“Names are powerful things. They act as an identity marker and a kind of map, locating you in time and geography. More than that, they can be a compass.”― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star In my last installment, I wrote about some of the challenges faced by my ancestors who were joined…
“It's not a hard-and-fast rule, but I believe that one of the key factors in being a good sister wife is having the ability to see the needs of another sister wife and considering her needs more important than your own.” ― Meri Brown, Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage The wives of William…
This inaugural blog post is dedicated to my mémère, Olive Anita (Plante) Buchanan. Olive, the eighth of nine children, was born to proud French Canadian parents Hormisdas (1878-1950) and Mucy (Forget) Plante (1878-1977) in 1914 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 1945 she married the love of her life, a crimson-haired sailor in the United States…
The Martin, McGhee, Vining, Joy, Tower, Kennedy and other family lines. Sharing our photos and stories and history.
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