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Submitted by Descendant: Jo Anne ARNETT Anne Margaret Gram was born in River Falls, Wisconsin, October 30, 1903, moving to Moore Haven, Florida with her parents.  Because there was no local high school, she and sister Bertha boarded and went to high school in Arcadia, Florida before attending Rollins College…

Submitted by Descendant:  Thomas Edward BRONSON Nancy Elizabeth Gornto was born abt. 1833 in Georgia.  She was the daughter of David Gornto and Eliza Ann Gornto.  It is unknown exactly when she migrated to Florida with her parents but it is believed that it is sometime after 1841 but before…

Submitted by Descendant:  Thomas Edward BRONSON David Gornto, the son of Nathan Gornto, was born about 1 November 1805 in Georgia.  He married Eliza Allen in Irwin County, Georgia about 20 November 1827.  It is unknown exactly when he and Eliza moved to Florida, sometime after 1841 – the birth…

Submitted by Descendants:  Katherine Grace and Nancy K. EVANS; Josephine Searle KING William Gorman was born in Camden, County, Georgia, about 1790 and purchased land in the Waukeenah vicinity of Jefferson County, Florida, in 1826.  A Leon County, Florida, marriage book shows an entry for William Gorman and Elizabeth Carney…

Submitted by Descendants:  Julian W, Paula A., and Waldo W. DAVIS Mary Godwin was born on the 14 of November 1844 in Columbia County, Florida.  She was the daughter of another pioneer, Solomon Godwin and wife Mariah Tyner. Soloman Godwin, born November 30, 1817 in Georgia came to Florida Territory…

Submitted by Descendant:  Anne Hammond CONNELL John Martin Geiger, born 1798 in Bulloch County, Georgia, was raised in Wayne County, Georgia, where he married Emily Joyner in 1825.  His parents were Felix Geiger, Sr., and Mary Martin.  Paternal Grandfather Hans Ulrich Gyger’s parents were Swiss Protestants who fled to South…

Submitted by Descendant:  Charles Williard LORD Peter Antonio Gandolfo was born 3 April 1802, in Genoa, Italy, and arrived in Key West, Florida in 1829, where he declared his intention to become a United States citizen.  The oral history of the Gandolfo family indicates that Peter was born to a…

Submitted by Descendants: The LUJAN / PAPY / TOPPINO Families Peter Antonio Gandolfo was born 3 April 1802 in Italy.  He arrived in Key West, Florida in 1829 traveling from the Kingdom of Sardinia which controlled his part of Italy.  Peter immediately declared his intention to become a United States…

Jane L. WATTS Submitted by Descendant:  Ellen Lavara Gainer WRIGHT William Gainer and Jane L. Watts, who hailed from Georgia, were married 21 January 1813.  During the campaign of 1818, William came into the Territory of Florida with Andrew Jackson, as a surveyor and mathematician.  Returning to Georgia, William and…