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OUR KINDRED FAMILIES Bridges Family Bridges and McIntire gathering in Olathe, Colorado, circa 1914 Back Row L-R: Walter Black, Perry McIntire, Zaccheus “Z.I.” Jones, Ira Clark, James (Jim) Bridges, Thompson D Bridges, Mike Lemmon, Martin McIntire Middle Row L-R: Myrtle Black holding Irene Lucille Black, Maude McGregor McIntire holding son Kenneth McIntire, Mary Mark Bridges, […]
Martin Luther McIntire Introduction Martin Luther McIntire, the second son of Alexander and Mariah Lovina is the “Great Grand Father” I know without having ever met. He was born one hundred years before me, however his legacy was well-known in my immediate family. My parents, Rod and Elaine McIntire along with brothers Tim and Scott
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Joseph McIntire, son of Alexander and Mariah Lovina This next portion of the website I like to think of as the “Great Grand Years” because these are the ancestors that became our beloved Great Grandparents, Great Uncles and Aunts. Their children went on to become our Grandparents, Grand Uncles and Grand Aunts. These dear ones
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Alexander “Alex” and Edith Son and daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth It is appropriate to include Edith with Alexander’s life as they were inseparable throughout their lives. Edith was born in 1804, prior to their family moving west from Pennsylvania to Ohio. According to Jane McIntire’s letter, Edith was a ‘cripple’, however it is unknown
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Richard, son of Alexander and Elizabeth Keeping with the McIntire tradition of producing large families throughout several marriages, Richard comes close to passing up his older brother Andrews’ record! So bear with me as we highlight his wives and children through this next path of our MacIntyre Journey!  Richard was the seventh child of Alexander
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Meet John Fourth born child of Alexander and Elizabeth Before moving forward on this vast McIntyre journey, there were several of Andrew’s siblings that should be remembered. Abigail has already been discussed in a previous post here https://macintyrejourneys.com/meet-the-family-of-abigail-and-robert-lisle/ however Andrew also had four younger brothers whose stories require telling. All of Alexander and Elizabeth’s children
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Alexander McIntireSon of Andrew and Sally Alexander was my second Great Grandfather, bearing a closer link to the great aunts and uncles I knew as a child. A few years back, a cousin sent me a narrative from his ancestry work to leave for his kids and grandkids, which ironically is why I am writing
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Andrew’s Adult Children Head West In my previous post titled “The Super Researchers of our Family”, credit is given to Edna Luree Hall Miller and her sister Wilna Hall Treichler, daughters of the beloved John Hipe Hall. John was married to Effie McIntire, daughter of Martin Luther McIntire. I’ve also mentioned the privately published book
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Meet the Large Families of Andrew McIntyre son of Alexander and Elizabeth Andrew McIntire, eldest surviving son of Alexander and Elizabeth McIntire, unknown date Andrew was the third child born to Alexander and Elizabeth. Their firstborn child son, also named Andrew, passed away in early childhood, presumably around 1792 when Abigail was barely three years
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Meet the Family of Abigail McIntyre and Robert Lisle Alexander and Elizabeth became parents to firstborn Andrew in 1787 while living in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area. Unfortunately Andrew passed away in 1792, at the young age of five. History shows that mortality was high during this time period and children were particularly vulnerable. In western
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