Died Wednesday August 3, 1921 (100 years ago) in Ontario, California. Elizabeth Smith, 2nd great grandmother, mother of Annie Calderwood Married Tuesday August 12, 1890 (131 years ago) in Mankato, Minnesota. Henry Swan and Mattie Tuttle, great grandparents Born Sunday August 23, 1840 (181 years ago) in Topsham, Maine. Edward Sandford, great grandfather Born WednesdayContinue reading “August Commemorations”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
The Wrights of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island–A Genealogy Written by Doris Muncey Haslam
With the recent reopening of the Library of Congress comes the opportunity to catch up on my backlogged list of genealogical and historical texts that are out of print but have not been digitized. One such book is the two volume The Wrights of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island, a Loyalist Family is the definitive sourceContinue reading “The Wrights of Bedeque, Prince Edward Island–A Genealogy Written by Doris Muncey Haslam”
The Founding Wrights of the Connecticut Colonies
Having discussed Sandford and Tuttle origins in early colonial Connecticut, we now turn to another founding family, the Wright branch of Janelle’s family. The ancestors of her maternal grandfather, Arthur Wright, came to New England as early as the mid 1630s, establishing homesteads in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. (As a reminder, there is noContinue reading “The Founding Wrights of the Connecticut Colonies”
The Loyalists’ Ordeal
We’ve discussed the paths taken by our fifth and fourth great grandparents William and Nathaniel Wright, both born in Westchester County, New York and exiled to Nova Scotia and later Prince Edward Island during the Revolution. The details of the Wrights’ ordeal before getting back on their feet in PEI are harrowing. The following biographicalContinue reading “The Loyalists’ Ordeal”
Bridging the Silences 