Ancestry of Wade Starks and Linda Gray:
While my family name is Starks, the name, Starks, is really an alias 
from a step father.  My birth family name was Waldron.  Waldron was changed 
from the original Swedish name, Walgren. 

For the ancestry of my mother, Pauline Burnham, see user ID, "PBurnham". I 
have chosen to separate my mother's pedigree from that of my father's and my 
wife's because it is so extensive and because I am not actively working it.

Genealogies on this site:
These genealogies are works in progress. So there are undoubtedly some errors 
to be found in the data. I chose to post even the unvalidated data in order to 
present what is known, or asserted about our ancestry, as a basis for myself 
and others to work from. If you are also working any of these lines, please 
let me know of your interests.  And were errors, or omissions are found, please 
notify me.  I am still uncovering extensions to these pedigrees from the 
research of others.  I will attempt to verify the assertions, as fast as I 
can.  As this work grows exponentially, I look forward to your contributions 
to help leverage this work.

My genealogy: (Wade Starks, AG)
I have personally done the original research on the Scandinavian lines of my 
father, Floyd Alfred Waldron, and I am confident of the validity of this 
research.  I am still actively pursuing the Swedish ends-of-lines.  

I am an Accredited Genealogist and do genealogy research professionally, 
specializing in Scandinavian research.

Floyd's mother's pedigree, that of Clara Eliza Ames, includes a substantial 
amount of information gleaned on the internet from others' research.  Much of 
the New England information comes from published and well documented sources.  
Most of the information (though not all) back into the 18th century, I have 
verified. For most of the gateway ancestors, I have not personally verified 
their links across the ocean to their homelands.

My Wife's genealogy: (Linda Gray)
Many of the ends of lines are being actively researched.  There are several 
links which are either unproven, or suspect.  These are:

John Jackman Smith`s parents
One source shows his parents as John Jackman Smith Sr and Elizabeth Stewart.  
Other information suggests he  may be the son of a John Smith and Hannah 
Jackman. This current connection is both unproven and suspect.  This Hannah, 
daughter of Thomas Jackman Sr and Hester Wright of Virginia, has been linked 
as the wife in at least three conflicting families by others.  So more 
research is needed to sort out fact from fiction here.

Catharine van der Poel (1776)
While it is likley the Catharine van der Poel is daughter of an Abraham van der 
Poel, that she is daugther of this Abraham and Marytje Bekker is a yet 
unproven. One problem with this family is that there is another Catharine born 
in 1783, which suggests the one born in 1776 may have died before 1883.

Teunis Slingerland (1779)
That Teunis Slingeland, husband of Eleanor van den Berg is the same as Teunis 
Slingerland, son of Elbert Slingerland and Christina van Vranken, is highly 
probable, but the link is based on circumstantial evidence.

Lydia Patton
According to the custodian of this genealogy, the link between Lydia and 
parents John Patton and Sarah Rogers is likely, but unproven.

Presley Josephus Paul
That he is the son of John Paul is likely but unproven.

Much of the pre-1800 genealogy is the result of the research efforts of others 
and unvalidated by myself.