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Name Origin: Graham, Grahame - From
England and Scotland. Dweller at the gray homestead; one who came from Granthan (Granta's
homestead), spelled "Graham" in the Domesday Book in Lincolnshire. 4th Great Grandparents
John Graham
b England
Jennie Proud
b Cumberland, England
ch: Edward Graham b England
*George Graham
3rd Great Grandfather
George Graham
b 24 Nov 1804 in Penrith, Cumberland, England
d 17 Mar 1877 in Prairie City, Jasper, Iowa
bur Mar 1877 Waveland Cemetery, Prairie City, Jasper, Iowa
m 12 Nov 1824 at Hesket in the Forest, Cumberland, England to Barbara Melbourne/Milburn
ch:1. Thomas Graham b 1826 in Cumberland England d 20 Mar 1840 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania m Catherine White
2. Mary Jane Graham b 17 Sep 1827 in Cumberland England m Isaac Lewis
3. George Graham, Jr.b 20 Dec 1829 in Cumberland England d 17 Dec 1901 Payette,
Canyon, Idaho m 1) Mary Jane Nickerson 2) Martha
J Hale 3) Rosa Ann Short
4. Jane Graham b 11 Nov 1831 in Cumberland England d 13 Feb 1914 in West
Union, Fayette, Iowa m Lorenzo Dow Archer(see below)
5. John M Graham b 18 Nov 1833 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania d 25
May 1907 in Prairie City, Jasper, Iowa m Mitilda Ann Lucas
6. Christian R Graham b 2 Jun 1835 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania m Anna M
Uzzell
7. Hamilton Graham b 11 Feb 1837 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania d 18 Jul 1884 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania
8. Arthur Graham b 30 Jun 1839 in Milesburg, Centre, Pennsylvania m Analiza
"Fannia" Fye
9. Barbara Graham b 29 Dec 1842 in Snow shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania m Constance
Curtin Hinton
10. Caroline H Graham b 12 Apr 1845 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania m Robert H
Hinton
11. Edmund Graham b 25 Aug 1848 in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania
2nd Great Grandmother
Jane Graham
b 11 Nov 1831 in Cumberland, England
d 13 Feb 1914 in West Union, Fayette, Iowa
bur. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, West Union, Fayette, Iowa
m 19 Aug 1852 in Bellefonte, Centre, Pennsylvania to
Lorenzo Dowe Archer
From the account of Clara Rowland Shaffer: � My great great
grandmother�s name was Melbourne. She was born and lived in England. My great
grandparents were George and Barbara Graham, both born in England. My grandmother, Jane
Graham, was born in Lancashire, England (My grandmother may have been mistaken about
Lancashire. It may have been the port of embarcation, as it looks as if the family is from
Cumberland). She came with her parents and brothers and sisters to America. They located
in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Lorenzo's family was poor, so even though a good man,
Jane�s aristocratic, wealthy parents disinherited her.�
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