My Trails into the Past

It is very interesting that girls have been named using the words for flowers. My own grandmother was named Pansy, though she hated her name and was called Pansy only by her immediate family, but not by her friends or co-workers. Her married name was Johnston, so she was called Johnnie for many years. After my grandfather died, she changed the spelling to Joni. Below are members of my family with flower names: Pansy Louise Johnston, (1913-2013), my grandmother Rose Ann Douras (1825-1901), my second great grandaunt’s husband’s sister Rose Marie Streich (1889-?), my second cousin, two times removed Catherine Rose Sievert (1924-1994), my third cousin, once removed Violet Inez Barton (1914-2009), my second cousin, two times removed Lillie Violet Hutson (1886-1898), my great grandaunt There are several in my husband’s family that were named after flowers: Rose Marie Ettel (1907-1968), husband’s first cousin, 2x removed Rose Emelia Palmer (1903-1937), my husband’s granduncle’s wife Ada...

Genealogists are great at documenting our ancestors’ lives but not so great documenting our own. I’ll write about what I’ve been doing the past week. This idea came from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing, who started this meme. Genealogy Blog Writing : 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Week 4–Close to Home .  I wrote about Nana living across the street from us in Pittsburg, California. Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Your Favorite Toy or Games . I had written about my favorite toys and games back in 2014 so linked my post back to that one. Webinars/Study Groups Attended:     I attended the Thursday night study group and we discussed classes at SLIG and goals for the next year. Our Friday group was cancelled due to too many would be absent.  However, I met with Jacqueline at the Walnut Creek Library and we worked on genealogy and had lunch at The Silk Road. I attended webinars this week: “New Tools & Ideas for Research,” by Josh Taylor. His beginn...