Category: Shurtleff
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Shurtleff College
Wiki Founded in 1827 by Reverend John Mason Peck (a Baptist missionary) as Rock Spring Seminary in St. Clair County, Illinois, and relocated to Alton, Illinois in 1832, first as the Alton Seminary, then as Alton College,[1] the institution was renamed again in 1836 as Shurtleff College, in honor of Benjamin Shurtleff of Boston who donated $10,000 ($277,455 in 2023) to the…
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How Close Our Families Were
Per DNA results, I am 50% Scandinavian (from my mothers side) and not more than 16% English from the Shurtleff side – oddly enough). However, my wife is 90% Scandinavian as both sides of her family are from Sweden / Norway respectively. So I was curious, how close was our…
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Regional History of Sweden & Denmark
Sweden & Denmark Primarily located in: Denmark, Sweden Also found in: Belgium, England, Faroe Islands, Germany, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland Our Sweden & Denmark region emerged from glacial ice as lands of lakes and islands, mountains and plains. Though the countries were often at war, the people share a common Norse heritage…
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Regional History of England
by Robert Eugene Shurtleff (webmaster and direct descendant of William Shurtlefff (1624 – 1666), and Roy Lothrop Shurtleff (1887 – 1985). Upon signing up for an Ancestry.com account, I also submitted a DNA sample to get more information on where I come from. Turns out I am more Scandinavian (50%…
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Mark J. Shurtleff – Genealogy Hobbyist
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐲 and was created to benefit all Shurtleff family members in America. I was born and raised in suburban 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐢𝐭, and have lived, worked, and played in and near large cities on the East and West Coasts (𝐍𝐘𝐂, 𝐏𝐇𝐈, 𝐃𝐂, and 𝐒𝐅). Along the way, I’ve seen…
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About The Website Designer
Hello Shurtleff Family. I thought I’d write a quick note about me and why I chose to dive into this project. …
Shurtleff & Lawton Families Genealogy & History - Second Edition (2005) 