I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors Challenge. The writing prompt this week is LABOUR. noun: labour 1.work, especially hard physical work. Recently, I came across in the National Records of Scotland the Statutory Register of birth for my Husband’s Grandfather, Robert Ramsay Rodger. His birth was in the District of Wemyss in the…
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 đŸ˜‰ 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…
The writing prompt for Week # 5 in the 52 Ancestors series is “So Far Away.” Kirkcaldy, Fife in Scotland to Thornhill, Ontario in Canada – I’d say that’s Far Away. Below is a “Declaration of Passenger to Canada” for Robert Rodger that I found some time ago on Ancestry.ca. Robert Ramsay Rodger is my…
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…
