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  • A Mother Gone Too Soon – Fearless Females

    A Mother Gone Too Soon – Fearless Females

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    Patricia Greber
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    March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances?  Describe and how did this affect the family? Blog prompt from Lisa Alzo. When reading this prompt the first person that came into my mind is Anne Reddy.  Anne had her share of trials in her short…

  • Letter From A Female Ancestor – Fearless Female

    Letter From A Female Ancestor – Fearless Female

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    Patricia Greber
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    March 8 — Did one of your female ancestors leave a diary, journal, or collection of letters? Share an entry or excerpt. Prompt from Lisa Alzo. I do not have a diary or journal for any of my female ancestors (or male for that matter). I do have a few copies of letters that my…

  • 52 Ancestors: #7 Grace Brown

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    Patricia Greber
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    I don’t have any photos of Grace Brown (Coffey) but I feel like she has such an interesting story, which is yet undiscovered. Grace was born in Ireland probably Dublin, to parents John Brown and Mary Boyd. Grace grew up in Kingston, Ontario with her 8 siblings. She married William Coffey on the 22 March…