Category: Groslouis
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Whiskey Run FAN Club: Andrew Hubert
Genealogists often create a FAN club to learn more about their ancestors: that is, they learn about the Friends, Associates, and Neighbors who interacted with their ancestors.1 In my research on Randolph, I am creating a FAN club of men named in stories about Randolph at Whiskey Run. Membership in this club requires a direct…
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The Groslouis Orphans
Local historians noted that the Groslouis brothers were born into a French Canadian fur trade family, headed by Charles Groslouis (described earlier). To learn what happened to the children after Charles died in 1833, I began to research the family in more depth, intent on tracing the whereabouts of family members over time. All six…
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Joe? Peter? John? Charles?
I previously described how the Groslouis brothers were eventually credited as the discoverers of gold at Whiskey Run. However, which of the brothers were actually in the discovery party? The possibilities: Since 1884, each of the brothers have been linked to the discovery at least once. To try to understand why recent historians have credited…