The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...
Hi, I am interested in finding info the Ormsby clan, especially on my Great
Granddad George Edward Ormsby who was born in Lafayette IN USA about 1851 &
who married Bridget (Smith)Ormsby. George E. Ormsby's parents were Thomas & Winifred (Winney Hughes) Ormsby, who were possibly from Co. Mayo, West Meath
or West Mead/Maid Ireland.
I am in the process of researching this data now & would be interested in
hearing from other Ormsby's, distant relatives, friends or anyone else who may have information to contribute &/or share on the Ormsby family history. I live & work in Cocoa FL & I also maintain a web page & guest book at:
I have also attempted to transcribe the scanned Copy of my Great Aunt
Loretta K. Ormsby's family history letter given to Cousin Bill (Norman W.)
Ormsby. I tried to make the transcription as exact as I possible could form the copy of the hand written letter I had that was a little better than the scanned images. See the following link for image & my best transcription of her letter: