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For this week's 52 Ancestors challenge I've chosen to write about Jemima Powers, she was my husband's Maternal 2x Great-Grandmother. It would seem that her name is not only fitting for this week's writing prompt, but also for her power and tenacity to withstand what in print looks to be quite a challenging life. Jemima… Continue reading Week # 8 – Power ( Jemima Powers )
Who were you named after? Week 3's theme is "Namesake." Are you named for one of your ancestors? Do you have an ancestor who was named for someone else (either in the family or a well-known person)? This is the week to tell their story! Ramsay - Our son, I'm sure, is delighted to have… Continue reading Week # 3 – Namesake / 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge for 2021
I'm participating in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 Ancestors Challenge. The writing prompt for this week is On The Map. Every once in a while Ancestry releases updated Ethnicity Results for our DNA tests. I thought that was quite fitting. In case you are thinking, wait a second...how is it possible that my DNA could change?!… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week # 38 – On The Map
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… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week # 36 – Labour
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… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week # 30 – The Old Country
This week for Amy Johnson-Crow's 52 Ancestor challenge the writing prompt is Service. This week it also happens to be the birthday of Robert Ramsay Rodger, my husband's maternal grandfather. He was born on May 6 1912 in East Wemyss, Fife in Scotland. 108 years ago today! So, it seems quite fitting that for this… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week # 19 – Service
Trying to choose a "Favourite Discovery" is nearly an impossible task for me. I have just learned and discovered so many fascinating things by doing genealogy as a hobby. If I had to choose some of favourites, these would likely be in the running... informing my husband and father-in-law about their ancestors that came across… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week # 7 – Favourite Discovery
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… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week # 5 – So Far Away
The writing prompt for Week # 3 is Long line... Well, there is a long line of the name Ramsay in my husband's family tree. That is probably the longest line that I have been able to trace back so far in our trees. In carrying on the family tradition, we used the name Ramsay… Continue reading 52 Ancestors : Week 3 – Long Line
2018 was a very long, tiring and extremely difficult year for our family. I wouldn't want to go into too much detail about the specifics, but I felt that I wanted to share something today. Especially today. We lost our Mom/Grandma on December 26th, 2018. Lorna Evelynne Rodger was born in Toronto, Ontario on the… Continue reading Remembering Lorna Wright
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