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Genealogy of Ancestors and Descendants
A history of the Ancestors and Descendants of James Shanks Loofbourrow and Mary Catherine Syfert. James and Mary were married in 1866 and raised their family in Van Buren County, Iowa near Mt. Zion and Hillsboro. This history traces back along the paternal lines of each parent of James and Mary to find the 1st…
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Holiday Memories – Family
This story collection is downloadable by clicking here. Many of our family members have shared their family holiday memories, stories, and traditions. This collection has a wonderful spectrum of stories ranging from holiday celebrations from over a hundred years ago to current times, from descriptions of traditions, holiday meals, christmas trees, and a good spectrum of young…
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Our Ulster-Scot Cousins
In the early to mid 1800s, Jane’s grandparents moved from Scotland to Northern Ireland. There, they had a family, including Jane Agnew’s father David Agnew who eventually married Jenny Erskine and started their own family. Jane was their first born and would later, at the age of 22, migrate to America. There are still other…
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Jane (Agnew) Barker — The Story of Her Life
My great-granny Jane Agnew was the first-born child of eight born to her parents*, David and Jane “Jennie” (Erskine/Askin) Agnew. Jane’s sisters and brothers were Mary, Samuel, Margaret, Robert E., Martha, John and David E. Jane was born March 17, 1848, in Middle Division, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Times were difficult in those days because…
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1929 – Black Hills of South Dakota Brochure
This 1929 travel brochure is a very interesting perspective of the many tourist attractions in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This came from Perry Loofbourrow’s collection and may have been associated with a trip his parents, or another close relative, made through that area about that time. Note that in the file, several of…
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1918 Diary of Doc Day
The 1918 diary of Royal Harvey Day: Thanks to his sons, Bob and Rich, this diary is published and available for all of our families use and enjoyment. What a wonderful gift idea for this holidays and birthdays! An inspiration to any of us, all of us, to have a similar contract with ourselves to…
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The Man Who Built Camp Cajon
Camp Cajon was one of the most important developments on the Cajon Pass section of Route 66. William Bristol was pioneer with vision, a mission, and a great sense of humor. Softbound book, 7 x 9 format, glossy cover, 175 pages, with scores of photos, drawings, and original poetry and writings of early settlers.…
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From Indian Footpath to Modern Highway
This beautiful large format, hard bound book, is a travel through time from the early geology to the present and lets you witness the events that helped the Cajon Pass become the busiest transportation corridor in Southern California. Used by approximately 150,000 trucks and cars a day, Cajon Pass is also a major rail and…
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Just Something I Did Once
John Hockaday is from the route 66 generation. Born in Oklahoma and moved to Pomona, California at the age of 3. He grew up in the Southern California area, all along Route 66 and still lives along the last remaining segments of route 66 in the Cajon Pass. This book is a treasure chest of…
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My Grandparents’ Family (Hornbaker)
Robert Hornbaker is the grandson of Robert E. Agnew (brother of Jane Agnew) and thus related to the Loofbourrow family of John & Molly Loofbourrow. This book however covers Robert’s paternal grandparents David Roten Hornbaker and Mary Ann Batchelor (1841-1892 and 1843-1919). Robert briefly writes of his grandparents and the generations that followed and the…
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Agnews in Northern Ireland (Hornbaker)
Robert Hornbaker is the grandson of Robert E. Agnew (brother of Jane Agnew) and thus related to the Loofbourrow family of John & Molly Loofbourrow. In 2002, Robert visited Ireland and documented his quest of researching his Agnew ancestors. He visited where they lived in Northern Ireland, the church, farm, and met many of our…
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Through Button Eyes – a Collection of Short Fiction
David Loofbourrow is one of the authors in this book, a marriage of seven unequivocally different writers, each with their own style and supurb writing skills – collaborating to share their love of creative writing. That love of imaginative script is clearly apparent in the fifteen widely assorted and amazing short stories that all uniquely…
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One-Room School
The school systems of the past, especially in farming communities often had a single school house for grades 1 through 8 and some even into the high school grades. Robert D. Hornbaker wrote this book to recount his experience growing up and attending the one-room school house in Van Buren county, Iowa, near the towns…
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David Thomas Loofbourrow
A brief biography of our cousin who traveled, at 30 years old, to California and arrived the very day that California became a state (Sep 9, 1950). He became a successful businessman and one of the first members of the California Legislature. Click the Download button above to view David’s bio in a larger format…
