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	Donner family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Donner family is one of the renowned and wealthy Finland-Swedish families that grew in importance during the times of the Grand Duchy of Finland.
		Ossian Donner, industrialist and diplomat, initiator of the whool works in HyvinkÃ¤Ã¤, independent Finland 's special emmissary to the League of Nations during the Ãland crisis, and embassador to London 1919 â“ 1925.
		Kai Donner ( 1888 â“ 1935), linguist and politician.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Donner_family (149 words)

	The Donner Party and the Andes Plane Crash
		The tales of the Donner Party and the Andes Plane Crash are both well-known examples of survival under extreme circumstances.
		Donner Lake, near the pass in which the tragedy occurred, is today a popular mountain resort.
		The two most prominent families in the group were the Donner family and the Reed family.
	www.infoplease.com /spot/donner1.html (365 words)

	HISTORY OF YUBA COUNTY CALIFORNIA by Thompson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After due deliberation, the Donner party of eighty-seven souls (three having died), were induced to separate from the larger portion of the train (which afterward arrived in California in safety), and commenced their journey by way of the Hastings’ Cut-off.
		When the third relief party under Foster and Eddy arrived at Donner Lake, the sole survivors at Alder Creek were George Donner, the Captain of the company, and his heroic wife, whose devotion to her dying husband caused her own death during the last and fearful days of waiting for the fourth relief.
		George Donner knew he was dying and urged his wife to save her life and go with her little ones with the third relief, but she refused.
	www.cagenweb.com /yuba/history/hycch-vi.htm (2286 words)

	George Donner
		The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate, George Donner’s age is given as 62.
		George Donner, at the time of leaving Springfield, Ill., was a large, fine-looking man, fully six feet in height, with merry fl eyes, and the flest of hair, lined with an occasional silver thread.
		The storm descended and the Donners and their dependents, about twenty-two people in all, were caught in the Alder Creek Valley, about seven miles north and east of the lake where the rest of the emigrants camped.
	www.utahcrossroads.org /DonnerParty/DonnerG.htm (2612 words)

	The Donner Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Donner Party was the most famous tragedy in the history of the westward migration.
		View maps of the Donner Party's route (the Hastings Cut-off), the camps at Alder Creek and Donner Lake, and the route of the Snowshoe Party.
		The Discovery Channel sponsored a dig at the Donner family campsites along Alder Creek, led by Oregon state archaeologist Julie Schabilitsky.
	members.aol.com /DanMRosen/donner (1682 words)

	Teachers' Guide to American Art
		Made famous by the tragic story of the Donner family and their companions who perished there, Bierstadt captures the treacherous beauty of the area that was finally made accessible by the railroad.
		One undeniable aspect of this painting is the poignant remembrance of the namesake of Donner Pass.
		In the winter of 1846 a wagon train of settlers, the Donner Party, were heading to California and were snowed in at the pass.
	www.thinker.org /fam/education/publications/guide-american/slide-21.html (506 words)

	The Donner Party
		The Donner party is the name given to a group of emigrants, including the families of George Donner and his brother Jacob, who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the winter of 1846-47.
		Most of the eighty or so people of the Donner party probably would have managed, too, even with their problems, but their fate was sealed by the advance of a fierce winter storm, unusually severe even for the Sierra Nevadas.
		Realizing that they were stranded, the main body erected cabins along Truckee Lake and a smaller body that consisted of the Donner family and their hired men made a camp of tents several miles back on the trail.
	www.vw.vccs.edu /vwhansd/HIS121/Donner.html (1764 words)

	Research View \| A Publication of The University of Montana
		The plight of the Donner Party during the winter of 1846 is one of the most tragic and well-known stories in the history of Western expansion.
		The questions surrounding the events of the Donner Party during their four-month stay in the Sierras remain one of the greatest mysteries of the 19th century.
		University of Montana anthropology Assistant Professor Kelly Dixon is uncovering the mystery behind the Donner Party by excavating and looking for artifacts she hopes will lead her and her research team to a better understanding of a somewhat controversial past.
	www.umt.edu /urelations/rview/spring04/donner.htm (1101 words)

	Survivors of Donner Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		George Donner was elected Captain of the Party at the Little Sandy River on July 20, 1846, but several people joined the Party later, at Fort Bridger and in the Wasatch Mountains.
		The broken axle on George Donner's wagon caused the Donners to stop at Alder Creek, eight miles from the cabins at the Lake.
		He left about $1,500 in coin to George Donner, which was probably the $500 per child.offered by Tamsen Donner to the members of the Second Relief to carry out her three daughters.
	members.aol.com /DanMRosen/donner/survivor.htm (3281 words)

	"Donner Party" Hearth Yields Bones; DNA Analysis Planned (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Researchers say DNA analysis of artifacts and bones found in and around the hearth may help uncover what the Donners ate and whether there is truth to stories that the group resorted to cannibalism to survive the winter.
		As the Donner party inched their wagons through the mountains, George Donner's wagon broke an axle.
		At Alder Creek, George Donner was slowly dying from an infection of a wound he received while fixing his wagon's problem axle.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/07/0722_040722_donnerparty.html (675 words)

	reviewjournal.com -- News: Donner Party artifacts found
		They are investigating what is believed to be the camps of the George and Jacob Donner families that were trapped in the Sierra during the terrible winter of 1846-47.
		Although the Donner Party members are infamous because starvation reduced them to eating their dead companions, both archaeologists and Donner family descendants said the project is focused on more than cannibalism.
		The Donner Party families traveled west in the spring and summer of 1846 to claim free land in California.
	www.reviewjournal.com /lvrj_home/2004/Jul-15-Thu-2004/news/24312235.html (684 words)

	Jacob Donner
		There were at least two families surnamed Blue living in Sangamon County, Illinois, in the 1830s, headed by brothers Solomon and Uriah Blue who settled in the German Prairie area.
		Much of Jacob's property had been salvaged and sold at auction for the benefit of his children George and Mary, but their half-brother "Sol" Hook was only a stepson and not entitled to a share.
		Eliza Donner Houghton claimed that her mother told her that Sammie had died when she came to the Murphy cabin to talk with the relief, but Eliza was three years old at the time and this story might not be accurate.
	www.utahcrossroads.org /DonnerParty/DonnerJ.htm (1694 words)

	William Eddy of The Donner Party
		He was known as a man of distinguished courage and also persevered against all obstacles to restore his family and wealth which were lost because of a shipwreck in a hurricane on the shores of Charleston, South Carolina during arrival in America.
		William H. Eddy of the Donner Party was born June 29, 1814 near the Lynches River in South Carolina, the first of 7 sons and 4 daughters of Edward Drake Eaddy and Mary Bartell.
		Another Unconnected Branch of the Eddy family has the tradition that their ancestor, George W. Eddy (see index) was a brother of William Harvey Eddy of the Donner Party.
	www2.msstate.edu /~eaddy/html/wmeddy.htm (3698 words)

	Graves Family
		It was a double structure, with his family living in one end, the Reeds in the other, and a "well-chinked" partition between.
		Graves tried to salvage her family's wealth, a bag of coins, but it proved too heavy to carry and she cached it near the lake.
		The subject of the Donner Party was very painful for her; as a schoolgirl in San Jose she had been tormented by the knowledge that she had unwittingly partaken of her own mother’s body at Starved Camp.
	www.xmission.com /~octa/DonnerParty/Graves.htm (3210 words)

	California Dream: Donner Party travels to California
		George Donner, a 62-year-old farmer and his family left Springfield, Illinois on April 16th, 1846 heading for their dream of a better life in California.
		The Donner Party is the name given to George Donner's group of pioneers who became trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the winter of 1846-47.
		All four adults and four children of the Donner family did not see the California ocean and beach.
	www.beachcalifornia.com /donner.html (463 words)

	Fourth grade California history review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the winter of 1846-47, a group of 87 pioneers known as the Donner Party was stranded by heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
		According to one account several in that first party turned back, since it was not known precisely where the Donner Group was located, and the way was nearly impassable.
		To avoid getting lost in the wilderness, and to help other groups following their lead, the first expedition burned every dead pine tree that they came to on or near the trail they were making.
	www.jspub.com /4grdch5a.html (412 words)

	The Donner Party
		The Donner Party was not the Donner Party when it headed west.
		He was accompanied by his family and his brother’s family.
		Also joining the train, were the Reed family, the Murphy family, the Breen family, several hired hands, and a few German families.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/old_west/18826 (1308 words)

	Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Pages: The Wolfgang-Donner Family
		Family research is being conducted on the following; Wolfgang, Edinger, Karker, Stoffer, Guthrie, Bish, Parker, Tice, Davis and Shoup Families.
		These families settled in PA and Ohio and Michigan for the most part.
		Family research is also being conducted on the following: Donner, Bamert, Schnellmann, and Staub, all of Switzerland.
	familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/d/o/n/Katherine-B-Donner/index.html (115 words)

	Cyndi's List - Famous People
		Family history of the Scottish poet Robert Burns including over 250 descendants and over 2,000 other relatives.
		Family bibles (1800-1936) donated by Sandusky County and Northwest Ohio families.
		Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendants of the Popes
	www.cyndislist.com /famous.htm (2004 words)

	Donner Family Genealogy Forum
		Re: Herman Donner Sr, Born Minnesota-1875 - shirley donner zurn 11/09/01
		Ernst Wilhelm Donner Köln/Cologne - Christel Monsanto 8/14/01
		Re: Edith Maude Donner - gina hatfield 6/24/99
	genforum.genealogy.com /donner (1508 words)

	Education First: Donner Online
		"Donner Online" is a type of Web-based activity in which you learn about a topic by collecting information, images, and insights from the Internet, and then you "paste" them into
		Of course, you too will be sharing everything you picked up on your study of the Donner tragedy.
		Through looking closely at the facts and issues behind the history of the Donner Party, we hope that you can express a little more clearly what you think and feel about experiences that let us all know what it means to be human.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/donner/index.html (621 words)

	Donner Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But at this time the weaker began to die which rendered it unnecessary to take life, and as they died the company went into camp and made meat of the dead bodies of their companions."
		"The infamous Donner Party, pioneers who tried to take an untested shortcut to California, got stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and turned to cannibalism during the winter of 1846-47.
		Donner Party: Emigrants Unable to Resist Lure of the American West
	www.rbls.lib.il.us /dpl/ref/hist/hid/histhiddonner.htm (570 words)

	DONNER Family - BIOGRAPHIES FROM 1876 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, IL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All material contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged researching their family origins.
		Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.
		The parents were German speaking, but it is not known whether they emigrated from Germany or were born in this country.
	www.rootsweb.com /~ilsangam/1876/donnerf.htm (250 words)

	Donner Family Genealogy Forum
		Johannes Christiaan Donner, the Netherlands 1853- Minneapolis 1928 - harm 2/15/05
		Donners in the USA since at least 1524 or earlier - Bernhard Schulze 10/03/04
		Donners in Pratt county Kansas - Jane Trigg 12/31/01
	www.genforum.genealogy.com /donner (1508 words)

	George Donner Family
		They were prominent and well known people and the name of Donner is linked with the early history of this State (Illinois).
		The elder Donners were people of means and they were of the old Orthodox Quaker faith.
		For an excellent treatment of the Donner Family and history of the survivors, visit The Donner Party website by Kristin Johnson.
	www.fmoran.com /donner.html (579 words)

	The Family Circus VS The Donner Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lord Puppet Head> The new topic is Family Circus VS The Donner Family.
		The Donners were idiots who were too lazy to take the long route and ended up eating each other on the trail to the west coast.
		Andy> Yeah, but Family Circus is good crappy comedy that no one pays attention to and the only people who laugh at it are old married couples, remembering the good old days.
	www.nickvsandy.com /html/debate011.html (183 words)

	Hunting for the Donner Party
		The other members of the party, including the Donner family, had lagged behind and become separated from the main group.
		Such an idea was begun by Virginia Reed, a young girl traveling with her family in the Donner Party.
		According to William Lindemann, curator of the Emigrant Trail Museum at the Donner Memorial State Park, people are unaware that over a period of many years, moles and other rodents have a habit of moving and thereby scattering artifacts that have been left behind.
	www.jamesmdeem.com /treasurestory4.htm (1364 words)

	Donner Family Archaeology Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In search of the source of this residue, the research team here is now trying to hone in on the precious location of a fire hearth somewhere in this meadow.
		If the team can find a hearth, along with artifacts that date to 1846-1847, the archaeologists will support the theory that the site is one of the Donner family encampments.
		Then they can discuss other pieces of information from the archaeological remains: what the camp looked like; the starvation diet; and human responses to desperate situations.
	www.ss.mtu.edu /news/donner.htm (136 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Burial Records of Donner Family New Orleans Lousiana Submitted by Lisa Cotten January 2002 *********************************************** Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright.
		Eliza Daly Donner Born: 1842 Died: 1883 Michael J. Donner Born: 1840 Died: 1912 E.
		Donner Born: 1880 Died: 1935 Erma L. Schroeder Born: 1895 Died: 1945 Mary D. Schroeder Born: 1872 Died: 1965 Leah S. Durkes Born: 1895 Died: 1976 Military Marker in front: David F. Durkes PFC US Army World War I Nov.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/la/orleans/cemeteries/barts/00000002.txt (113 words)

	Danner/Donner Family
		Jacob is believed to be buried in a small family plot belonging to his son, George, in Stokes County, NC.
		It was situated on the South Fork of Muddy Creek.
		Raymond Danner's Danner Family of Western North Carolina
	www.fmoran.com /danner.html (703 words)

	Tahoe Donner Vacation Rentals, Hotels, Weather, Map and Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		is a resort area of the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range in Northern California, near Donner Lake and the town of Truckee, and approximately 30 minutes to the north shore of Lake Tahoe.
		Swimming is available at Donner Lake and Lake Tahoe, and other activities include fishing and boating, kayaking, rock climbing and golf.
		Nestled between the Sierra Nevada peaks, the towns of Truckee and Graeagle, and the Donner Lake region, often gets an inversion, whereby cold air is trapped overnight, thus the reason for the extreme cold temperatures in the very early morning hours - even in summertime.
	www.californiavacation.com /regions/Tahoe-Donner-California.html (628 words)

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