The Family of William and Caroline Rule
William Rule, the son of James Rule and Mary Mills, was baptized on 13 February 1830 at Camborne, Cornwall, England, and died 23 March 1889 at Lake Linden, Michigan. He married Caroline Hethier on 9 April 1855 at Camborne, the daughter of James Heither and Elizabeth Cock, she was baptized 3 May 1828 in Camborne, and died […]
Old Robert Rule
Ok, so maybe this is not Old Robert Rule. It is Ross Poldark from the Masterpiece series Poldark. However, the Rule line of our family is from Cornwall, England, and the majority were miners, just as in the series. Besides, there are no pictures of Old Robert. In my research, I ran into a […]
Louisa Wechsung Rule
Louisa (Wechsung) Rule was my Great Grandmother on my dad’s paternal side. I know that she has a great story, but I can only find minimal information about her. I did find some great stories about her family, but nothing about Louisa herself. My grandma told me that Grandma Rule (Louise) was raised by her […]
The Mayor of Salt Lake
“The story of the undoing of the most youthful political idol in the history of Salt Lake” The Oregon Tribune My dad told a story that his Grandma Rule’s (Louisa Wechsung) father was a physician to the Kaiser. I never thought much of it, and could not find any information to back it up. Louisa’s […]