drive, Highland Park where John's daughter Mary and her husband George Zentmyer would build a new house in 1925, two doors west the house in the background of the image, which still exists at 6007 Terrace Drive. In fact, the brothers could be sitting on the edge of a foundation excavation. | 26 May 2026 | |
 | Highway sign honoring Susannah North Martin On Highway I-495 in Amesbury, Essex, Massachusettes | 26 May 2026 | |
 | Highway sign honoring Susannah North Martin On Highway I-495 in Amesbury, Massachusettes | 26 May 2026 | |
 | Memorial at the home site of Susannah Martin In Amesbury, Essex, Massachusettes | 26 May 2026 | |
 | Aerial image of Schuyler in 1884. Miles and Jennie's house circled at the southwest corner of Vine and Oregon streets, present-day 11th and C Streets. | 26 May 2026 | |
 | George and Mary Zentmyer's house at 5929 Terrace Drive, Los Angeles From the Zentmyer Collection. George and Mary had this house built in 1925. After leaving for college and then marrying, sons John and George and their families returned to visit many times. We remember as children rolling down the grass. | 25 May 2026 | |
 | John's response to a 1984 tribute to Glenn Miller on KCET. John's children knew of his fondness for the music of the big bands era, as he had recordings of this music in many formats and played them often. After his passing we were surprised to discover this written piece and its emotional content, as most of John's journal writings were day-by-day matter-of-fact narratives devoid of any introspection. We can't help but wonder what happened during those early war years that engendered this emotional response. | 24 May 2026 | |
 | Frank and Jeanette's newly-built house at 644 N. Manhattan Place, Hollywood, California From the Zentmyer Collection. The girl on the tricycle is May Hobart Zentmyer, so this image dates from about 1918, the year the family moved in. The Hobarts lived here until Jeanette moved into an assisted living facility in the 1970s. The house has since been replaced by an apartment building. | 24 May 2026 | |
 | A fine day in 1949 at 644 N. Manhattan Place, Hollywood From the Zentmyer Collection. Top: your webmaster Gary, John, and May Zentmyer, Mary Strahorn Zentmyer, Jeanette and Frank Hobart. Bottom: John H. Zentmyer, Frank Hobart Jr., the likely photographer being George Zentmyer Sr. So, John was 37, May was 35. This photograph was colorized from a black-and-white original by the AI program DeOldify. | 24 May 2026 | |
 | George and Mary Zentmyer's house in Las Vegas in 1923 From the Zentmyer Collection. Photo taken by their son John Zentmyer age 11 with his Brownie camera, according to notes in the photo album where it was found. | 24 May 2026 | |
 | George and Mary Strahorn Zentmyer At the home of Mary's parents, John and Sarah Strahorn at 211 N. Ave 51, Highland Park, Califoirnia, likely in the late 1920s. | 24 May 2026 | |
 | Union Pacific #437 locomotive in Grand Island, Nebraska This Union Pacific Consolidaton 2-8-0 was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in the year 1900. (2-8-0 refers to 2 leading wheels, 8 drive wheels, and 0 trailing wheels) It is on display at the Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, Nebraska, which we visited in May of 2026. These workhorses of the early 20th century were the backbone of freight service across the Great Plains. As they were retired, many were donated to towns across Nebraska, including Grand Island, Fairbury, Sidney, Kearney, Lexington, and North Platte. The engineer would sit on the right, and the fireman on the left. The likelihood that John Calvin Strahorn operated this exact locomotive on multiple occasions during the over two decades he and Sarah lived in North Platte is inescapable, because crews operating locomotives based in North Platte would typically travel west to Sidney or east to Grand Island, where their locomotives would be serviced at a roundhouse and refilled with coal and water. The locomotives would then pull a train back to North Platte, with the same or another crew. | 22 May 2026 | |
 | Early Halifax Map Individual lots shown in 'M' were forty feet wide and sixty feet deep, with fifty-five foot wide streets. At some point B and C were switched, the church now occupies the west end, and the courthouse the east. But interestingly, while this map denotes L only as 'Store House,' a German version of the map denotes L as 'Zeughaus' which translates as 'arsenal' or 'weapons storage.' Perhaps Morris did not want to publish strategic data... | 21 May 2026 | |
 | Funerary Hatchment for Charles Morris On the wall of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Wikipedia defines a Funerary Hatchment as "a depiction within a black lozenge-shaped frame, generally on a black background, of a deceased's heraldic achievement, that is to say the escutcheon showing the arms, together with the crest and supporters of his family or person" and according to International Heraldry, "The word Hatchment is a corruption of the word Achievement." (Ach-ment -Ed) This source goes on to say that the dark background on the left and light background on the right meant that the man was married, and that the wife was still living at the time of his death. (Charles' wife Mary died four months after he did -Ed) The white cross on a blue background is the flag of Halifax. The Latin script translates roughly "Although late, it will finally come." | 20 May 2026 | |
 | Miles and Jennie Crewitt Zentmyer's Headstone Along with their three children who died in infancy. Located in Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska Section 8, Row 2, south to north Photo courtesy Gary Zentmyer | 20 May 2026 | |
 | Gossip item from Altoona Pennsylvania 1922 The sisters' uncle, David Kinch, was the second mayor of Altoona, and the sisters had multiple female first cousins in Altoona. | 20 May 2026 | |
 | Amos Svoboda's recollection of Miles Zentmyer Amos was born in 1896 and died in October of 1966, the same year this article was published. Amos was the owner of the Schuyler Sun newspaper at that time. Recent research reveals that Miles Zentmyer actually founded the Schuyler Sun in August of 1875, and owned it for a brief period thereafter. | 19 May 2026 | |
 | Miles Zentmyer From the Zentmyer Collection, colorized with AI. | 19 May 2026 | |
 | Headstones for John Zentmyer and his wife Margaret Gates Zentmyer In the Alexandria Presbyterian Cemetery, Alexandria, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Contemporary newspaper articles said they were buried in a graveyard on the Zentmyer farm. We visited the Zentmyer farm graveyard in 2009, and found many headstones but no evidence of Zentmyer graves, so these graves were possibly exhumed and reburied from the farm at some point. Inquires were made in 2026, but Alexandria Cemetery could not confirm a reburial. Photo by Gary Zentmyer | 19 May 2026 | |
 | Article on the Zentmyer - Strahorn Wedding In the Schuyler Messinger | 17 May 2026 | |
 | Headstone for Jonas Hobart Located in Cloverdale Cemetery, Westford, Chittenden, Vermont Photo courtesy Barb Destromp | 13 May 2026 | |
 | Headstone of Sidney Legate Brutsche In the Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson, Texas Photo courtesy Sandy | 13 May 2026 | |
 | Sidney Legate Brutsche | 13 May 2026 | |
 | Headstone for Harry Russell Brutsche In Fairview Cemetery, Grayson, Texas Photo courtesy MATuley | 13 May 2026 | |
 | 1886 aerial image of Denison, Texas Joseph and May's house is circled. The property is now occupied by the Denison Senior Center and a parking lot. | 11 May 2026 | |
 | The Old Parish Burying Ground in Windsor, Nova Scotia, the site of the original Anglican Church in Windsor, founded in 1771. The cemetery accepted burials from 1771 until it closed in 1887, notwithstanding the sign. It contains approximately 4,000 graves, including that of Charles Morris, although the location of his grave cannot be currently ascertained. | 11 May 2026 | |
 | Headstone for May Legate Brutsche Located in Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson, Texas | 10 May 2026 | |
 | Headstone of Joseph Brutsché In Fairview Cemetery, Denison, Grayson, Texas Photo courtesy Sandy | 10 May 2026 | |
 | John Calvin and Sarah Wood Strahorn On the porch of their home at 211 N. Ave 51, Highland Park, California, likely in the late 1920s. | 10 May 2026 | |
 | Arthur and Zoe Strahorn At the home of John and Mary Strahorn at 211 N. Ave 51, Highland Park, Califoirnia, likely in the late 1920s. | 10 May 2026 | |
 | Crypt for Sarah Wood Strahorn At Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Los Angeles, Caliifornia, Great Mausoleum, Dahlia Terrace, Sanctuary of Faith #3407 | 9 May 2026 | |
 | Sarah Elizabeth Wood Photo taken shortly after her marriage to J.C. Strahorn | 9 May 2026 | |
 | John and Sarah Strahorn's house at 211 N. Ave 51, Highland Park. They lived here at least from 1925 until 1933. It was less than a mile from the home of their daughter Mary and her husband George Zentmyer. The house still exists, at the same address, apparently unmodified. | 8 May 2026 | |
 | Miles Zentmyer, Civil War Veteran This monument is at the headstone for Miles and Jennie Zentmyer in the Schuyler Cemetery. The subtext is in the Schuyler Museum record for civil war veterans buried in the Schuyler Cemetery. | 8 May 2026 | |
 | Nona Zentmyer | 7 May 2026 | |
 | Jane Dorland ZENTMYER Next to Miles and Jennie's headstone in the Schuyler Cemetery | 7 May 2026 | |
 | Schuyler Cemetery, Schuyler, Colfax Co., Nebraska Image courtesy Gary Zentmyer | 7 May 2026 | |
 | 1871 Letter from John & Mollie Emmert to their 22-year-old grandson John Calvin Strahorn From the Zentmyer Collection. John Emmert died later that same year, in 1871. From the Zentmyer Collection, | 6 May 2026 | |
 | Sara Elizabeth Wood Strahorn | 5 May 2026 | |
 | Rebecca Jane KELLOGG Image from a CDV (Carte de visite) in the Zentmyer Collection, taken by photographer Samuel V. Allen in Freeport, Illinois, where she would marry Thomas Foster Strahorn. | 5 May 2026 | |
 | Thomas Foster Strahorn and Rebecca Jane Kellogg Taken soon after their wedding, a CDV (Carte de visite) in the Zentmyer Collection, taken by photographer William McHenry in Freeport, Illinois, where they were married. | 5 May 2026 | |
 | Mrs. Zentmyer had a cat problem In the Schuyler Messinger | 4 May 2026 |
| ID | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Born/Christened | Location | Last Modified |
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| I2341 |
 ZENTMYER, George Aubrey |
b. 2 May 1880 | Schuyler, Colfax, Nebraska  | 2 Jun 2026 |
| I86080 |
EMMERT, Martin |
b. 03 Aug 1762 | Tulpehocken Twp, Berks, Pennsylvania | 29 May 2026 |
| I35 |
BRUTSCHÉ, Harry Russell III |
27 May 2026 | ||
| I31 |
GREEN, Coralie Lee |
b. 5 May 1890 | Comanche, Texas | 27 May 2026 |
| I85654 |
SMITH, Hannah Wiggin |
b. 5 May 1830 | New Hampshire | 27 May 2026 |
| I2331 |
ZENTMYER, Miles |
b. 25 Jun 1842 | Spruce Creek, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania | 27 May 2026 |
| I85663 |
LEGGATT, Thomas Balch III |
b. 28 Sep 1763 | Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts | 27 May 2026 |
| I3642 |
NORTH, Susannah |
b. 30 Sep 1621 | Olney, Buckinghamshire, England | 26 May 2026 |
| I30 |
MCLISH, Mary Patricia |
b. 28 Apr 1926 | Yuma, Yuma, Arizona | 25 May 2026 |
| I29 |
BRUTSCHÉ, Robert Legate MD |
b. 2 Aug 1924 | San Antonio, Bexar, Texas | 25 May 2026 |
| I28 |
WIGGINS, Lillian Bryn |
b. 6 Mar 1895 | Monterrey, Mexico | 25 May 2026 |
| I784 |
NORTH, Esther |
b. 12 Apr 1618 | Olney, Buckinghamshire, England | 23 May 2026 |
| I783 |
NORTH, Sarah |
b. 1611 | Gloucester, Essex, England | 23 May 2026 |
| I782 |
NORTH, Mary |
b. Abt 1617 | England | 23 May 2026 |
| I781 |
LNU, Ursula |
23 May 2026 | ||
| I3959 |
NORTH, Richard |
b. Bef 1590 | Romsey, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England | 23 May 2026 |
| I3960 |
BARTRAM, Joan |
b. Abt 1594 | Olney, Buckinghamshire, England | 23 May 2026 |
| I86112 |
DE CILLO, Ruth Wandyne |
b. 14 Jul 1904 | Keokuk, Lee, Iowa | 23 May 2026 |
| I85814 |
HOBART, Cora Nayan |
b. 23 Mar 1880 | Hamilton, Hancock, Illinois | 23 May 2026 |
| I85647 |
STRAHORN, John Calvin |
b. 14 Mar 1849 | Haines Twp, Centre, Pennsylvania | 22 May 2026 |
| I2849 |
HOBART, Jonas Chase II |
b. 10 Dec 1803 | Grafton, New Hampshire | 11 May 2026 |
| I780 |
HOBART, Pardon |
b. 10 Nov 1849 | Webster, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I779 |
HOBART, William Wait |
b. 10 Mar 1844 | Carthage, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I769 |
HOBART, Marie Antoinette |
b. 17 Aug 1842 | Carthage, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I756 |
HOBART, Thomas |
b. 1841 | Carthage, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I740 |
HOBART, Anna Ellen |
b. 9 Feb 1840 | Carthage, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I733 |
HOBART, Ann |
b. 9 Feb 1839 | Carthage, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I724 |
HOBART, Emeline |
b. 4 Mar 1837 | Carthage, Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I717 |
HOBART, Charles |
b. 16 Dec 1835 | Essex, Chittenden, Vermont | 11 May 2026 |
| I2769 |
HOBART, Caroline |
b. 14 Nov 1833 | Essex, Chittenden, Vermont | 11 May 2026 |
| I710 |
HOBART, Elizabeth Ann |
b. 30 Jun 1831 | Essex, Chittenden, Vermont | 11 May 2026 |
| I41 |
HOBART, Harriet |
b. 15 Nov 1828 | Essex, Chittenden, Vermont | 11 May 2026 |
| I3631 |
HOBART, Jonas M. |
b. 7 Aug 1859 | Hancock, Illinois | 11 May 2026 |
| I3699 |
REAGER, John |
b. Abt 1750 | Pennsylvania | 11 May 2026 |
| I85653 |
BRUTSCHÉ, Joseph |
b. 10 Sep 1844 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 10 May 2026 |
| I85649 |
STRAHORN, Arthur Thomas |
b. 14 Oct 1876 | Escanaba, Delta, Michigan | 10 May 2026 |
| I85822 |
EMMERT, Rebecca |
b. 1826 | Bethel, Lebanon, Pennsylvania (year per headstone) | 9 May 2026 |
| I85861 |
ZENTMYER, Jane Dorland |
b. 14 Mar 1875 | Huntingdon, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania | 7 May 2026 |
| I86058 |
KELLOGG, Rebecca Jane |
b. 17 Mar 1842 | Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania | 5 May 2026 |
| I394 |
STRAHORN, Judith Lee |
b. 28 Oct 1941 | Boone, Boone, Iowa | 4 May 2026 |
| ID | Father ID | Father's Name | Mother ID | Mother's Name | Married | Last Modified |
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| F287 | I85820 | Joseph Sherwin BRUTSCHÉ | I28 | Lillian Bryn WIGGINS | 12 Jul 1922 | 25 May 2026 |
| F1541 | I3959 | Richard NORTH | I781 | Ursula LNU | Bef 1639 | 24 May 2026 |
| F1489 | I3959 | Richard NORTH | I3960 | Joan BARTRAM | 29 Nov 1610 | 23 May 2026 |
| F23134 | I85647 | John Calvin STRAHORN | I85648 | Sarah Elizabeth WOOD | 10 Jun 1875 | 22 May 2026 |
| F1164 | I2849 | Jonas Chase HOBART, II | I2851 | Polly Maria FARR | 20 Mar 1828 | 11 May 2026 |
| F23255 | I85649 | Arthur Thomas STRAHORN | I85958 | Zoe LIMBOCKER | 31 May 1924 | 10 May 2026 |
| F365 | I2341 | George Aubrey ZENTMYER | I2344 | Mary Elizabeth STRAHORN | 28 Apr 1910 | 10 May 2026 |
| F23277 | I85713 | Thomas Foster STRAHORN | I86058 | Rebecca Jane KELLOGG | 07 Aug 1864 | 5 May 2026 |
