Friday, 29 August 2025

John Stanley "Jack" Anderson (1927-2003) (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 36 theme: "Off to School")

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John Stanley "Jack" Anderson The younger of my mother's two brothers, Uncle Jack was born in Everett, Washington when his fami...
Friday, 22 August 2025

"I've been working on the railroad, all the live long day . . ." (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 35 theme: "Off to Work")

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Children (boys, in particular) love trains - train songs, toy trains, train-watching, and perhaps aspiring to work on a train when they grow...
Friday, 15 August 2025

Douglas Paul Barnard, Master Brainteaser (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 34 theme: "Playtime")

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Douglas Barnard from his obituary in the London Daily Telegraph 18 May 1994 p.25 accessed on Newsapapers.com  Douglas Paul Barnard (aka Doug...
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Saturday, 9 August 2025

John Wickes (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 33 theme: "Legal Troubles")

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My 9th great grandfather John Wickes (1609-1676) came from Staines, England, to New England aboard the Hopewell in 1635. Like many of my Eng...
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Saturday, 2 August 2025

The Andersons at Bawlf, Alberta, Canada (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 32 theme: "Wide Open Spaces")

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My maternal great great grandfather Israel Anderson (1829-1910) spent a lifetime searching for wide open spaces. Born in 1829  and raised in...
Friday, 25 July 2025

Tomas Willumsen (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 31 theme: "Earliest Ancestor")

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"How far back have you gone? Who was your earliest ancestor?" are questions frequently asked when folks learn I'm "into g...
Friday, 18 July 2025

Confirmation: A Lutheran Rite of Passage (52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2025 Week 30 theme: "Religious Traditions" )

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1940 Confirmation at Bethel Lutheran Church near Leinan, Saskatchewan - author's father Ken Bardahl back row centre The Evangelical Luth...