Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
Music is the prompt for this week. I don’t have a specific story, but I can tell you about music in my mom’s family. Being 18 years older than me, my cousin Rose Marie GANUS WARD (1941-2015) experienced our grandparents, aunts, and uncles in a different way that I did. For one thing, our Grandpop died when Rose was a…
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The 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompt for this week is: Travel. When traveling to Alaska my grandmother, uncle, and aunt were ‘celebrities’ for a day. Here’s the story. Grandma suffers a loss In May 1966, my great-aunt, Aggie THOMAS JEFFORDS (1897-1966), passed away. She was the last of my grandmother’s original family. Grandma (Florrie THOMAS MARTIN 1894-1979) lived with…
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This week’s prompt is to write about a black sheep in the family. Boe Heiser was the first name that came to mind. William Stewart “Boe” HEISER was born 26 Oct 1900 in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. He was the youngest of the seven children born to Joseph Henry “Toby” HEISER, Sr. (1861-1945) and Martha ROGERS HEISER (1860-1947). Boe’s oldest…
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The prompt for this week is: Same Name. I had a few choices like Mordecai and Daniel. Instead I chose Renatus. The first Renatus, Renatus Thomas, was born about 1799 in either South or North Carolina. His father was Billy THOMAS, Jr. (?-1820). I wrote about Billy Jr. and Sr. here. Renatus was the oldest, and only, son of Billy…
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Not surprisingly, the prompt for 52 Ancestors this week is Father. My father, Charles Leroy HEISER (1913-2001) was raised by his maternal grandparents, Gum and Sallie PRICE, after the death of his mother, Goldie Isabel PRICE HEISER (1893-1919). Read about her here. After his mother died, Dad was separated from his sisters who went to a foundling home until their…
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The prompt for this week is So Far Away. My paternal grandfather, Dan HEISER, went so far away in the early 1900’s. Here’s the story. Daniel Wilbert HEISER was born 2 November 1882 in Mount Airy, Frederick County, Maryland. His parents, Joseph Henry HEISER, Sr. and Martha ROGERS HEISER, were native Marylanders, too. Dan was the oldest of their seven…
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