Family history, genealogy, stories
Bette Smith>Mildred Cameron>Stella Knox>Wm Wallace Knox>Margaret Anderson>Ann Graves (my third great grandmother) When I think of Ann Graves Anderson, I imagine her as a hardworking farm wife in rural Clarence Township, Russell County, Ontario. She lived in an area of bad roads, few neighbours, and even fewer amenities. In the 1860s, she and her husband, … Continue reading What Ann Saw on Mulberry Street
Bette Smith>Mildred Cameron>Stella Knox>Wm Wallace Knox>Margaret Anderson>George Anderson (my 3rd great grandfather) We know precious little about our Anderson ancestors. We do know that they were Baptists who followed their minister, John Gilmour, to Canada from Aberdeen, Scotland in 1832. George Anderson, his wife Elizabeth Philp, two children, William and Alexander, came first to Montréal … Continue reading The Andersons of Aberdeen
Asher Brown Durand (American, Jefferson, New Jersey 1796–1886 Maplewood, New Jersey) [i] Bette Smith>Mildred Cameron>Stella Knox>Wm Wallace Knox>Margaret Anderson>Ann Graves>Richard Darling Graves>Mary Wragg>Richard Wragg (my 6th great-grandfather) One of our ancestors, Richard Wragg, a blacksmith, arrived in Saratoga, New York, scarcely a decade before the American Revolution began. We know he was from Ecclesfield, Yorkshire … Continue reading High Treason? Yikes!
Our family history entitled Where We Are: Threads in the Family Tapestry is now complete. We began our work in February 2020 with the final draft being handed over to a Montreal publisher in January 2022. It occurred to us that as more genealogical information becomes available, we need a way to publish updates following … Continue reading Endings and Beginnings
Tatting the Family Threads... 