Emily (Emma) Sears Templeton Jenkins – Some Questions Answered – and New Ones to Ponder
We have been searching for the the missing 53 years of the story of my wife’s great grandmother, Emma (Emily) Sears Templeton Jenkins (more detail here). One of the tasks I listed was to request the Social Security application for a Harry Templeton, who was...
Rev. Abner Goff (1782-1857)
One of my most cherished church records is a tribute to my 3rd great grandfather, Rev. Abner Goff published in the Minutes of the Ohio Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1857, the year of his death. Born in 1782 in Vermont, the Goff family came to...
Still Making Canoes at the Age of 76
During our recent trip to Moosehead Lake, Maine, we visited the Moosehead Historical Society in Greenville Junction. This was just a short walk from where Ruth’s mother grew up. Following an excellent guided tour, we stopped in the office to see what they...
A Week of Memories – Sept 2011
Tomorrow we leave Moosehead Lake (Greenville, ME) to begin our journey home. On Tuesday we traveled with Ruth’s mother to Kineo, where she told us about her experiences as a child living on the island each summer while her father worked as a guide (see...Geneabloggers
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