tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70742180984744966492024-03-04T23:22:55.527-08:00The Tree WardCustodian of the Family ArchivesFrank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-4739753106228341662012-02-21T23:08:00.000-08:002012-02-21T23:08:34.483-08:00Wordless Wednesday – Ernest Ward<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_CM5K71fn1CSXUQn0c9jp3gS5MKE-fFjSXQ7HcmbJUhCFLzYCs5Cxt-6SCkk0tr87GmZiHWG85K5fVTfm635KbJOTjvZ49cFAQCj27vm9zOdXYc99W0rEaEtekg2oy9mJIDaGVy2aV8/s1600/Ward,+Alexander+Ernest+Hope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_CM5K71fn1CSXUQn0c9jp3gS5MKE-fFjSXQ7HcmbJUhCFLzYCs5Cxt-6SCkk0tr87GmZiHWG85K5fVTfm635KbJOTjvZ49cFAQCj27vm9zOdXYc99W0rEaEtekg2oy9mJIDaGVy2aV8/s320/Ward,+Alexander+Ernest+Hope.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">My husband's grandfather.</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">2012 – <em>Frank’s Daughter</em> All Rights Reserved</span></div>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-76953026370702678002012-02-20T14:22:00.000-08:002012-02-20T14:22:36.170-08:00Amanuensis Monday – Encouragement from Leivers of Eastwood<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">“An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Not only do the documents contain genealogical information, the words breathe life into kin – some we never met – others we see a time in their life before we knew them.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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</div><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This letter is one of a few letters in our possession in which Ernest’s rights to his adoptive father, William Ward's estate are challenged. Previous letters have been posted regarding his adoption by William and Hannah Ward of Nottingham. (Ernest Ward is my husband's grandfather.)</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Here, Lily Leivers (Hannah’s niece) sends words of encouragement to Mrs. Smith (<a href="http://thetreeward.blogspot.com/2012/02/amanuensis-monday-proving-entitlement.html">see previous posted letter</a>) and support for Ernest’s legal rights. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr style="mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;"> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.7in;" valign="top" width="259"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">From W. LEIVERS,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">STAR LIVERY STABLES,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">VICTORIA STREET,<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">EASTWOOD, NOTTS.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Telephone No. 1 X 2, Langley Mill.<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> <td style="background-color: transparent; border: rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0in 5.4pt; width: 2.7in;" valign="top" width="259"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oct 21 1913<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">To Mrs Smith<o:p></o:p></span></div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">[Letter]<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> </div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Dear Mrs Smith.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Mrs Naylor came in last night and brought the letter which you sent her, and we were surprised to hear contents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I being a cousin to Ernest Ward thought I would write and ask you to tell him he must not doubt in the least that he is not Mr Ward's son for all his relations here always have said that Mr Ward was Ernest's own Father so that he must say he is his own son and he will have just as good chance as Mrs Ward for if they say he must prove it, they will have to prove he is not, so I thought I must write and tell him he must not doubt for one moment but why he is son to him, and in the meantime we will do what we can to try and find out all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it would be best to engage a lawyer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we knew what his mother's name was?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where he was born?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And his age?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We could certainly get his birth certificate, but we will certainly do what we can for him and let you know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mother and Father both join with me in love to Ernest, with best of wishes and yourself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trusting we shall get to know something satisfactory but he must be sure to not doubt at all about the matter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">I remain<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Yours very sincerely<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Lily Leivers</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">[Diagonal note]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">acted as nurse from time taken till they left old country.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span class="googqs-tidbit"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This is the same Leivers family who started the “Star Livery Stables” on Victoria Street,</span></span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> in Eastwood, Nottingham, England and next door to the birthplace of the author <a href="http://www.gavingillespie.co.uk/">DHLawrence</a>.</span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">As the back drop for his characters and settings, Lawrence employed his birth place of Eastwood, which he disguised as ‘Bestwood Hill’ in his book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sons and Lovers</i>. In it, he recreated the mining countryside and the mining communities of his youth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lawrence incorporated the fictional names of Leivers’ cab and Leivers’ Garage from the William Leivers’ Star Livery Stables next door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This family business of Star Livery Stables would evolve to become ‘<a href="http://eastwoodfuneralservice.co.uk/content/view/13/27/">The Eastwood Funeral Partnership</a>’ of today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Additional information on some of the Leivers family, Eastwood, and mining can be found at <a href="http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/I-Was-Miner/I_was_A.htm">Miners and Their Families</a>.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Leivers family outing in front of DHL's birthplace. <br />
Evelny is standing on the step and her sister and mother are seated in the carriage.<br />
Photo from article <span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/I-Was-Miner/I_was_A.htm">Lord and Starbuck Families</a></span> </td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-29703519459352840422012-02-06T19:41:00.000-08:002012-02-06T23:31:07.828-08:00Amanuensis Monday – Proving the Entitlement a Son<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Not only do the documents contain genealogical information, the words breathe life into kin – some we never met – others we see a time in their life before we knew them.”</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This letter is one of a few letters in our possession in which Ernest’s rights to his adoptive father, William Ward's estate are challenged. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Previous letters have been posted regarding his adoption by William and Hannah Ward of Nottingham.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> (Ernest Ward is my husband's grandfather.) </span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> Letter Transcription:</o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">[Page 1]<o:p></o:p></span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">May 28th 1914<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://theusgenweb.org/ca/losangeles/GlendaleBios/Pearce_Albert_D.htm">Abbott and Pearce<o:p></o:p></a></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Attorneys at Law<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Dear Sirs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">I certainly hope that my letter will be of some help to you in helping Mr Ward to prove his true relation to Mr Ward his father now deceased.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have know(n) Mr Ward (Ernest) for many<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>years also his mother and father. Our home was their home on many occasion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the time they lived in Chicago we were more or less together as Mr. H. Ward was unemployed for some time and that made it so they were to my house considerably.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were always the best of friends and being of English birth we enjoyed each (of) them very much and exchanged our confidences with each other. Mr. H. Ward always spoke of Ernest as his son to everyone that I ever heard him speak to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr and Mrs Ward were devoted to their son Ernest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were not friends of Mr Wards at the time he was adopted and I do not know the name of the town w(h)ere they were at </span><span style="color: grey; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">the</span><span style="color: black;"> time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">[Page 2]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">I do know that Mr and Mrs Ward said it was a country town where they were and that Ernest was born there and finally they left that place and went to Eastwood his mother's home town and stayed there for a while and left there so that they might cover up the mistery of Ernest birth as His father and mother were very careful to have it known that Ernest was their child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr and Mrs Ward told me that they had papers written and all kept ready to give to Ernest when the proper time came.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mrs Ward told me that they had everything arranged so that if anything happened Ernest would have the letters and all that they had was to be Ernest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Mr Ward took a trip to England several years ago and on his return he came to visit us in Kansas City and stayed several weeks just before he left he went to his trunk and took a chamois bag which contained the jewels of his dead wife and told me to take my choice of one of the things which I did and then he said what was left were to be for his son along with whatever other worldly goods <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">[Page 3]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">he possessed as Mother and I have worked hard for that boy of mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In answering question (4) all I know which are facts enough in themselves are Mr Wards own words in speaking of Ernest as my son.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mr Ward was a devoted father to Ernest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember at the time they lived at Willow Springs Ills Mrs Ward told me it almost broke their hearts to have to tell Ernest he had been adopted<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe he was 18 years old then. I cannot express my self in writing as to their love and devotion to Ernest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do wish you might get the letters and papers that Mr Ward had kept for Ernest as I am sure they would tell us everything we want to know Do you know whether the lady he married has the letters and papers which Ernest ought to have as his own property.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I were in England right now I know I could get all the information we need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would go on to Eastwood and from one to another I would get the needed information.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">[Page 4]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">They need a little more energy and get up to them if they had it would not take long to straighten this problem out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many times I might relate to you as to how Mr Ward would say that boy of mine and the mother would just look with her sweet expression as though Ernest was the only boy in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Question (6) Mr Ward said that the reason they came to America was to stop the talking of a number of old women over there (England) as there was no telling what they might tell Ernest </span><span style="color: grey; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">__</span><span style="color: black;"> if there is to be any telling I want to be the one to tell it and who should tell it but his father and when </span><span style="color: grey; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">he</span><span style="color: black;"> get ready to tell it he shall know it all even though </span><span style="color: grey; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">he</span><span style="color: black;"> might suffer untold pain. At that time I did not pay much attention to that as I never thought anything like this might come to Ernest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do hope you will be able to help Ernest in obtaining his rights as I am sure his father never intended that Ernest could not have what was intended for him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would like to hear of a favourable outcome of this matter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Smith, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">over <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">[Page 5]<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Have you written to Mrs Leivers at Eastwood she might be able to help in some way to get you in touch with she right person that could give the name of the town where Mr and Mrs Ward were at the time they took Ernest, but then all the people in Eastwood know Ernest as the son of Mr Ward.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I do not know wether it would be of much use to take up that time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Mrs Thos Smith<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">119 E. 25<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> Street<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Little Rock<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; 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font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This apparently simple surname is in fact one of complex origins according to the <a href="http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Lander#ixzz1QGickbtc">surname data base</a>. <span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;">It may be a development of the Olde French "Lavendier" which was usually anglicized to Launder and Lander, and describes one who owned the local laundry, and was therefore occupational.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The same word was confusingly applied to a textile worker who washed the cloth after dyeing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, a larger number of British name holders will have a Germanic or Anglo-Saxon origins, and sometimes with a later 17th century Huguenot entry as well to thoroughly mix the brew. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this case the name is topographical and describes a countryman, one who lived on the land, as opposed to a city dweller.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;">Another origin of the name traces to the town of Landau in Germany, but I, at this time, do not think this family branch goes back in this direction.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;">It’s interesting to note here, that during my research, I have found this surname spelled many other ways.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This may have occurred when the information was gathered during the time of the census, or the transcriber may have translated the script differently than what was actually written.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some other examples found besides the ones listed above include Landess, Landere, Landes, Lanner, Landis, Lauder, Larder, Landry, Landers, Landen, Alander, and Sander to name a few.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;">In any case, I have had to be very open to misspellings for this surname.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has also been helpful to seek the same document (i.e., census record) but indexed by different organizations, such as Ancestry vs. Heritage Quest.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%;">My husband’s known family history (handed down) begins with </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Warren LANDER and Trypheni/Tryhphena BILLINGS of Brighton, Somerset, Maine. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent a lot of time searching for Billings and I now believe that the evidence points to Tryphena PICKERING and that Billings was probably her middle name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this is true, then they married in 1836 in Brighton, Maine and my husband’s great grandfather was one of at least five children (four girls and one boy) from this union.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was 3 November 1845 that Warren and Trypheni became parents of a son whom they named Warren James LANDER. </span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“At an early age he removed with his parents to Kingston, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he was seven years of age his father died.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElxIxH4rjrZbV6pS3KJTYRI-MBOIZuHuPkZx5rCMf4AbMmjc4YwV5R-XvfYZ8UzWdeXpq8znDXbU1JVmUC7NKkkNSxOiXx-qbNSOnPEw_LqjC-Qqx2uPybq5rg6-zKQP8KaaoHCi1-d4/s1600/Lander,+Warren+James+(1845-92).+State+Bar+Asso+of+Wisc.+Vol+1900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElxIxH4rjrZbV6pS3KJTYRI-MBOIZuHuPkZx5rCMf4AbMmjc4YwV5R-XvfYZ8UzWdeXpq8znDXbU1JVmUC7NKkkNSxOiXx-qbNSOnPEw_LqjC-Qqx2uPybq5rg6-zKQP8KaaoHCi1-d4/s320/Lander,+Warren+James+(1845-92).+State+Bar+Asso+of+Wisc.+Vol+1900.JPG" width="216" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In the autumn of 1865, Warren entered Lawrence University at Appleton and graduated as Bachelor of Arts in the summer of 1869 as valedictorian of his class.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was admitted to the bar in Outagamie County in 1870 and in 1871 took up his residence in Green Bay, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon after he settled in Green Bay, he was elected city attorney for Fort Howard and filled this position for six years.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 110%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">On 21 October 1875, Warren married Miss Annah Elizabeth Watson, (born 2 March <st1:metricconverter productid="1849 in" w:st="on">1849</st1:metricconverter> in Newbury, Sank County, Wisconsin). The wedding took place in the house of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Lamb (Brother-in-law and sister to Annah) in Green Bay, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From this union they had ten children.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Green Bay</st1:place></st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wis.</st1:place></st1:state>, Nov. 28 - <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Special Telegram.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- Warren J. Lander committed suicide to-day by hanging himself with a clothes line in the attic of his home on Webster avenue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For several months Mr. Lander, who is a lawyer, has been a sufferer, having only recently recovered from a severe illness, which culminated in a brain trouble. Though suffering considerably he at- tended to his office duties during the past months until a few days ago, when he was again taken severely ill.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Regarding the character of Warren James Lander, it was stated that, “Mr. Lander was a man of more than ordinary intellectual power, he was an able and successful advocate; being of industrious and persevering habits he soon attained a high standing at the bar and acquired a competence for himself and family.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2012 – <em>Frank’s Daughter</em> All Rights Reserved</span><o:p></o:p></span> </span>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-44102063674384318192012-01-05T08:00:00.000-08:002012-01-08T19:59:57.782-08:00Those Places Thursday – A Day in Hollywood<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I gave my husband a slice of family history this year for Christmas: tickets to see <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</i> at Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Okay, maybe that’s not quite the family history you may think of, but this movie happens to be my husband’s all-time favorite and his family roots stretch into the Hollywood area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, his family owned a house on Hollywood Boulevard in the late 1800’s.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lander Home on Hollywood Boulevard, late 1890's</td></tr>
</tbody></table></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This all started a couple of weeks ago when I was searching for places to visit in the Los Angeles area for a possible family reunion in 2012.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I stumbled upon an article about the recent restoration efforts of the Egyptian Theatre and then happened to notice the list of coming attractions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was so excited to see my husband’s favorite on the list.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I called the kids to confirm their availability for the date and then bought tickets.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We had a great time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First we drove up the coast and saw some of the areas where the film was shot.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband got nostalgic and showed us the hill that he, as a kid, used to race down on his Flexy Flyer, and then traveling east on Sunset Boulevard we saw Paul Revere Middle School, his junior high alma mater.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We got to our destination a couple hours early so we could check out some of the sights.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You can’t step out on Hollywood without stepping on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Once a century ago, sweet citrus trees and palms populated the Boulevard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today, this public “monument” now lines the thoroughfare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It consists of marble and bronze stars embedded into the sidewalk as memorials to individuals who have made an impact on the entertainment industry.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mel Brooks on the Walk of Fame</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As we walked and read the many stars at our feet we completely missed the entrance to the Egyptian Theatre and had to double back.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Registering where it was located, we crossed the street and went to </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hollywood and Highland</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> for dinner. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hollywood and Highland Complex, December 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Hollywood and Highland complex today is home to the Kodak theatre and a shopping complex that wraps around the back of the Chinese Theatre. The elephants and monolithic wall pay homage to D.W. Griffith's Gates of Babylon from his film <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Intolerance</span></i>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The original gates stood a few miles east where Hollywood and Sunset Boulevards (possibly near my husband’s ancestral Lander home) meet in East Hollywood. They stood until, termite infested, they were declared a public nuisance and torn down.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Moving west along the Boulevard, we visited Grauman’s Chinese Theatre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This landmark theatre was commissioned a couple of years after the success of the Egyptian Theatre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It opened May 18, 1927, with the premiere of Cecil B. DeMille’s film <i>The King of Kings</i>. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Grauman's Chinese Theatre, December 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">It’s a grand and beautiful structure but the most popular and unique feature is its forecourt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This area is filled with concrete slabs which display the signatures, footprints, and handprints (even Sonja Henie’s skate blade marks) of popular motion picture personalities through the years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Unfortunately, this attraction in later years would pull the attention away from the Egyptian Theatre.) </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">After lingering on the steps of the Chinese Theatre and trying to fit our hands and feet into the cement impressions, we proceeded east on the Boulevard to the Egyptian Theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Egyptian Theatre, 1939</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The <span class="photocaption">Egyptian</span> Theatre was originally built in 1922 by showman Sid Grauman and real estate developer Charles E. Toberman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It cost $800,000 and took 18 months to construct. Seeing it today, this magnificent theatre has been carefully restored honoring its past and its original Egyptian Revival style - a fad in the 1920’s which was inspired by the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When it opened on October 18, 1922, the Egyptian was the venue for the first-ever Hollywood premier, <em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Robin Hood</span></em>, starring Douglas Fairbanks. And, because the original film cost over $1 million to produce, the admission price to the premiere was $5.00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Egyptian Theatre, December 2011</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eighty-nine years later, our family enjoyed our first-ever movie, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World</i> inside this historic theatre at a cost of $11.oo a ticket.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d say that’s a great price to pay for a wonderful day of entertainment and a slice of history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2012 – Frank’s Daughter All Rights Reserved</span><o:p></o:p></span>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-4649504828606884372011-12-31T17:27:00.000-08:002012-01-02T15:33:39.014-08:00Surname Saturday – MOREHEAD<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Recorded as Morshead, Moorhead, Morehead, and possibly others, this is a name chiefly to be found in Ulster, Northern Ireland. It is a dialectal of the Scottish locational surname 'Muirhead', which derives from the word "muir", a variant of "moor", and "heid", the head or end (of the moor).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Surnameweb.org states “that the name is from one of the sons of Muireadoch of the Kings of Ireland known to have come over to Scotland in the 6th century and known to be a Clan very ancient.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Surname data base website adds that the first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Sir William Muirhead, which was dated circa 1399 - in the "Records of Lachope", Scotland, during the reign of King Robert III of Scotland, 1390 - 1406. <o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Our family records begin much later in Virginia with Burrel</span><tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> MOREHEAD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Burrel</span><tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> MOREHEAD, son of Thomas MOREHEAD, was born abt. 1822 in Virginia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He married Sarah FLINN (</span></tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">O’FLYNN)</span><tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> abt. 1845 in Virginia. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1850, their family relocated to Monmouth, Jackson, Iowa. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1870 they were living in Farmer's Creek, Jackson, Iowa.<o:p></o:p></span></tt></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Burrel and Sarah MOREHEAD had 12 children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband’s family line is traced through Burrel and Sarah’s daughter, <a href="http://thetreeward.blogspot.com/2011/11/surname-saturday-davis.html">Sara Jane MOREHEAD</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sara Jane married <a href="http://thetreeward.blogspot.com/2011/11/surname-saturday-davis.html">Samuel Davidson DAVIS</a>.</span></tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of our family heirlooms is a Seth Thomas wall clock (ca. 1870) that belonged to Sarah O’Flynn MOREHEAD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A couple of note cards are tucked inside the clock and are inscribed with Sarah’s family history.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Family Notes in Sarah Morehead's Clock</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These family note cards state that Sarah O’FLYNN married and became Mrs. Sarah O’Flynn MOREHEAD and lived in Virginia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She gave birth and raised 12 children in her first marriage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She married again and became Mrs. Sarah ADAMS and raised his five children.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><tt><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the time of the 1880 census, Sarah was listed as married, but Burrel was no longer present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></tt></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Research has shown that Sarah’s second marriage was to Abel ADAMS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abel was the son of Amasa and Polly ADAMS,</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> who was born in 1821 in East Aurora, Erie, New York. This was a second marriage for both of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was first married to Mary Louisa TEMPLE. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abel and Mary ADAMS had eight children.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2011 – Frank’s Daughter All Rights Reserved</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></div>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-58333664159484264362011-12-14T22:59:00.000-08:002011-12-14T23:17:34.348-08:00Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories – The Fruitcake<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This is a continuing post for the </span></i><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-christmas-memories-2011/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> which is hosted by </span></i><a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">GeneaBloggers</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> as a means to encourage family historians to write about their holiday traditions. Today’s prompt is</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-december-14-2010/">Fruitcake– Friend or Foe?</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It's sad that the fruitcake has such a reputation that it would be a blogging prompt on the <a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-christmas-memories-2011/">Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's sad, but true that a lot can be said about the holiday fruitcake.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As a kid, I really didn't care much for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would pick out and discard the candied fruit (the cherries and those green things) and eat what was left of the remaining cake and nuts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As an adult, my tastes matured so that I now enjoy the blend of textures and flavors and consume every bit of the dense confection.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Every Christmas growing up we would receive a care package from our Virginia relatives that would include a <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">2‑lb.</span> box of the <a href="http://www.claxtonfruitcake.com/index.php">Old Fashion Claxton Fruitcake</a> along with other goodies like jars of <a href="http://www.oldvirginiahamshop.com/ham_spread/">Smithfield ham spread</a>, <a href="http://www.figis.com/product/figis+christmas+ribbon+candy.do?sid=PS%3AGoog%3Achristmas_ribbon_candy&extcmp=ffps11cs&code=0443834">Christmas Ribbon candy</a>, tins of homemade cookies, and gifts for us kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The edibles (cookies and candy) would be gobbled up promptly by our little tribe and then eventually we'd get around to the fruitcake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Did you know that a fruitcake can last a very, very long time without going bad?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Many years later I thought I would try making my own fruitcake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making a fruitcake gives you a different perspective and different options.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since there are many, many different recipes for making a fruitcake, I chose one that did not include the red cherries or the green things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used dried apricots, white raisins, and lots of nuts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After baking, I wrapped the loaves in cheesecloth drenched in apricot-brandy (the best part) and stored them in the back of my refrigerator for about a month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The result was delicious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2011 – Frank’s Daughter All Rights Reserved</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-67251905581709665832011-12-07T23:38:00.000-08:002011-12-07T23:44:37.027-08:00Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories – Holiday Parties: Family, Food, and Photos<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This is a continuing post for the </span></i><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-christmas-memories-2011/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> which is hosted by </span></i><a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">GeneaBloggers</span></i></a><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> as a means to encourage family historians to write about their holiday traditions. Today’s prompt is</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-december-7-2010/">HolidayParties</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most of the Christmas holiday parties I experienced as a kid were part of our family gatherings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There would always be an abundance of food, egg nog (spiked for the adults) or hot chocolate if you didn’t like egg nog, and lots and lots of cookies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cheerful holiday music set the tone at the gatherings and provided a festive background while conversations flowed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dressing up was common for these gatherings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men usually wore nice slacks, maybe a blazer or perhaps a festive vest or sweater, while the ladies donned skirts and dresses in seasonal greens, reds, or possibly a Scottish plaid. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Family Gathering + Food/Drink + Cheerful Music + Holiday Dress = Kodak moments.</span></o:p></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Left to right) Elma, Eva, Mary, Alice*, and Fred (sitting in chair).<br />
December 26, 1969 in Richmond, Virginia</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Here is a Christmas photo of the <a href="http://thetreeward.blogspot.com/2011/08/surname-saturday-emmerson.html">EMMERSON</a> siblings <br />
seizing that Kodak (photo) moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <br />
</span></span></span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Alice is my maternal grandmother.</span></span></span></span></o:p></span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2011 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Frank’s Daughter </i>All Rights Reserved</span></span>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-44662332847108363572011-12-06T19:25:00.000-08:002011-12-06T19:39:54.258-08:00Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories – Santa Claus and the Evidence of Believing<em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is a continuing post for the </span><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-christmas-memories-2011/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories</span></a> which is hosted by <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">GeneaBloggers</span></a> as a means to encourage family historians to write about their holiday traditions. Today’s prompt is</em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-december-6-2010/">Santa Claus</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I checked the word '<em>believe</em>' in the <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/">Merriam-Webster Dictionary</a> <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It said that to believe is "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to accept something as true, genuine, or real.</i>"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Furthermore, it means "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to accept the evidence of.</i>" <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then it struck me, as a genealogist, I am always searching for evidence!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So, instead of "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">sugarplums dancing in my head,</i>" the phrase "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">There is no truth without proof</i>" resounds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I need is evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I do not have any recollection of writing or visiting the magical Santa Claus so I looked though my old photos to help trigger any long forgotten memory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I found this photo, (no memory triggered here), but it's documented proof that I actually visited Santa.</span> </div><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I then looked at my own life and recall receiving many gifts signed, "Santa Claus."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All my siblings and other family members received gifts signed by Santa as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those gift tags have long since been lost (by fire, trash compactor, etc.)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As for his magical qualities, I have to surmise that they exist because how else could I be standing right next to the jolly old elf in Virginia while my husband and his brothers are posed next to him in a similar photo, at the same time, but across the continent in California.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But again, as the family genealogist, the more records I gather, the more confidence I gain to the truthfulness of his existence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One usually leaves some kind of paper trail; therefore, I turn to historical records.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">With the help of <a href="https://www.familysearch.org/">FamilySearch</a>,<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I found Santa Claus on the 1930 U.S. Census living in Marshall, Missouri with other family members but it lists him born in 1888.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm not sure, but I believe Santa Claus should be older than this guy (b. abt. 220 A.D.), so perhaps this guy is a cousin or was just named after the famous Claus. There were a couple of other similar occurrences on the U.S. Social Security Death Index - those weren't promising.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This was tough work so I decided to seek guidance on how to determine what kind of proof should suffice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I typed in a couple of search parameters in Google and found the <a href="http://www.bcgcertification.org/resources/standard.html">Genealogical Proof Standard</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read though its required elements and decided that this is my <em><u>hobby</u></em> not my profession!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's too much work for this article and way too much work to find solid evidence of Santa Claus who is not even in my family tree. Furthermore, <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">as <a href="http://destinationaustinfamily.blogspot.com/"><em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Thomas MacEntee</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">mentions in the</span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> <a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/preview-advent-calendar-christmas-memories/">How it Works section of theAdvent Calendar</a>, </span></em><em><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">t</span></em>his is meant to be fun not a burden.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Therefore, I will just take the easy route and just '<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">believe</i>' with the few facts I have on hand, the historical evidence of my own Christmas past, and let the professional genealogist or the Claus family historian hunt for the proof of this mythical, magical man called Santa Claus.<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-78920529580054304972011-12-05T18:17:00.000-08:002011-12-06T19:52:29.340-08:00Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories – Our Outdoor Tree<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif";">This is a continuing post for the <a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-christmas-memories-2011/"><span style="color: blue;">Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories</span></a> which is hosted by <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/"><span style="color: blue;">GeneaBloggers</span></a> as a means to encourage family historians to write about their holiday traditions. Today’s prompt is</span></i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-december-5-2010/">Outdoor Decorations</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I'd say that our old neighborhood had a nice distribution of holiday decorations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some eaves were lined with colorful lights, an occasional lighted star, or windows frosted with canned snow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A good portion of our neighbors got into the spirit of outdoor Christmas décor, but it would actually be our house that would become a beacon in our neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I don't know if the trees were originally on the property or whether they were planted when the house was built in 1947, but when Mom and Dad purchased our California home in the early 1960's, the driveway wrapped around two very tall trees: one pine and one eucalyptus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The house was positioned on top of a small hill and Dad thought it would be great to string Christmas lights on the pine tree to give a festive touch to our house and our neighborhood. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dad installed the lights so that they could be controlled by a switch in the garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After New Year's he would disconnect the cord but leave the string of lights up in the branches of the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each year following, my brothers were sent up to secure the strings and replace any burnt out blubs and any that had lost their colorful paint.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">This ritual went on for several years until eventually the follow-up bulb replacement activity ceased and Dad decided to switch the tree lights on during other times...middle of summer, Super Bowl evening, or whenever the festive mood struck him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a teenager this became kind of awkward…but, on the brightside (pun intended) we could always find our way home. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In October of 1933, my husband’s parents eloped and were married in Mexicali, Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the Christmas card they sent out to friends and family the following year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We have many special ornaments collected through the years: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my daughter’s laminated handprint, a tiny cruise ship from our 25<sup>th</sup> anniversary, the polymer likeness of my son on a boogie board, my first-born’s photo surrounded by 20-year old candies glued to a paper plate, and many, many others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each ornament has a story, and each story is brought to mind every year when they are unpacked and hung on our tree. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But there is another story that has no ornaments, yet those ornaments were very special.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">In 1965 my dad received orders for Viet Nam while our family was living on base in Quantico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After we said goodbye to our relatives we loaded up our station wagon and left Virginia at the start of the Christmas holiday season in route for California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our travel plan included a Christmas Eve stop-over at a Holiday Inn in New Orleans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> <span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It was a memorable Christmas and was the last time our family traveled across the country because Dad would retire after his tour in Viet Nam and we would settle in California for good.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2011 – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Frank’s Daughter </i>All Rights Reserved</span></div></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-30277106263376512032011-12-02T23:39:00.000-08:002011-12-06T19:55:15.690-08:00Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories - The Virginia Ham<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Continuing my posts for the <a href="http://www.geneabloggers.com/">GeneaBlogger's</a> <a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-christmas-memories-2011/">Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories</a>, t</span>oday’s writing prompt is <a href="http://adventcalendar.geneabloggers.com/advent-calendar-december-2-2010/">Holiday Foods</a>: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Did your family or ancestors serve traditional dishes for the holidays? </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Was there one dish that was unusual?</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Our Christmas celebration has usually included the holiday ham.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We lived in Falls Church and Quantico, Virginia during our early family years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So because Mom's family lived in Virginia, it was only natural that we would spend the holidays with them.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Thinking back on those years and prompted by "Holiday Foods," I can't help but be reminded of the distinctive salty taste of the <a href="http://www.smithfieldhams.com/">Smithfield Ham</a> which graced many of our holiday tables.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As its website states, it's "the ham that made "ham" famous."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <a href="http://www.smithfieldhams.com/product/453/genuine-smithfield-ham">Smithfield Ham</a> is aged for up to a year and dry cured with salt,<em> lots of salt</em>, which gives it a unique flavor unlike anything I've ever tasted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's a flavor that you either love or hate; I love it!<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The meat is best if sliced paper thin and served on buttered rolls or biscuits to complement its smoky flavor and balance the saltiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also makes great leftovers which can be fried up with eggs for breakfast.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After our family moved to California, we received Christmas care packages from Virginia which occasionally included a ham, but more often we would receive a couple jars of Smithfield ham spread.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was just as good to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The spread was one of my favorite treats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mixed with a little Miracle Whip, the spread would transform any cracker or finger sandwich into a culinary delight.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nowadays, perhaps not as distinctive as the Southern <a href="http://www.smithfieldhams.com/product/453/genuine-smithfield-ham">Smithfield Ham</a>, our family ham tradition continues with a spiral-cut honey glazed ham for our Christmas dinner. But better than that, a new tradition we share is the Cinnamon-Raisin Monkey Bread served on Christmas morning!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">One constant in our traditions of Christmas-time growing up, was the tree. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes it had been table-top size, while other times it towered so high that it looked like it pushed through the ceiling, but it was always a fresh, cut tree purchased from a lot.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most years, it was Dad who would pick out the tree, tied it on the racks of the station wagon, and hauled it home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After unwrapped from its tight netted cocoon, he’d set the tree in its stand and let it rest outside over night to allow the branches to relax.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we were hasty and skipped this step, we’d find the ornamented branches resting on the floor by morning.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The tree always took main stage in the living room but a nice fire in the fireplace complimented the festive theme and added a homey bouquet of smoky pine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mom must have thought a fresh tree was a lot of trouble as she filled her vacuum bag with dried up the pine needles, but even she had to admit the fragrance was lovely.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We had a colorful selection of plastic and glass ornaments that we kids would race to hang on the tree.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, the icing on the cake or rather the tinsel (icicles) on the tree was the final touch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The thin statically charged silver strands were pulled from their box and carefully draped over the branches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was taboo to drape more than a few strands in one spot and clumps were just not tolerated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the tree dried up and was disassembled, the icicles were carefully removed and laid to rest in their box and tucked away for another year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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my great-grandfather<sup>1</sup> in Richmond, Virginia</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Left to Right) Frank, John, Grayson<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></sup>, and Andrew<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></sup> Cosby</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: auto; mso-vertical-align-alt: auto; punctuation-wrap: hanging;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This could include the following: transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Not only do the documents contain genealogical information, the words breathe life into kin - some we never met - others we see a time in their life before we knew them.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
Here is a letter from Bob (Ward), living in England, to his Uncle William Ward in America. Bob is seeking employment and relocation advice from his uncle.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I am writing you to this address with the hope that should you have moved from it the letter will find its way to you.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> I have it in my mind that you are coming over to England this year, am I correct? because if you do, I want to return with you for the States;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>please let me know either way.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Now I’ve made two changes since you were last over<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the first was I got a job in London with a firm of Floating Dock Specialists and from them I came to this place which is opposite Tilbury Docks on the Thames I am now an assistant Mechanical Engineer with a Large Cement Combine <span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">£</span>7.000.000 Capital<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where I’ve been 18 months and I am fed up with the English system of Engineering.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we are too conservative and <span style="color: grey; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">____.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I should be glad if you would give me some advice upon the following.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What district is most suitable <span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #7F7F7F; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: background1; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">_</span> to make for,?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean where is your Mechanical Engineering quarter?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What salary ought I to expect as say an Engineer’s Designer, I am getting here 55/- per week?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Would 50£ carry me over and keep me say 3 months in America<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>supposing I was that time looking for a berth?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What time of the year is considered best for arriving in the States?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I shall be extreemly glad if you can give me any guide of help with regard to the numerous questions and I should also be glad if you would indecate on a paper map the district referred to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I have no startling news but I believe you are aware of my Fathers condition and position he does not alter much and keeps on in the same poor style from monthe to month.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mother seems to me getting older but manages to keep herself occupied but at times naturally gets a little low spirited<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the remainder of the family are all in good health and I hope to hear you and all are in best health<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>our company by the way has several monopolies in the Cement Industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>recently have erected on Vancouver Island a cement factory which is to commence output this August and they are now contemplating putting a plant in South Africa and they have plenty of Directors sons and nephews ready to do the <span style="color: grey; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">tripping</span>.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Wishing you good health and awaiting news.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Yours Sincerely<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-89761370377078048622011-11-26T08:00:00.000-08:002011-12-06T19:59:55.600-08:00Surname Saturday - BREWSTER<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">BREWSTER is an occupational surname for a brewer of beer or ale - something my husband can appreciate as he crafts his home brew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of Anglo-Saxon origin, the name was derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century verb 'breowan', meaning <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">to brew</i>, and was in Middle English 'brewere', meaning <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">a brewer</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until the 13th Century, the name 'Brewster' was the feminine equivalent of 'Brewer', but after that date the term was used equally for male and female brewers. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It’s a famous yet humbling family story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were outcast pilgrims who made a treacherous journey toward religious freedom, a freedom worthy of sacrifice, then landed on an icy Plymouth beach in December, with no shelter, no provisions, nor promises to greet them. My paternal American family is descended from William BREWSTER, the leader of that band of outcasts.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Elder William BREWSTER, my 11th great-grandfather, came from Scrooby, in north Nottinghamshire on the Mayflower in 1620 and reached what became the Plymouth Colony. He was accompanied by his wife, Mary Brewster, and his sons, Love and Wrestling. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My family line follows his daughter, Patience, who came to America later on the ship Anne in July 1623.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She married Thomas PRENCE on 5 August 1624 in Plymouth.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">IN MEMORIAM<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">PATRIACH OF THE PILGRIMS<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">AND THEIR RULING ELDER 1609 – 1644<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">OUTSTANDING LEADER OF PILGRIM MOVEMENT.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">THE FOUNDING OF PLIMOTH PLANTATION<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL AND<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN THE WORLD.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">B. AT SCROOBY, ENGLAND, CA 1566 7<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">D. AT PLYMOUTH, N.E. CA APRIL 10, 1644.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">A RESIDENT OF PLYMOUTH AND DUXBURY<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">M. CA 1589 MARY WENTWORTH OF SCROOBY:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">B. CA. 1568 9; D. AT PLYMOUTH CA. APRIL 17, 1627<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">BOTH (MAYFLOWER PASSENGERS) REST<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">IN UNKNOWN GRAVES IN PLYMOUTH.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">POSSIBLY IN OR NEAR BURIAL HILL.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">ERECTED 1967<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">THE ELDER WILLIAM BREWSTER SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">According to the </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.brewsterfamily.org/Brewster_Society/Welcome.html">THE ELDERWILLIAM BREWSTER SOCIETY,</a> i<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span class="style11"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">t is estimated that today there may be as many as 25 million descendants of this little band of Pilgrims that came aboard the Mayflower to the North American shores.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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(Left) Capt. Frank and Betty Andersen, (Center) "Tot" and Santa, (Right) Mayor Richard J. Daley, and his wife Eleanor<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Toys for Tots began in 1947 when Diane Hendricks asked her husband, Bill, a major with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves in Los Angeles, to deliver a doll she had made to an agency that gave toys to needy children at Christmas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, when he discovered that no such agency existed, Diane encouraged him to start one. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That Christmas, Bill and a group of other Marine Reservists delivered 5,000 toys to needy children. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Their project was so successful that, in 1948, the Marine Corps adopted the Toys for Tots program and expanded it nationwide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bill Hendricks, a Marine Reservist on weekends, was in civilian life, the Director of Public Relations for Warner Brothers Studio. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This enabled him to convince a vast array of celebrities to support Toys for Tots. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1948, Walt Disney designed the Toys for Tots logo, which we use today. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In 1956, Nat "King" Cole, Peggy Lee, and Vic Damone recorded a Toys for Tots theme song written by Sammy Fain and Paul Webster. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In 1995, the Secretary of Defense approved Toys for Tots as an official activity of the U. S. Marine Corps and an official mission of the Marine Corps Reserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Since 1947, Marines have distributed more than 400 million toys to more than 188 million needy children in approximately 500 communities across the United States and Puerto Rico. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial objective that remains the hallmark of the Toys for Tots program today is to “bring the joy of Christmas to America’s needy children.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Without a doubt, the U.S. Marines have held true to that objective.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Betty Lee's Kitchen in the Kitchen</em><br />
Hanes Avenue, Richmond, Va, abt. 1933<br />
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Seventh Day Baptist Cemetary, Welton, Iowa</td></tr>
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</div><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><em>Nathan DAVIS was born 19 December 1822 in Warren County, Ohio. He married Nancy DOTY, who was born 29 June 1823 in Clark, Indiana. Nathan died in Welton, Iowa, 9 April 1904 and his wife, Nancy died the following year, 15 December 1905.</em></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This could include the following:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Not only do the documents contain genealogical information, the words breathe life into kin - some we never met - others we see a time in their life before we knew them.</span></i><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A Letter from Hannah in Lee Summit, Mo.<br />
March 21, 1904</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Lee Summit<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Mo<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Monday, March 21/04<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dear Daughter<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I received your letter Saterday I would have written sooner here only once a day when the mailman brings the mail today he will take this letter along as we put the the letters in the box by the roadside as we do not always see him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well now I must tell you that we are expecting Earnest here today or tomorrow as they sent him a dispatch to come right away as soon as he could they sent the dispatch Saterday evening this work will be through by the middle of next month they have 2 shovels in running night and day<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Effie Dad wants you to ask your Papa if he will Pack that Lubricator Pump in that box with the straw in that is in the trunk room and send it by express as soon as he can and send it by the express co that uses the Rock Island Rd send it to Little Blue in Dads name care of Stubs Flick and Johnson const co. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Well we called in a Dr and he would not undertake the case as he could not do anythink for me<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>he said he might as well tell me at first as last he said he could run up a doctors bill but that would be all he could do for me<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so Dad is going up to see him and he is going up to see the Dr and he is going to tell him what Dr to take me to in KC and then if I have to go to a specialist he will tell him where to take me to so I do not know what they will do with me that Dr that came here wanted to know if they had used the X ray on me he said he thought it would be a good Idea<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked him about painting that lump in my neck and he said not to do it well I am tired love to all kisses for Irene from your loving Mother<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 3;"> </span>H Ward<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I hope your Mamma is better<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Kind regards to the neighbours<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="style2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #376092; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">I was not sure about the statement, “painting that lump in my neck” until I did a little research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe what Hannah meant was to apply <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">iodine</i> to the lump on her neck.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="color: #0c343d;"> </span><br />
<div class="style2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #376092; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">Studies had shown that the area around the Great Lakes region had high incident of goiter (swelling of the thyroid in lower neck area).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the early 1900’s the United States and Canada recognized this problem and had iodine added to the salt supply called “iodized salt.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Consumption of iodized salt successfully reduced goiter but was not enough to prevent other thyroid problems.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="style2" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #376092; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #376092; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="color: #0c343d;">I do not know precisely what happened to Hannah; she may have had a goiter, or it may have been cancer, or something else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1900, Hannah, was in Bohemia Township, Ontonagon, Michigan where her husband and son were employed as stationary engineers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the date of this letter, 1904, they were in Lee Summit, Missouri, and the men were operating steam shovels and excavating rock and grading for Stubbs, Flick & Johnson Construction Company of Kansas City.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the 1910 census, her husband, William was a widow in California.</span></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: black;">Though of ancient standing in Wales, David scarcely appears in England before the Norman Conquest. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Modified in various forms, it has produced many family names such as Davis, Davidson, Davies, Daves, Dawson, Dawes, Day, Dakin, etc. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Irish form is M´Daid; the French, Devis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Our confirmed family history begins February 1851 in Jackson, Indiana when Nathan and Nancy’s second son Samuel Davidson DAVIS (my husband’s great-grandfather) was born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nathan was born in Ohio in 1823 and his wife Nancy was born in Indiana in 1824.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the course of 18 years, Nancy would give birth to at least eight children, six in Indiana and two more when the family removes to Iowa.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;">The following obituary of Nathan Davis was posted on Rootsweb as follows:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.5pt;"><span style="color: black;">Obituary of Nathan Davis from "The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 60, No 18, p 285, May 2, 1904.<br />
Nathan Davis was born in Warren county, O., Dec 20, 1823, and died at Welton, Iowa, April 9, 1904.<br />
In 1837, his parents moved from Ohio to Indiana, where he continued to reside until 1865. June 29th, 1844, he was married to Nancy Doty, who survives him. Eight of the twelve children born to them still live in eastern Iowa. In 1865, he settled in Clinton county, Iowa, since which time he has made his home in the vicinity of Welton. In early life he joined the Disciple’s church, but after settling in Iowa he became an observer of the Sabbath, and identified himself with the Adventists, the branch known as The Church of God Adventists. The funeral services were held at his late residence, conducted by the writer of this notice. G. W. B.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"> </span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sam continued in the occupation of his father becoming a laborer and farmer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He met and married Sarah Jane MOREHEAD of Iowa in 1874.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her parents had moved westward from Virginia.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: black;"> Sarah, Samuel, and Effie</span><br />
<span style="color: black;">Photo taken in 1896, Davenport, Iowa</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">In Welton, Iowa on the 16<sup>th</sup> of April 1879, Sarah gave birth to the couple’s only child, a baby girl.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sarah’s mother, Sara O’FLYNN MOREHEAD, acted as midwife when Effie Adele DAVIS was born. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Battle of Iwo Jima was part of the World War II Pacific Ocean campaign from February 19 to March 26, 1945, where the United States sent Marines and soldiers to capture the island of Iwo Jima, Japan. My father was one of those Marines.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington, Virginia</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The design of the massive sculpture by Felix de Weldon was based on the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pulitzer prize-winning photo</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">by news photographer Joe Rosenthal of the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Paid for by donations, the sculpture was later cast in bronze and in September 1954 it was brought to Washington, D.C as part of a memorial designed by Horace Peaslee.</span><br />
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At the 179th anniversay of the US Marine Corps on November 10, 1954, the memorial was dedicated by president Dwight D. Eisenhower.<br />
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The 32-ft. tall figures raising a 60-ft. high flagpole are placed on a 10-ft. high base. All the major Marine Corps engagements since its founding in 1775 are inscribed on the base.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 9pt;">©2011 – Frank’s Daughter All Rights Reserved</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>Frank's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12348145686297493002noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074218098474496649.post-77629329046924315192011-11-02T18:13:00.000-07:002012-01-02T15:35:51.191-08:00Wedding Wednesday - The 1869 Marriage of CALL and SNOW<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">The following marriage was registered in the City of Salem, (Massachusetts) for the Year 1869:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">On the 28<sup>th</sup> day of January, Samuel L. CALL of Salem, 23 years old and employed as a courier in Salem, son of Thomas and Mary CALL, marries Merriam G. SNOW, also of Salem, 17 years old, daughter of Nathaniel and Hannah SNOW.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marriage Record of Samuel L. CALL and Merriam G. SNOW,<br />
my Great Great Grandparents<br />
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