Genealogy, inspired!
Hello and Welcome to U Day! Name: Una June Taylor Vital Information: Born in June of 1890 in Illinois. Died 8 May 1967 in California. Relation to Me: Una is my maternal great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Una June is my Grandpa Phil’s mom and the daughter of Nancy Jane. Una married William Featheringill at the young…
Hello and Welcome to T Day! Today we’re going to veer off a bit from going through the first names of direct lineage genetic kin because, believe it or not, I don’t have any whose name begins with the letter T! Now, to be honest, the above feels a little strange to say, despite my…
Hello and Welcome to S Day! Name: Severin Arthur Cloutier Vital Information: Born 15 June 1840 in Quebec, Canada. Died 5 March 1919 in New Hampshire, USA. Relation to Me: Severin is my paternal 2x great grandpa. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Severin was the last living son born to Francois Benoni Cloutier and Marie Rosalie Chamberland. He married…
Hello and Welcome to R Day! Name: Robert Thompson Vital Information: Born 29 August 1860 in Lancashire, England. Died 28 February 1932 in Vermont, USA. Relation to Me: Robert is my paternal 2x great grandpa. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: As a nod to the importance of documenting oral history, what I am going to share here today is…
Hello and Welcome to Q Day! Well, while I’ve been able to fill in most of the alphabet for this challenge with the first names of direct lineage kin, Q was not in the cards. So, instead, today I’m going to talk a little about five of my eight paternal 2x great grandparents, the last…