Nostalgia says “Do Over!” (I ask “Why?”)

4 Jan 201514 Dec 2017

If you plan to stop by for a visit you're gonna need a helmet -- unless you're the GeneaBloggers Guru, Thomas MacEntee :) Yes, there's a war going on Down…

#52Ancestors Group 15: ATKINSON (in a nutshell) part II

26 Apr 2014

A year and a half ago (NOV21,2012), I detailed Thomas ATKINSON and Bethia (KIDD)'s oldest child, Robert along with his wife and children in a "Surname Saturday" post.  This time, we are looking…

#52Ancestors No.12 An Accomplished Author [C3R]

16 Mar 201426 Apr 2014

Mabel's 2nd husband was Robert Henry ATKINSON. Robert was a son of William ATKINSON and the former Elizabeth EDMONDSON William was the 2nd eldest son of Thomas ATKINSON and the…

#52Ancestors No.9 Mary Bertha (MAW) JACOBS [C3R]

26 Feb 201426 Apr 2014

MARY BERTHA (MAW) JACOBS, was born 25JAN1881 to JOHN MAW (05MAY1831-31JUL1896) and the former ALICE ATKINSON (30NOV1845-14MAY1927) in Castlemore, Peel County, ON. She was my cousin 3times removed. In 1901,…

#52Ancestors No.8 Dr. Herbert Alban Stanley TREADGOLD, M.D. [C3R]

17 Feb 201426 Apr 2014

HERBERT ALBAN STANLEY TREADGOLD, was born 08JAN1876 to GEORGE TREADGOLD (05MAY1831-31JUL1896) and the former ELIZABETH BETHIA ATKINSON (30NOV1845-14MAY1927) in Bolton, King Township, York County, ON. He studied medical sciences at…

#52Ancestors No.7: Thomas James FARDING [C3R]

10 Feb 201426 Apr 2014

This week's ancestor is a puzzle. (Yeah, I have a couple of real mind-benders, but I'll give you this not-so-hard one, first.). Oh, and both puzzles are a couple of…

#52Ancestors No.2: Wesley Wilbert ATKINSON [C3R]

14 Jan 201426 Apr 2014

WESLEY WILBERT ATKINSON, born 13AUG1898* to SOLOMON GEORGE ATKINSON (1856-1944) and the former Isabella Catherine SHEARDOWN (1862-1933) in York County, Ontario, was the seventh of nine children (4 boys, 5…

#52Ancestors No1: Roy Campbell Atkinson WWI [C3R]

7 Jan 201431 Oct 2016

ROY CAMPBELL ATKINSON, born 16JUN1896 to Richard ATKINSON (1856-1931) and the former Katherine KENNEDY (1862-1918) in Vaughan Township, York County, Ontario, was the fourth of six children (3 boys, 3…

#52Ancestors No.1 What do you do with a problem like Salome?

7 Jan 201426 Apr 2014

GUEST BLOGGER: Melanie Tafaro @MelTafaro I have a genealogical conundrum….at least for me it is. It all started with a picture sent to me by my Great Aunt Mary Ann.…