Looking Back: Conrow Family escaped from persecution in Europe

December 29, 2021 Conarroe
By Lloyd E. Griscom Burlington County Times, April 28, 1971 In the course of some recent research toward a historical sketch of Delran Township, this writer came once more upon the remarkable story of the Conrow family – spirited pioneers indeed, who were influential in the development of both Delran…

Luella Morris: Life on the farm in Amboy, Illinois

June 2, 2018 Amboy Morris Smith
Letter from Luella (Morris) Stuart Dec. 25, 1989 TIME IS THE LIFE OF A SOUL, and you always have wanted me to write, Pami, of the life in my early years. Sit down beside me honey, and I’ll try to remember. One early morning on January 15th, many, many, many…

Conarroes in Fondis, Colo.

May 17, 2018 Conarroe Fondis
By Lawrence Conarroe (1887-1966) These were the days of the homesteaders and the horse and buggy, when telephones operated on barbed wire fences. The brick store building (in Fondis) which recently appeared in the Pike View Farmer was built in 1902 out of hand fired brick which was made by…

Conarroes come to Colorado

May 16, 2018 Fondis
By Percy Conarroe (1927-2013) This week the Louisville Conarroes are heading out for Ohio to attend a family reunion. Conarroe is not a familiar name in Colorado, and the towns most closely identified are Fondis (where the Conarroes first settled in the 1880s), Elbert, Kiowa and Calhan. Branches of the…

Conarroe an easy name to track

May 13, 2018 Conarroe
The origins of the Conarroe family name can be tracked to 1680 and the arrival at New Jersey of “the widow Conarroe” and her sons Isaac II, Jacob and Daniel. Not a lot is known about the family prior to 1680, or the background of patron Isaac Conarroe, but written…