Married Wednesday September 6, 1905 (116 years ago) in Newburgh, New York. James Louis Hynes and Bessie Gordon, great grandparents Fought in and survived the Battle of Antietam, Wednesday September 17, 1862 (159 years ago) in Sharpsburg, Maryland. Aaron Sechler, second great grandfather Died Tuesday September 18, 1945 (76 years ago) in Kalamazoo, Michigan. LauraContinue reading “September Commemorations”
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Places of Origin
We can take our Ancestral Migrations Map and flip it around to see a view of our family’s overseas places of origin. Most of our family originated in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland… This is a partial list focussed on the family branches we have spent the most time investigating–to show all of our ancestors’Continue reading “Places of Origin”
Our Wright Origins in America
We have a pretty good understanding of our Wright ancestors back through the Prince Edward Island generations, but we have not yet looked at the generations prior to the American Revolution. The Wrights’ immigration to Connecticut in the 1880s was the family’s second immigration to New England. What can we say about the first? FamilyContinue reading “Our Wright Origins in America”
Bridging the Silences 