on the death of their mother, Lucinda KING Swan (1943 – 2023). They are grandchildren of Leone BEIVER Swan Margraff, who was a granddaughter of Charles Lasker Beiver, who was a grandson of Charles Byron
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Inez HOYT Boller & Alice BABCOCK Baker
My Great-aunt, Inez HOYT Boller (1871 – 1936) and friend, Alice May BABCOCK Baker (1873 – 1929) Alice married Raymond Edgar Baker (1875 – 1936) and was the mother of Buel Wesley Baker (1899 –
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As many of you know, Memorial Day started out as Decoration Day. A day to bring flowers to the graves of Union Veterans. I’m still convalescing, so I took the liberty of running an old
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It amused my my mother to talk about her Shaker ancestors. Which would have been notworthy because a major tennant of Shaker communities was their commitment to chastity. In their communities, men and women were
Continue ReadingCellphone Progress!
I added a photo to an old webpage — and in the process used some of the things I’ve been leaning about making webpages more smartphone friendly. This revised page should work welll on screens
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