This, I’ve been told, is my great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Phillip Florian. From what I’ve been able to ascertain, he was born in Poland on November 22, 1831, and arrived at the Port of New York on June 9, 1840 aboard a ship from Le Havre, France called the Robert Parker. [This would have […]
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Introducing my great, great, great grandfather, Joseph Phillip Florian
Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 1840, 1867, 1931, Anna Skokan, big families, Castle Garden, Civil War, Curtis Florian, DNA, Elizabeth "Betty" Brock, Elizabeth Brock, Ellis Island, family tree, Florian, France, Franklin County, genealogy, immigration, Jacobus Florian, Joseph Phillip Florian, Kentucky, Le Havre, Mark's ancestors, Mary Bell Florian, Ollie "Ettie" Florian, Peaks Mill Christian Church Cemetery, Robert Parker, Russia, slavery, Slovakia 53 Comments
Down the staircase and through the rabbit hole…
As I type this, I’m laying on the couch in our living room, silently watching the family cat slowly disembowel a naugahyde chair on the other side of the room, as I try to assess just how broken I am. As I was able to walk on my own from the bottom of the staircase […]
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