Please mark Aug. 6, 2022 on your calendars and join us via ZOOM. http://www.campbellluggblackwell.com/ReunionNext.html
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1947 News Clip About the Rev. Canon E. C. Essex and My Mother
I think many of you will find this clipping (and my reflections on it and our Clinch cousins in England, of interest; Even if you’re not a descendant of Joseph & Ann Clinch Campbell Click
Continue ReadingJoseph W. Buck’s 1937 Letter to Mabel SHIPMAN Shaw About Rev. Canon Edward Claude Essex
As I mentioned recently, I plan to add a bunch of web pages about Cousin Claude, not only because of their contents, but also in hope of reconnecting with that branch of the family and
Continue ReadingUnidentified Man – Photographed in Elmira, NY
This photo was sent to me by Cousin Roger R. Hughey, who is a descendant of https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Campbell-31865 Can anyone identify him? In the Civil War, most Union soldiers were volunteers and each regiment was free
Continue ReadingReunion Planning
I’m “Back in the Saddle Again” after bouts with what apparently was Omicron followed by “long COVID.” It hasn’t disappeared, but I’m now functional. And high on my list of priorities are planning and preparations
Continue ReadingCotswolds Part 6 [Originally published Aug. 16, 2021]
Sarah Lugg’s 1st husband was Thomas Clinch, b. 1778, presumably in Avening, Gloucestershire (he was baptized there). He and Sarah were married there in 1803. He died shortly after arriving in America n 1805. By
Continue ReadingCotswolds (Part 5) [Originally published Aug. 15, 2021]
OUR LUGGS’ ANCESTORS WERE ROBERT & ANN ELY LUGG, OF BISLEY, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND. OF THEIR 8 CHILDREN, TWO CAME TO AMERICA: THEIR ELDEST, SARAH (LUGG) CLINCH BLACKWELL CAMPBELL IN 1805 & THEIR YOUNGEST SON, CHARLES
Continue ReadingHappy 90th Birthday to Jiri “George” Heinrich
His late wife was Frances L. Skaggs, who was a granddaughter of Rosa Belle Stark, who was a granddaughter of Sarah A. Hazlett, daughter of John and Mary Campbell Hazlett (who was a sister of
Continue ReadingHappy 94th birthday, Harvey M. Pepperman.
He’s a grandson of Matilda Alice Maffet, who was a granddaughter of Nancy (Blackwell) Tomb, who was a daughter of Enoch Blackwell & his 1st wife, Hannah Perine.
Continue ReadingWeekly Birthday Lists
I’m sad to say, I’m discontinuing the weekly lists until further notice. Instead I will post daily notices — but only for the birthdays of those over 90.
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