Anna Ethel Watchorn Lately, I have to admit that I have been having a hard time finding free time to blog about my genealogy research. A friend and fellow researcher suggested, in our Facebook group, that we try the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. I’m going to take her…
I think every genealogist has come across their fair share of strange family connections and relationships. Some of these relationships seem strange, or even taboo to us, due to the time in which we live. However, one of the things that a genealogist must do is to investigate with perspective…
Wedding photo of my 3rd Great Grandparents Richard Watchorn and Elizabeth (Howley) Watchorn. Wedding photo of Richard Watchorn and Elizabeth (Howley) Watchorn. Richard and Elizabeth were both born in Ireland in the 1820s and immigrated to Canada in the 1840s, where they raised their nine children. I haven’t had the…
In honor of siblings’ day being yesterday Friday, April 10, 2015, this blog celebrates two sisters Christina Ann Kay and her younger sister Mary Ann Kay who were married on the same day in Algoma, Ontario, Canada. Christina and Mary were born to parents Alexander Kay and Armina (Waybrant) Kay….
