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| Taken in the early 1890s |
Today, I read Amy Crow's Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks at her blog No Story Too Small. The challenge is to have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. I am up for the challenge. For each of the 52 Sunday's in 2014, I will be posting information about ancestors from my Hairston family tree.
My first Hairston ancestor is my grandmother, Johnie Myrtlene "Myrtie" Hairston. I never knew my grandmother or Redic E. Bryan, my grandfather. Myrtie died 28 years before I was born. I found a lot in her obituary and am quite lucky to have several photos. Note her year of birth is incorrect. She was born July 9, 1880.
For more about Myrtie see the blog posts listed below.
Friday's Photo: A New Photo of My Grandmother
Friday's Photo: A Baby's Death
Family Photos: The House in Seymour – Part III (My father with my grandmother)
Old Newspapers (a wedding photo)
Forgotten Family – Part VI: The Painting (a painting of Myrtie)
Diana
© 2014
They don't write obituaries like that anymore - such a pity!
ReplyDeleteYes, this gave me a nice picture of my grandmother.
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