Genealogy, inspired!
Faced with a brood of young children entering their teen years in the 1960s, my maternal grandma and grandpa decided to move the family out of New York City and to the country. As writers and artists, the idea was simple enough… We had had the city. Obviously, our markets were there, but we couldn’t…
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 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 O Day! Name: Orvetta Maria Brogan Vital Information: Orvetta was born on 13 July 1898 in Indiana and died on 8 September 1973 in California. Relation to Me: Orvetta is my maternal great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Orvetta was the ninth and final child born to John and Alice, well after Alice thought…
Hello and Welcome to N Day! Name: Nancy Jane Russell Vital Information: Nancy Jane Russell was born on 10 June 1851 in Missouri and died on 12 February 1923, also in Missouri. Relation to Me: Nancy Jane is my Maternal 2x great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Up until a couple of years ago all I knew about…
Hello and Welcome to M Day! Our half-way point is upon us! How are you feeling about it all so far? Name: Margaret McGibbon Vital Information: Margaret was born in 1757 in Ireland (possibly Belfast) and died on 27 April 1837 in Indiana, USA. Relation to Me: Margaret is my Maternal 5x great grandma. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities:…
Hello and Welcome to L Day! Name: Letitia Forsyth Vital Information: Letitia was born in 1786 in Bunker Hill, West Virginia and died in 1865 in Indiana. Relation to Me: Letitia is my Maternal 4x great grandma Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: Letitia was the third child and first daughter born to David Forsyth and Margaret McGibbon. She and…
Hello and Welcome to K Day! Name: Kerry C. Featheringill Vital Information: Kerry was born on 2 October 1952 in Chicago, Illinois and died on 7 February 2006 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Relation to Me: My mother. Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: I’ve thought a lot about what I’d like to include here in this little section about…
Hello and Welcome to J Day! Name: John Patrick Brogan Vital Information: John was born to Pat Brogan and Margaret McCormick in April of 1844 in Cavan, Ireland. He died on 10 December 1910 in Indiana. Relation to Me: Maternal 2x great grandpa Tidbits/Characteristics/Commonalities: I remember hearing about John a lot as a child from…