We resurrected this site because we didn't want the years of work by Gloria Crumpler Vester and her fellow Crumpler researchers simply to be lost. Nobody has maintained it for a very long time, so many of its links no longer work — and we know. As time permits we'll go through it and tidy the broken links; volunteers are very welcome.
All of the family information has been carried over to our family history site, including a separate tree for Gloria's own database: Gloria Crumpler Vester's Crumpler Database · The Lucies Family History Site.
Please take the site for what it is: a slice of history, from the days of the rotary telephone, the daily newspaper and polite politics. — HMDP
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Sample, John Back to Main Page
Birth : 21 APR 1797 Herkimer Co., New York
Death : 4 MAR 1873
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Sample, HughFamily:
Mother: , Eva
Marriage: 5 DEC 1819Family:
Spouse:Sheffer, BetsyChildren:
Death : 21 JUL 1822
Gender: Female
Sample, Margery
Marriage: 21 NOV 1826
Spouse:Hess, MaryChildren:
Death : 29 JUN 1890
Gender: Female
Sample, Marriah
Sample, Marsha
Sample, Samuel
Sample, Delbert
Sample, Freeman
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Sample, Margery Back to Main Page
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Sample, JohnFamily:
Mother: Sheffer, Betsy
Spouse:Family:Sheldon, George
Gender: Male
Spouse:Dow, A. G.
Gender: Male
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Morey-Sample, George Back to Main Page
Birth : 29 SEP 1875
Death : 21 MAY 1954
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Morey-Sample, HosialFamily:
Mother: Hill, Almeda
Marriage: 28 APR 1896Family:
Spouse:Sage, ArlieChildren:
Death : 23 JUL 1931
Gender: Female
Morey-Sample, Neil Alanzo
Morey-Sample, Robert Julius
Morey-Sample, Lura Almeda
Morey-Sample, Edwin Donald
Marriage: 8 OCT 1932
Spouse:Turney, Mary
Gender: Female
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Morey-Sample, Gertrude Louise Back to Main Page
Birth : <living>
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Morey-Sample, Edwin DonaldFamily:
Mother: Paqueen, Pearl
Spouse:Family:Cole, Richard
Gender: Male
Spouse:Silvernail, ClarenceChildren:
Gender: Male
Silvernail, Kathleen Sharon
Birth : <living>
Gender: Female
Silvernail, Susan Diane
Birth : <living>
Gender: Female
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May, Duard Eugene Back to Main Page
Birth : 4 APR 1904
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: May, EugeneFamily:
Mother: Oldro, Melva
Marriage: 14 MAR 1931Family:
Spouse:Olson, Dorothy M.Children:
Gender: Female
May, Norma Jean
Marriage: 3 FEB 1945
Spouse:Preble, MadeleneChildren:
Gender: Female
May, Robert Eugene
Birth : <living>
Gender: Male
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Sample, Alfred John Back to Main Page
Birth : 7 DEC 1903 Poland, New York
Death : 24 DEC 1983 Dunkirk, New York
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Sample, Otis JamesFamily:
Mother: Taylor, Belle
Spouse:Family:Merritt, Marguerite
Gender: Female
Marriage: 18 OCT 1924
Spouse:LaBarron, FrancineChildren:
Death : MAY 1976
Gender: Female
Sample, Richard LeBarron
Sample, Alfred John
Sample, Lawrence LaMont
Birth : 3 AUG 1931
Death : 30 NOV 1933
Gender: Male
Sample, Shirleyann J.
Birth : 1 NOV 1936
Death : 10 JUN 1974 Deaconess Hospital, Buffalo, New York
Gender: Female
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Sample, Lawrence Taylor Back to Main Page
Birth : 18 MAY 1905 Poland, New York
Death : 18 JUN 1983 South Miami, Florida
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Sample, Otis JamesFamily:
Mother: Taylor, Belle
Marriage: 3 SEP 1930Family:
Spouse:Lodwick, MurielChildren:
Death : 1948
Gender: Female
Sample, James Lawrence
Sample, Thomas Lodwick
Marriage: OCT 1959
Spouse:Harrell, Joyce Stone
Gender: Female
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Palmeter, Frank W. Back to Main Page
Birth : 26 JAN 1858
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Palmeter, Washington J.Family:
Mother: Gifford, Jane
Spouse:Family:Palmeter, Edith
Gender: Female
Spouse:Family:Rice, Jessie
Gender: Female
Spouse:Fisher, Hattie
Gender: Female
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Gifford, Abiel Back to Main Page
Birth : 10 SEP 1741
Death : 26 MAY 1824 w.d. 21 May 1824, w.p. 11 Jun 1824, Cambridge, NY
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Gifford, PelegFamily:
Mother: Cornell, Alice (Alse)
Spouse:Family:Sisson, Mary
Birth : of Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Gender: Female
Marriage: 27 AUG 1759 in [intentions], Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Massachusetts
Spouse:Potter, Joanna
Birth : 15 DEC 1741
Death : BEF. 1810
Gender: Female
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Sample, Lola Back to Main Page
Birth : 26 DEC 1903
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Sample, Jay W.Family:
Mother: James, Maude
Spouse:Family:Lewis,
Gender: Male
Spouse:Gumbert, David
Gender: Male
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Timmerman, Herbert D. Back to Main Page
Birth : <living>
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Timmerman, RobertFamily:
Mother: Nichols, Terris Louella
Spouse:Family:Jackson, Florine
Gender: Female
Spouse:Brewster, TheresaChildren:
Gender: Female
Timmerman, Douglas Robert
Birth : <living>
Gender: Male
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Sample, Clarence David Back to Main Page
Birth : 13 AUG 1874
Death : 10 NOV 1917 Crook Co., Oregon
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Sample, CharlesFamily:
Mother: Congelton, Mary Jane
Spouse:Family:Wright, EllaChildren:
Gender: Female
Sample, Alice
Sample, David
Gender: Male
Spouse:Knight, ClaraChildren:
Gender: Female
Sample, Helan
Gender: Female
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Culbertson, Marsha Back to Main Page
Birth : 29 JAN 1909
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Culbertson, WardFamily:
Mother: Marsh, Clara Beatrice
Spouse:Family:Babbitt, Leslie
Gender: Male
Marriage: 28 MAY 1932
Spouse:Price, EugeneChildren:
Gender: Male
Price, Ward David
Price, Eugenia Fredricks
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Backus, Marie Beulah Back to Main Page
Birth : 20 NOV 1893
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Backus, Joseph JohnFamily:
Mother: Sample, Estella Grace
Spouse:Family:Olsen, Samuel L.Children:
Death : 19 MAR 1931
Gender: Male
Olsen, Helen Louise
Olsen, Howard Francis
Olsen, Marian Estella
Marriage: DEC 1934
Spouse:Wassink, A. J.
Gender: Male
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Olsen, Marian Estella Back to Main Page
Birth : 17 OCT 1919
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Olsen, Samuel L.Family:
Mother: Backus, Marie Beulah
Spouse:Family:Ramsey, Ronald
Death : 10 APR 1945 Germany, serving in Armed Forces.
Gender: Male
Marriage: 12 JAN 1948
Spouse:Snyder, OwenChildren:
Gender: Male
Ramsey, Sandra Kay
Birth : <living>
Gender: Female
Ramsey, Brenda Joy
Birth : <living>
Gender: Female
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Beach, Harold Back to Main Page
Birth : <living>
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Beach, George LemusFamily:
Mother: Fagley, Gertrude
Spouse:Family:Bramer, JeaneChildren:
Gender: Female
Beach, Barry Allen
Birth : <living>
Gender: Male
Spouse:Atkins, MariaChildren:
Gender: Female
Beach, Alan George
Birth : <living>
Gender: Male
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Meyers, Isabelle Back to Main Page
Death : 1959
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Meyers, CharlesFamily:
Mother: Sample, Effie Philindia
Spouse:Family:Geise, HarryChildren:
Gender: Male
Geise,
Marriage: 1926
Spouse:Tuttle, PaulChildren:
Gender: Male
Tuttle,
Gender: Female
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Sample, Clayton L. Back to Main Page
Birth : 7 NOV 1872
Gender: Male
Parents:Father: Sample, AndrewFamily:
Mother: Dewey, Laura H.
Marriage: 24 NOV 1897Family:
Spouse:Fargo, Anna L.Children:
Death : 22 MAY 1957 Morrell Hospital, Lakeland, Florida
Gender: Female
Sample, Gertrude Margery
Sample, Clement Andrew
Marriage: 20 JAN 1960
Spouse:Gifford, Bertha E.
Gender: Female
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Sample, Lelia V. Back to Main Page
Birth : 31 AUG 1875
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Sample, AndrewFamily:
Mother: Dewey, Laura H.
Spouse:Family:Fargo, OrionChildren:
Gender: Male
Fargo, Harold
Marriage: 1 NOV 1924
Spouse:Webb, Alfred
Gender: Male
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Sample, Viola A. Back to Main Page
Birth : 10 APR 1882
Gender: Female
Parents:Father: Sample, AndrewFamily:
Mother: Dewey, Laura H.
Spouse:Family:Gorsline, GideonChildren:
Gender: Male
Gorsline, Stuart
Gender: Male
Gorsline, Phillip
Gender: Male
Spouse:Family:Filley, CharlesChildren:
Death : 1925
Gender: Male
Filley, Evans
Filley, Gladys
Gender: Female
Filley, Laura
Gender: Female
Spouse:Fernald, Charles
Death : 1955 Hampton, New Hampshire
Gender: Male