letter from a friend If anyone has info on Pearl Palmer, please share! I came across this letter included with the ones my great grandfather Avery Brink Wight wrote to Eleanor Woodworth. Pearl also wrote to Eleanor. At the time this letter was written (1905), she had a sister living in Winfield (KS) and a … Continue reading to Eleanor Woodworth from Pearl Palmer
letter #1 - 24 July 1904 Calling the Wights & Woodworths! This is just the first of hundreds of letters that I inherited.... and I am privileged to have them in my possession. However, it takes a Wight / Woodworth family "village" to transcribe them and that is what I am asking. The correspondence from … Continue reading letters, letters, letters!
I think the point of having this blog is not only to continue to be challenged for the 52 Ancestors writing prompts, but to be able to share what I have found during research to family who may be interested. So here goes... My great-great grandfather, Sarazin Trahan was born 1 October 1831 in … Continue reading A little here and there
OK, y'all, I'm interpreting this literally: it's a WILL. I would love to spend hours on this blog, but as I work full time and am a full time single parent, I just don't quite have the energy to make it professional. The photo above is what I imagine Massachusetts might look like... so just … Continue reading 52 Ancestors #9 Where There’s A Will
Our family heirloom is a pocket watch that was passed down from our Great-grandfather, Avery Brink Wight, to my Grandfather, Avery Bruce to my brother Avery James. Avery Brink (spouse, Mary Eleanor Woodworth), born in January 1878 in Kechi, Kansas, served in the Spanish-American War (Phillippines) as well as being a Major in the Army … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 weeks #8 Heirloom
This is a tale of History - "Her"-story. (My mom had a book that was rightly called "Herstory" and as we were both history fanatics, I have never forgotten.) This week's theme is "Valentine." To be honest, I was going to skip it. I'm not a very "Valentine" -ish person and I don't like to … Continue reading 52 Ancestors 52 weeks #7
THEME of the week: What's in a NAME? At least once, you've probably thought a lot about your name - looked up it's meaning, where it's from, and so on. (Rachel is Hebrew/biblical, meaning "ewe." My mother is not around to ask why they chose this name for me, but my guess is that since … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 Weeks – week 6
If anyone wants to follow along the original! Enjoy! Full disclosure here - these prompts are really challenging. To say the least, you think you have done a lot of research, and then the question comes up - (like this one for this week) "talk about what is IN THE CENSUS." The question I ask … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 Weeks #5
The proverbial "Brick Wall" and the opportunity to knock it down! Assignment / topic for this session is "Who (which ancestor) would you have dinner with?" Weeeeeelllll, do I have to pick just one??!! NO, absolutely not (since you ask)! So, I'm inviting them all over together in one place - a room, if you … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 Weeks #4
I thought I would go ahead and continue from last week since I have more family stories to keep the LONGEVITY theme going. This is from my English side of the family Woodworth(ward) and Irish side Powers. My grandmother was the youngest girl in a family of 10 children on the POWERS side: James "Jimmy", Francis, … Continue reading 52 Ancestors, 52 Weeks Cajun Style #3b
