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Tag Archives: Women
Twelve Years Ago Today – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 3, My Mother)
It was twelve years ago today. It was approximately 3:45pm. It was a Monday. I got there about 25 minutes before then, maybe fewer. Her fluids were unhooked. I just sat with her. She was so cold. So cold. Her … Continue reading
Margaret Ellen Wilson, 3 April 1931, Muncie, Indiana – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 3)
I loved my mother so much, although I often had a strange way of showing it. But she was my best friend, my companion. We had so much fun, particularly after I became an adult. She understood me, but she … Continue reading
My Aunt Janie
My Aunt Janie died 15 years ago today. She was my aunt by marriage, but when I was a child growing up, I didn’t know that. I just knew her as Aunt Janie. She was married to one of my … Continue reading
Ida May (TREES) WILSON (1869-1898) – “She was not ready to die”
Ida May (TREES) WILSON was the daughter of John and Elizabeth (LARIMORE) TREES. At the age of 18, she married my great-grand-uncle Joseph Eddy WILSON. She had three little children, then suffered “lung trouble,” and died at the age of … Continue reading
Posted in Mom's Side, Obituaries
Tagged HANCOCK, LARIMORE/LARMORE, MANIFOLD, OUTLAND, REED, RUSSELL, TREES, WILLIAMSON, WILSON, Women
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Carol Vernice (VAN DUYN) WILSON: My Favorite Photo – 52 Ancestors (Ancestor 7)
My favorite ancestral photograph is of my maternal grandmother, Carol Vernice (VAN DUYN) WILSON, with a scarf on her head and holding her red patent leather purse, while overlooking the Colorado River.
