I’ve hit several brick walls in my family research. Today I wrote about the first one: my 2nd great grandparents.
My Wintry Ancestor: my dad, Charlie Heiser
A recent prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks was: Winter. When I think of a winter, I think of snow. And when I think of snow I think of my dad, Charlie Heiser (1913-2001). My dad loved snow. When it snowed Dad would take my sister, Joyce, with him to go ride around in the snow. She recalls…
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Jerry M. Thomas: next to the last
The prompt this week is Next to Last Jeremiah M. THOMAS (1852-1930) was the next to the last child of my 3rd great-grandfather, Renatus THOMAS (1799-1874). Jerry, as he was called, was born and raised on his daddy’s farm in Richland County, South Carolina. In 1870, when he was about 19, Jerry was a farm laborer on the family farm….
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Thankful
The prompt for this week is Thankful, to write about what or who are I thankful for finding in my genealogy research. When I was teenager and my mom, Gladys MARTIN HEISER (1921-1999) would talk about serious things like boys, I would always say, “Oh, Mom. Things are different than when you were a girl.” My mom would respond with…
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The Wrong Random Fact
The prompt this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Random Fact. I was excited about this prompt as I know a random fact about my paternal grandfather, Daniel W. HEISER (1882-1974). But when I re-examined the document, I was in for a surprise. I found Dan HEISER’s WW2 draft registration several years ago. That’s where the random fact…
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Four generations of snake ‘handlers’
Last Friday we had a snake encounter. I smiled as my grandmother, mother, and sister came to mind. They had snake encounters, too. Florrie and the snakes My grandmother, Florrie THOMAS MARTIN (1894-1979) was the wife of a tenant farmer. They moved from farm to farm, sometimes only staying for one growing season at a time. One swampy farm…
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