Persingers/Whittakers, 1880s
Seeking family of Bill Whittaker or Bill and Rosetta Persinger, son James.
Famil history follows:
My husband's great-grandmother was Elizabeth
Wetige Conreux, born 1859 in Keokuk, Iowa, married
John Conreux of MO, died 1961 in Austin, TX.
Elizabeth had 11 children.
Her father was Henry Wetige, widowed when children
were young.He served in Civil War.
Children:
-Amelia Wetige, daughters Rosie and Lizzie
-Mary Wetige Persinger, moved to Kansas, son George,
second son, unknown name
-A. Rosetta Wetige Persinger, married Bill Persinger,
Lander, Wyoming, son James F. Persinger,
-August Wetige (died young)
-Elizabeth Wetige Conreux, b. 1859 d. 1961
-F. William Wetige (moved to Wyoming with
sister Rosetta and changed name to
Whittaker,ranch in Whittaker's Canyon)
Does any of these names of places look familiar?
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