Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Clinton County, NY, Daughters of the American Revolution, New York Research, Witherwax I have always been proud of the Military members of my family. Though I didn’t know any of them personally, until my cousin Steve joined the Navy, prior to that the only member of the military I knew was my Uncle Leslie but he died in 1971 a few weeks after I was born. Through…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Stewart, Witherwax Nurture. This one through me for a bit but the more I thought about it the more my Grandma came to mind. Frances Mary Stewart Witherwax (1922 – 2004) Whether it was her own children, the children she watched, her children’s friends or my dad who got chicken pox at her house as an adult.…Read more »
Today was a beautiful service and send off for my Aunt Sheila. There were many stories told and many memories shared, The service was lovely and the perfect length. It was AWESOME. I want to give a huge shout out to my Aunt Shari who took care of arranging it all, including have the stone…Read more »
Posted by in Beardsley, cemetery, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax Today I had a plan. I wanted to visit the Clinton County Surrogates Court. This was vitally important as I didn’t make it to Essex County yesterday. I really want to go there now. I prepped for my trip by perusing the Family Search Catalog and I had the list of names, dates of death…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, cemetery, Clinton County, NY, New York Research, Witherwax For the longest time my brick wall was my Sarah Larkin Beardsley. It is probably why I still look for information about her quite often. For me it is more that adding names and dates to a tree. It is about collecting the stories of their lives. I seriously wish I had paid more attention…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Beardsley, Witherwax I swear I overthink each and every prompt to the point where I am frozen until I can move forward. For this one I finally decided to write about my 2X Great Grandparents, Leslie Beardsley and Sarah Larkin Beardsley. They had quite the opposite of a large family. They only had 2 children Minerva Ruth…Read more »
Posted by in 52ancestors, Clinton County, NY, Stewart, Witherwax As you can tell I am behind with the prompts. So much going on and I actually have a bunch of posts I want to do not related to the 52 Ancestors prompts. Hoping to get myself on track this week with a schedule. My bachelor uncle is my Uncle Calvin. Uncle Calvin is my…Read more »
