Some days I become tired and discouraged about trying to produce a blog post every two weeks. When I have the time to write something I consider interesting or useful I would like it to be read. Sometimes it feels …
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On this Mother’s Day 2012 my thoughts have turned to the women in our families who were not mothers. Today motherhood is a choice, many women both married and unmarried live fulfilling lives without children, but what about our ancestors. …
There were two Jessie Martins, one was a flesh and blood woman born in October of 1873 and the other was a Great Lakes schooner built in Muskegon, Michigan in 1881. This is their story. The Martins were Scotch-Irish. They …