Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
The prompt for 52 Ancestors/52 Weeks is Memorial Day. Phillip MARTIN, my 2nd great-grandfather, was born 30 March 1831 to Joel E. MARTIN and Sarah GILL MARTIN. He was the 8th born of their 11 children. Farming in his blood Joel was a planter/farmer, and Phillip followed in that line of work according to all the census records that can…
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This week’s prompt is: Another language This was a challenge for me since both my mom and dad’s families have been in the United States for centuries so all the documents I’ve used are in English. There is another language I have dealt with, though…legalese in old documents. Reading old legal documents can quickly make you blind, confused, or both….
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This Mother’s Day I’m not writing about my own mother. Instead I’m writing about the mother of a writer friend of mine. Coming to America: A Girl Struggles to Find Her Way in the New World, written by Diana Erbio, is the story of Rosalie, a young teenager who moves with her parents and older brother from Switzerland to New…
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This week’s prompt is Close Up, and I am writing about an ancestor I feel like I know Close Up even though he died before I was born: my maternal grandfather, Joel Daniel MARTIN (1886-1955). My mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) had seven siblings and lots of Martin cousins since her father was the oldest of 10+ children. Daniel/Grandpop,…
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The prompt for 52 Ancestors this week is Storm, and I have a story for that. 1875 was the year of the tornado for South Carolina, it seems. There was a large outbreak of tornadoes on March 19-20, 1875; but I’m writing about a tornado that took place on March 15, 1875 in Richland County, South Carolina. Tornado! This ‘fearful…
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The prompt for 52 Ancestors/52 Weeks this week was: Taxes I remembered that I have tax receipts for my great-grandfather, Adolphus Burdine Martin (1867-1917). I thought they might contain something interesting, and they did. (First, I want to tell my Martin cousins that if they want copies of these tax receipts just let me know. I’ll move them to the…
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