In Massachusetts we are celebrating Patriots’ Day today. It is a holiday celebrating the battles of Lexington and Concord which took place on April 19 in 1775. So I have been thinking about my patriot ancestors and decided to write …
Oliver Snow (1749-1841) – One of My Patriot Ancestors Read more »
Once again this is going to be short and sweet. I accomplished at least one of my tasks for March: I wrote about a female relative, although it wasn’t my Aunt Susan but instead I switched to my husband’s line …
Sophie was born in December 1909 in Syracuse to Chaneh (Harry) Levine and his wife Rachel (Rose) Katz Levine. I have written briefly about this family earlier (here). Although they had started out in Syracuse, where Harry’s siblings had settled, …
I’m running behind (February is a short month!) and struggling with cabin-fever, snow anxiety and cold-nose syndrome. So this is going to be short. (To get started, I have to go back up my computer files: it’s the first of …
I’ve written in the past about my paternal grandmother, Carrie Boothby, and about my maternal grandfather, Lyle Denman. So now I want to write a little about my maternal granmother, Bricena Snow. This picture shows how she looked as a …