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MY GRANDMOTHER VIRGINIA T. PETERS FATHERS FAMILY FAUGHT IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. MY GRANDFATHER CHARLES FRANCES DUNFORD WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR 32 YEARS HE INLISTED AROUND 1935.HE ALSO HAD A BROTHER FRED OR FREDRICK DUNFORD WHO ALSO WAS IN MILITARYAND A SISTER JACKIE WHO PASSED AWAY 1998. VIRGINIA AND CHARLES MARRIED AROUND 1940 OR 1941 THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN:CHARLOTTE,JOAN CHARLES JR.,AND RAYMOND. MY FATHER CHARLES F.DUNFORD JR. MARRIED MY MOTHER IN 1965[TIAWANA,MEXICO]AND IN 1967 MARYLAND.THEY DEVORCED IN 1984.IN 1988 HE MARRIED ELIZABITH WEATHERLY[VERY FINE PERSON].TOGETHERCHARLES AND LIZ HAD MY SISTER JESSICA G. DUNFORDAND MY BOTHER CHARLES R. DUNFORD. MY MOTHER CHERYL C.EXTER DUNFORD PASSED IN 1999 SHE MARRIED KEVIN BAKER IN 1997.SHE WAS THE BEST MOTHER SHE COULD BE AND KNOW ONE COULD EVER REPLACE HER. MY GRANDFATHER STANLEY J. EXTER IS A PROFFASOR AND TOUGHT AT KEYSTONE UNV.AND AT LACKAWANA JR,COLLEAGE.HE ALSO WAS IN THE MILITARY WERE HE MET MY GRANDMOTHER ANNA MARIE SANTONGE SEEVARD,THEY BOTH WERE IN THE NAVY THEY HAD FOUR CHILDERN REGINAAND A TWIN THAT DIED AT BIRTH,CHERYL C.,AND MICHELLE. STANLY'S FATHER STANLEY C. EXTER WAS FROM POLAND,HE ALSO SERVED IN THE MILITARY [U.S.A. ARMED FORCES].MARY J. ALLEN STANLEY'S MOTHER WAS IRISH, HER MOTHER AND FATHER,MARY MARLARKEY AND MARTIN ALLEN CAME OVER FROM IRELAND.MARTIN WAS ON SPIKE ISLAND WHEN HE WAS GIVEN A CHOICE TO GO TO AMERICA OR AUSTRALIA. ANNA MARIE'S FATHER JOSEPH D SANTONGE AND HER MOTHER CAROLYN SYKES GUERNSEY LIVED IN MISSOURI.JOSEPH WAS IN THE MILITARY AS WELL AS HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM,PIERRE SANTONGE HE WAS FROM ALSACS LORRAINE,FRANCE.JOSEPH'S MOTHER WAS SUSANNA HURST[A.K.A ANNA]HER BROTHERS PETER AND HENREY AND FATHER PETER HURST FAUGHT IN THE CIVIAL WAR. ANNA'S MOTHER MARY NUNN WAS FROM THE SEMINOLE TRIBE AND DAUGHTER OF THE SHAMAN.CAROLYN'S FATHER OTTIS GUERNSEY WAS IN THE CIVIAL WAR AND HER MOTHER AMANDA REX [A.K.A WHITESWAN]WERW FROM INDIANA WHITESWAN USED TO RIDE BAREBACK IN THE CIRCUS WHEN IT CAME TO TOWN.WHITESWAN WAS KILLED IN 1907 IN AN ACCIDENTAL HOUSE FIRE.
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