S05EP03 - 'The Missionary' with Kim Brengle

The Family Histories Podcast

In this third episode of Series Five - The Missionary - host Andrew meets family historian Kim Brengle and hears how she got hooked on tracing her family history, and how she manages to trace her nomadic relatives.
The Life Story - Daniel and Emily Oliver
Kim has chosen to share the life story of her Great Grandparents Daniel and Emily Oliver, and this is one that sees Daniel leave his agricultural labouring life in Caithness, Scotland, and Emily leaving her Quaker family in Yorkshire, to both independently end up living and working in the mountains near Beirut in Lebanon.
Here, they married, raised a family, and set up a school and an orphanage, the legacy of which still lives on today in the memories their community.
The Brick Wall - Juliaetta Harrington
Kim's 2x Great Grandmother Juliaetta Harrington/Herrington (later Stephenson) is causing her a headache. Born in 1841 in Michigan, USA, Kim knows about Juliaetta's life - which lasted just 38yrs until her death in 1879. The puzzle here is the identity of Juliaetta's parents.
Despite lots of close-ish DNA matches, Kim has not been able to piece together the evidence to identify how these matches and her known ancestry are connected.
Can you help Kim identify Juliaetta's parents?
If you think you can help Kim with a clue or research idea, then you can make contact with her via her website at generationsofnomads.com or alternatively, you can head over to our website to read this episode's show notes and send her a message - we'll pass it straight on.
In the meantime, Kim is curious of Andrew and Sándor's offer of help, but what could possibly go wrong?
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Episode Credits
Series Five, Episode Three

• Andrew Martin - Host and Producer
• Kim Brengle - Guest
• John Spike - Sándor Petőfi

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Chapter

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. The Interview - Kim Brengle (00:00:54)

3. The Life Story - Daniel and Emily Oliver (00:20:17)

4. The Brick Wall - Juliaetta Harrington (00:37:09)

5. The Departure (00:45:46)