The writing prompt for Week # 33 in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge is TROUBLEMAKER. I will resist the urge to name my brother, kidding 😉 There have been a couple of ancestors that have caused me grief as far as my research goes, so to me they are the troublemakers. John Wright The…
This week for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge the writing prompt is The Old Country. When I looked up the definition it states the native country of a person who has gone to live abroad. My Family Now for myself, I have lived in Canada my entire life, but I suppose the Old Country…
Man alive! Some of these writing prompts are proving difficult for me. I don’t think I’ve come across any stories of fire in our family history. I mean our kitchen caught on fire when we were kids thanks to a baby-sitter trying to make french fries in Crisco on the stovetop…but that hardly relates to…
The David Wright I am researching lately was born in Troy, New York, USA in 1831 on April 30th. He is my husband’s 3x Great-Grandfather. There are several David Wrights in his family! At some point we know that this particular David Wright immigrated to Canada, more specifically into the Egremont, Ontario area. When I…
Here’s my story about how I found “our” Irish Roots. I had been researching my husband’s family tree for some time when I finally made an exciting break through. As far as I know, my Father-in-law did not know his grandparents. So, he didn’t have much of an idea of where they came from originally.…
This is my husband’s 2x Great Grandfather. His name is William Wright. He was born on October 29, 1853 in Egremont, Ontario (in Grey County). His parents were David Wright and Susannah Foster. From what I can see his mom was only 17 years old when she had him, his father 22. It seems to…
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