My Family's History

a genealogy compiled by Regina Fallace

Descendant Charts

· Descendants of John Bailey of Sussex County, New Jersey (1800s)

· Descendants of Mathew Cieslak of Germany (1800s)

· Descendants of William Connaway of Sussex County, Delaware (1700s)

· Descendants of Conrad Harrington of New York (1800s)

· Descendants of Martin Heffelfinger of Diegten, Switzerland (1700s)

Heffelfinger & Football

· Descendants of Philip Lorentz Houtz of Switzerland (1700s)

· Descendants of John W. Mills of New York (1800s)

· Descendants of Barney Norwood of New York (1700s)

· Descendants of Jacob Schaffner/Shaffner of Baden, Germany (1800s)

· Descendants of William Shaff, of Germany (1700s)

· Descendants of David Teachman of Bergen County, New Jersey (1700s)

· Descendants of Joseph Urbanski of Poland (1800s)

· Descendants of Stephen VanZile of New York (1800s)

· Descendants of Joshua Yarbrough of Virginia (1700s)

Family Tree Charts

Civil War and Revolutionary War

Civil War ancestors:

·William Bailey of 101st Volunteer Infantry Company B, Pennsylvania

·Charles J. Conaway of Cobb's Legion, Georgia and Hilliard's Legion (later the 59th) of Alabama

·Harrington? Union soldier, unit not yet known

·Henry Mills 58th Pennsylvania Volunteers (he is seated at the far left)  Thank you to John Donnelly for this photo!

·Martin Van Buren Heffelfinger of 44th Volunteer Infantry Company K, Indiana

·William Norwood of 50th New York Engineers, Company D & G

· Stephen C. Shaff of 126th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Company A

Revolutionary War ancestors:    

Levin Connaway - Patriotic Service, DE

Martin Heffelfinger - Oath of Allegiance, PA

Philip Lorentz Houtz - Private, PA militia

William Shaff - Private, NY militia

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Click here to see a list of some resources used to compile this genealogy

Family Photos & Favorite links

·Cieslak Family circa 1940 Buffalo, NY

(From left to right, top row: Frank Sr., Bennie, ?, ?, Margie, Frank Michalowski, Teresa; middle: Matgorzata; bottom: Regina, ?, ?, Frank Jr., and Eddie)

·Harrington group 1890

(From left to right as written on back of photo, Lena Howard (Willmore), Tom Willmore; center back: Marvin Clark Sr., Mary Harrington (Waite), Dora Clark (Harrington), Edward Y. Harrington)

·Teachman Reunion 1896 Briar Hill, PA

·Teachman Reunion 1896 Briar Hill, PA (left side of photo)

(the young boy with the arrow pointing at him is Abe Teachman, born 1884)

Here are other helpful websites:

·USGenWeb

·RootsWeb

·Family Search

·Cyndi's List

·Daughters of the American Revolution

·Daniel and Joan Shurtliff Family Home Page for more Teachman data and others