Current me is super pleased with past me.
This week's prompt STORMY WEATHER had me struggling to decide who or what to write about.
I decided to leave it to later in the week hoping inspiration would hit.
What happened was I forgot the prompt so went to the weekly prompt list I printed at the beginning of this year's challenge.
I discovered I had a notation about who I was going to write about.
Current me is super pleased with past me for how organized I was & now am.
I had decided to post a poem written by my 2nd great grandmother
Isabella Glass
BIRTH ABT. 1848/1849 • North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
DEATH 29 JUL 1943 • Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
my 2nd great grandfather
Thomas Thomson
BIRTH ABT. 1849 • Buckhaven, East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DEATH 22 FEB 1919 • Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Isabella's birth year is not fully confirmed.
Using the 1861 census her age was recorded as 12 making her birth year 1849. Her parents were married November 8th 1947 so that date makes sense. All of the following census records support 1849 as her birth year.
Her granddaughter (my grandmother) believed her to have died at age 98, but that would make her birth year 1845, and none of the records support that. I only mention this because grandma recorded on the poem page her belief that Isabella died at age 98. Find A Grave notes her as 94 or 95 when she died. The Find A Grave was created by my dad's 2nd cousin who I know researched with the assistance of a professional genealogist. His facts can be trusted.
X2 great grandmother's poem about the stormy weather on THE JENNY SMITH fits this week's prompt.
Isabella grew up a fisherman's daughter, and married a fisherman.
She lived on the east coast of Scotland, North Berwick. As fisherfolk they traveled as evidenced by the 1891 census showing them in England.
X2 great grandma, Isabella, knew all about the hazards of weather!
The poems were transcribed by my grandmother for her son, my dad. The second poem, ROBIN REDBREAST, is also connected to weather.
The final line about tea made perfect sense. Grandma never left her Scottish roots behind.
The love of tea was passed to me.
I also shared it with my children.
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| about 1998 |
Grandma was very connected to her grandparents, Isabella & Thomas. She was born in their house on Clifford Road in North Berwick.
Someday I want to walk in front of my X2 great grandparents house, but for now a virtual walk with Google Street View will do!
This is why I search -
Cause ...
You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!
***Any errors are my own. Please send me any updates or corrections via the comments at the bottom of this blog post***
Sources:
8 Clifford Road, North Berwick, UK. Retrieved November 11th 2021 from
https://www.google.ca/maps/place/8+Clifford+Rd,+North+Berwick+EH39+4PW,+UK/@56.0576394,-2.7271301,15.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x488707623eb664fd:0x2b65709873599406!8m2!3d56.0552935!4d-2.7211801?hl=en&authuser=0
Memorial 128537868, Isabella Glass Thomson, Find a Grave. Retrieved November 11th 2021 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128537868/isabella-thomson
Links:
Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/
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