Sarah was born in Cummings Township, Pennsylvania to William and Frances (English) Carson. She married John Ranck in 1879 in Lycoming county Pennsylvania. They had three children, Charles (1879), Blanche (1886) and Myra (1894). We don't really know when John died; just that Blanche was "still a girl" .
Family records show that Sarah, her son Charles (31) and daughters, Blanche (24) and Myra (16) were living in Nebraska in 1910. Sarah was 59 in 1910. Land grants were given to the head of a household, almost always men. As a widow, Sarah qualified and she filed for a "Kinkaid." It was a 1904 federal program that gave up to 640 acres of free land in Nebraska to those who agreed to live on it and cultivate it for five years. Sarah filed for 240 acres just North of Oshkosh on Blue Creek. Family pictures testify to her feisty spirit as she worked to carve a ranch out of her federal land and grow her food. She was not "given title," she worked hard and earned title to her land. Sarah received her title from Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
In 1920 she was living with Blanche and Jesse, her daughter and son-in-law. Thank you Sarah for your pluck, your daring and your enduring smile.
Family records show that Sarah, her son Charles (31) and daughters, Blanche (24) and Myra (16) were living in Nebraska in 1910. Sarah was 59 in 1910. Land grants were given to the head of a household, almost always men. As a widow, Sarah qualified and she filed for a "Kinkaid." It was a 1904 federal program that gave up to 640 acres of free land in Nebraska to those who agreed to live on it and cultivate it for five years. Sarah filed for 240 acres just North of Oshkosh on Blue Creek. Family pictures testify to her feisty spirit as she worked to carve a ranch out of her federal land and grow her food. She was not "given title," she worked hard and earned title to her land. Sarah received her title from Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
In 1920 she was living with Blanche and Jesse, her daughter and son-in-law. Thank you Sarah for your pluck, your daring and your enduring smile.
Sarah was born in Cummings Township, Pennsylvania to William and Frances (English) Carson. She married John Ranck in 1879 in Lycoming county Pennsylvania. They had three children, Charles (1879), Blanche (1886) and Myra (1894). We don't really know when John died; just that Blanche was "still a girl" .
Family records show that Sarah, her son Charles (31) and daughters, Blanche (24) and Myra (16) were living in Nebraska in 1910. Sarah was 59 in 1910. Land grants were given to the head of a household, almost always men. As a widow, Sarah qualified and she filed for a "Kinkaid." It was a 1904 federal program that gave up to 640 acres of free land in Nebraska to those who agreed to live on it and cultivate it for five years. Sarah filed for 240 acres just North of Oshkosh on Blue Creek. Family pictures testify to her feisty spirit as she worked to carve a ranch out of her federal land and grow her food. She was not "given title," she worked hard and earned title to her land. Sarah received her title from Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
In 1920 she was living with Blanche and Jesse, her daughter and son-in-law. Thank you Sarah for your pluck, your daring and your enduring smile.
Family records show that Sarah, her son Charles (31) and daughters, Blanche (24) and Myra (16) were living in Nebraska in 1910. Sarah was 59 in 1910. Land grants were given to the head of a household, almost always men. As a widow, Sarah qualified and she filed for a "Kinkaid." It was a 1904 federal program that gave up to 640 acres of free land in Nebraska to those who agreed to live on it and cultivate it for five years. Sarah filed for 240 acres just North of Oshkosh on Blue Creek. Family pictures testify to her feisty spirit as she worked to carve a ranch out of her federal land and grow her food. She was not "given title," she worked hard and earned title to her land. Sarah received her title from Woodrow Wilson in 1914.
In 1920 she was living with Blanche and Jesse, her daughter and son-in-law. Thank you Sarah for your pluck, your daring and your enduring smile.
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