Month: August 2021

August 2021 and I look at the news where I see tragedy after tragedy but I'll just focus on my Family Tree where I consider the great tragedy of men/ fathers dying too young. My Dad died at age 39 after decades of battling with diabetes. He died in 1954 when I was just 15,… Continue reading Week 33: Tragedy

This prompt from Generations Cafe had me channeling John Denver...Thank God I'm a Country Girl! I grew up in Gurnee, Illinois, a small farming town north of Chicago, population 3000. It was a 45 mile trip "into the City". My first experience into the city was taking the North Shore train with my Mom and… Continue reading Week 32: In The City

I pondered on this topic from the Generations Challenge of 52 Weeks, 52 Ancestors. On Ancestry.com I did the search to list all people on my tree alphabetically to see if a name would pop out. Names in abundance are BAKER, LANE, LOVEALL, QUIST, and VARNUM among others. I did a bit of research on… Continue reading Week 31: Favorite Name

Horace Bradley Rust, my 2nd cousin, 4 times removed, was born in Danville, Vermont, in 1836. Why do I care to write about him? Because he died in 1850 somewhere along the Pioneer Trail from Iowa to Zion, Utah. He was one of about 600 documented children who died while traveling with their Mormon parents… Continue reading Week 30: Health