Barbara (Schwalm) Regan
Honor Code SignatorySigned 15 Aug 2020 | 5,060 contributions | 440 thank-yous | 415 connections
Signed 15 Aug 2020 | 5,060 contributions | 440 thank-yous | 415 connections
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Born 1950s.
Ancestors 
Daughter of Lloyd Schwalm
and Ruth (Schwesinger) Schwalm
[sibling(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Aug 2020
This page has been accessed 669 times.
Biography
I never thought of myself as a genealogist, but I am finding that in our retirement years new interests tend to develop.
The work that I have done researching my ancestry began in early 2019 when I set myself a task of figuring out how I was related to Albert Payson Terhune (Terhune-574) the American author who wrote novels about Collie dogs. I had read his novels as a child and had been told that he was a distant relative but no one in my family knew the exact relationship. It wasn't an easy task because the relationship goes much further back than I suspected. Albert Payson Terhune and I are 7th cousins, three times removed.
This summer my interest in genealogy was rekindled when a third cousin, who shared my interest in the Terhune family, suggested that I research our relationship to the Fairchild family. That research led me to WikiTree. The Fairchilds have as much interesting history as the Terhunes and WikiTree helped me discover much of that history and how I fit into their story.
My experience with WikiTree has led me to the conclusion that there are a lot more genealogists with an interest in the Fairchilds than in the Terhunes. Most of the Fairchilds have well-documented profiles with active profile managers, whereas I have found that there are not very many genealogists in WikiTree who are interested or active in Terhune profiles. I hope to correct some of the errors and fill in some of the blanks in the Terhune profiles.
Sources
- For those who might be interested in learning more about me I do have a website at WordPress.
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Barbara's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Barbara:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Barbara:
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100.00%
100.00%
Barbara (Schwalm) Regan:
23andMe, GEDmatch NE6676737 [compare]
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Tonya (Wright) Christman
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713995 [compare], Ancestry member tmchristman121
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~0.39%
Jim Stevenson :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NY7331892 [compare], Ancestry member JIMST
Genealogist-to-Genealogist (G2G) Forum posts about Barbara:
- Barbara Regan is a Wonderful WikiTreer Dec 31, 2020.
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I see you just added Agnes (Wilder) Smith as a child of Rhoda Sizemore.
Rhoda Sizemore did appear to have a child who appears in the records as "Aggie Sizemore" and Aggie's father *might* have been Joseph Wilder, based on cited court records that suggest this, but what source supports the claim that this daughter went on to marry Milton B Smith?
Thank you.
It's quite possible, even probable. I just wish we had something stronger than Find-a-Grave to prove it. ;-). Generally, I do not add relationships based solely on Find-a-Grave, although I might make note of it in the relevant biographies.
It's great to hear from a Terhune relative. There are several profiles on WikiTree for the name Garrett Terhune. Is your relative the Garrett Terhune (1823-1901)? He is my great great grandfather. Does your great grandmother have a profile yet on WikiTree? Do you know if your great great grandparent was one of the children that Garrett had with his first wife, Olive, or his second wife, Angeline?
Any information on missing profiles in the Terhune line would be very helpful for making WikiTree more complete and useful.
Hope to hear from you again,
Barbara
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