P J Runser was born in France in 1845 and came to America with his family while still an infant. He married Caroline Clarissa Ketchum in 1871. They had a homestead in South Dakota and raised a family of 8 children there. They eventually moved to Foxboro, WI where Philip died in 1921, a year after his wife succumbed to influenza. They are buried in the Summit Cemetery at Foxboro.
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...
The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives & Not How You Might Think . . .
In the 1920's life changed drastically for the average American and for people all over the world. Airplanes began to be a mode of transportation and communication. Automobiles, rather than horses, ...
Did you know medics, doctors and nurses used to prescribe narcotics as treatment?
Radium water, cough syrup made of alcohol, marijuana, and morphine, cocaine toothache drops for children, snake oil - medicine has changed quite a bit in the past 100 years or so, as has the way that ...
Ain't they cute? Look at these cute baby photos taken over the past 150 years.
From birth to 3 months, babies learn to smile, raise their heads and chests, and track objects and grip them. From 4 to 6 months, they can roll over, babble (no real words yet), sit up, laugh, and gr...
My name is Richard Runser, born 1940. I have been working at genealogy on Runsers and relatives. Presently I am sort of retired, living in Anchorage. My favorite activity is Snowmachining. Any relatives of Runsers are of interest to me.