Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
The prompt this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Trick or Treat. I am treating you with my small collection of vintage Halloween post cards. Where did they come from? These post cards belonged to my first cousin, twice removed Myrtle Virginia HILLARD BURROUGHS (5 July 1903-24 Sept 1977). Myrtle was the first cousin of my grandmother, Goldie…
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This week’s 52 Ancestors prompt is Transportation. My entry this week is an updated version of a blog post I wrote in 2015 about William Kenneth HEISER Sr., my first cousin, once removed. Ordinary Beginning William was born 19 Feb 1916 in Frederick County, Maryland. He was the oldest of the three children born to Joseph Henry HEISER Jr. and…
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This week’s prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Week is: Harvest. I’m writing about my 2nd cousin, twice removed William Hinson Goff. Early years William Hinson GOFF, known as Willie, was born 12 Sept 1874 in Kershaw County, South Carolina. He was the firstborn child of Eli Hinson GOFF (1849-1910) and Nancy HENDRIX GOFF (1851-1938). Eli, called Hinson, was a…
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I read Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate at the suggestion of a distant Martin Cousin, Glenda K. Thanks, Glenda, for this excellent recommendation. Before We Were Yours is one of those novels with two story lines going one; one is in the present and one is on the past. The present story The present story is about Avery,…
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A recent prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is School Days. My grandmother, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979) was a teacher before she married my grandfather, Joel Daniel MARTIN (1886-1955). She likely only taught for a year or two since she married in June 1914. She taught at a school near Messer’s Mill which was on the land that became…
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) decided that a main road here in Sanford needs to be widened. Before the widening can get started, though, a large portion of the graves in the Shallow Well Church cemetery have to be relocated. NCDOT wants the next-of-kin to decide where the graves go…to the new church cemetery or some other cemetery….
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