Week 52: You #52Ancestors — Making Sense of it All

“You”?

“Me”?

For the last week of the year, our fearless leader, Amy Johnson Crow, wants us to write about what we want future generations to know about us. Yeah, no.

Rather, I would like to talk about YOU, dear reader, and thank you for your support this year.[1]

Shout-out to my good friend, Sue, for all of her positive comments throughout the year.

Thanks to my family for not complaining when I mention them or post their pictures.

More shout-outs to all of you who “like” my post on Facebook.

Thanks to two of the daughters of Martha Hudson and William Pearl whose grandchildren married each other and were my husband’s 3rd great-grandparents. Four fewer ancestors to hunt for!

Many thanks to my husband’s 3rd cousin, five times removed, Nancy Hanks, who married Thomas Lincoln in 1806 and gave birth to Abraham Lincoln making my search of the Hanks line quite a bit easier![2]

A side-ways shout-out to my husband’s 10th great-grandfather, John Evans, who named his son John Evans (9th), who named his son Thomas Evans (8th), who named his son John Evans (7th), who named his son John Evans (6th). Thank goodness for Thomas, although he also had a brother named John. Bless those British naming-patterns.

So, here’s to 2020 and more ancestors to find and write about![3]

[1] Okay, props to me for posting 52 blogs this year. YAY!

[2] Tom Hanks is also Abe Lincoln’s 3rd cousin, four times removed. Go see “Cousin” Tom in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Bring tissue.

[3] I know you won’t mind this truncated blog-post; we are all too busy this time of year to read or write!

My dad, Anson J. Glacy and his sister, Janice Mary (Glacy) Brown. Aunt Mitzi passed away earlier this month. She was a special lady who will be greatly missed. This picture was taken in the early 1930’s at the beach in Belmar, New Jersey.