About The Forney & Grabill Families of WA
Please sign in to see more. Welcome to the Forney and Grabill Family Tree. My name is Virginia Forney Majewski. This web site is about my personal journey of discovery into who my ancestors were and where they came from. Armed with a couple of boxes of old photos and scrapbooks, a little help from "cousins" and many hours of research, I have uncovered some of the past.
Little did I know when I started this journey, that the paternal lines of my mother and father would end up originating not far from each other in Switzerland. They were of the Anabaptist faith and seeking a safe haven from religious presecution. Exhiled from their homeland, they made the journey down the Rhine River and setting sail for America. Originally, both families settled in Pennsylvania. They did not stay planted for long. They moved ever westward in search of land, venturing into the wilderness of Virginia and Ohio. From Ohio they set out for the Midwest, settling in Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri. From the Midwest they leapfrogged to the Pacific Coast. It is here, in the Pacific Northwest, that my family remains.
If you have any further information to share, questions or corrections to these family lines, please feel free to contact me.
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