As you may have guessed, the Rev. Canon Edward Claude Essex‘ “Temptations of the Flesh” lecture (comparing types of women to shirt buttons), was what one might expect from a clergyman. The lowest button representing
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My Most Interesting Relative (Part 2 of 3)
During WWII. travel for pleasure was prohibited, as was shipping most consumer goods. By 1947, Cousin Jos. W. Buck, who had become interested in our family’s genealogy, contacted Peter Clinch Essex‘s descendants and threw a
Continue ReadingThe Most Interesting Relative I’ve Met (Part 1 of 3)
Thursday marked the 147 anniversary of the birth of the most interesting relative I’ve met — the Rev. Canon Edward Claude Essex (1876 – 1963). “Cousin Claude,” as he liked to be called, was born
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