The James Gammell Chronicles

Welcome to The James Gammell Chronicles. The purpose of this blog is to provide a gathering place for the living descendants of James Gammell and his siblings, as well as interested friends and historians. If you are a new visitor, you may want to begin by reading the Preface, posted January 4, 2010, and then proceed chronologically through James' life story.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Memorials to William Gammell

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In 1936, the State of Texas erected individual monuments at Founders Memorial Park (formerly City Cemetery) in Houston, commemorating the se...

Saturday, May 29, 2010

William Gammell and the Battle of San Jacinto, Part II

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Battle of San Jacinto Henry Arthur McArdle, 1895 (Wikimedia Commons, in public domain) William Gammell was one among hundreds of volunteers...

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

William Gammell and the Battle of San Jacinto, Part I

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Administrative map of Mexico (1835-1846) Author - Semhur, 2008 (Wikimedia Commons, freely licensed GRDL) The life of Willi...

Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Wylie Family Moves to Michigan

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Nothing has tended so much towards the rapid progress of the Western Country as the strong disposition to emigration among the Americans th...

Sunday, May 9, 2010

The Fitzgeralds of Spring Arbor

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Spring Arbor, Michigan Replica of a typical cabin of the early 1830's In the century preceding 1829, Detroit was “almost the only civi...

Monday, May 3, 2010

Arrival in Jackson, Michigan

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As far as we know, James never returned to Toronto. Because he had escaped from Van Diemen's Land, he never received a pardon, and coul...

Friday, April 30, 2010

Aftermath of the Rebellion

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President Martin Van Buren had not been successful in obtaining pardons for the American citizens imprisoned by the British. He had made on...

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Liz: When I have completed my research and writing, I plan to publish this material in a hard copy book that can be passed down to future generations. -Elizabeth Gammell Hedquist, d. of Raymond William Gammell, s. of Horace Blake Gammell, s. of William Andrew Gammell, s. of James Gammell.

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