Adorable Photo ~ Sisters

I immediately thought about this adorable photo of my mom with her sisters & parents for this week's SISTERS prompt.

This is one of my favourite photos of my grandparents with their kids.

The 4 girls were followed by 2 boys who are not pictured in this photo because they weren't born yet.

My mom is the oldest of the 6 kids.

Grandma was always great with a sewing machine.
She made these matching outfits for her and the girls.

I will let the photo stand alone for this week's prompt.

Finding the perfect photo for family memories!!!

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

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Harry, Meghan, and I ~ Joined Together

Big family news -- I am related to both

Meghan Markle & Prince Harry

Meghan Markle is my 10th cousin via her father's maternal line, and my mother's maternal line.

Our 9th great grandparents are:
Nathaniel Merrill BIRTH 1 MAY 1601 • Wherstead, Babergh District, Suffolk, England DEATH 16 MAR 1655 • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America 
&
Susanna Wilterton BIRTH 1610 • Wherstead, Suffolk, England DEATH 25 JAN 1672 • Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America

Prince Harry is my 11th cousin X1 removed via his mother's maternal line, and my mother's maternal line.

Diana and I share 10th great grandparents.

Our 10th great grandparents are: 
Thomas Ford BIRTH 1587 • Bridport, Dorset, England DEATH 9 NOV 1676 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
&
Elizabeth Charde BIRTH 1589 • Thorncombe, Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, England DEATH 18 APR 1643 • Windsor, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut, British Colonial America

What is super interesting in that both of these lines join together at my 3rd great grandmother Artemissa Merrill who married Solomon Bayes. Meghan & Harry are both related to me through this line, but they are not related to each other through this line.

Meghan's Merrill connection marries into the line quite a bit below where Harry joins.

Their children are my double cousins.

I do feel that I should have been invited to special family events, but I am guessing that didn't happen since our connection is on both of their non-royal lines.

Haven't yet given up hope of being invited to future events!!!

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***

Photos:

Meghan & Harry, Retrieved & Cropped February 28th 2022 from  
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_and_Meghan_on_Christmas_Day_2017.jpg

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Spring Flower ~ Rose Honor Dendy

A Rose by any other name 

I always think about my great grandmother Rose Honor (nee Dendy) Bayes when I hear the name Rose. I often think about her when looking at or smelling roses. She died when I was young leaving me curious about who she was. I remember visiting her, but can't remember a lot about her. I do remember she gave great hugs. 

Strangely enough when I think about Great Grandma Rose I think about haircuts. While mom was gone for her grandmother's funeral I told dad he had to trim my bangs for school photo day. When he said he didn't think he could I told him he had to because mom ALWAYS did. Wanting to avoid a potential temper tantrum he did as I asked.

Dad's bang trim on the left & mom's (the following year) on the right

When mom got home she was very upset, but she completely lost it when the photos were delivered. 

Now back to Great Grandma Rose.

Great Grandma was born on April 14th 1906 in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone, Manitoba, Canada.

Rose Honor Dendy was the first child born to recent immigrants from England.

Her parents were:

William Herbert Dendy
BIRTH 27 JUL 1866 • Wandsworth, Surrey, England
DEATH 25 DEC 1929 • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
&
Amy Louisa Baker
BIRTH 18 MAR 1875 • Ealing, Middlesex, England
DEATH 23 DEC 1949 • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

They arrived in 1903 according to the census records from 1916 & 1921. I have been unable to find any documents besides these 2 census records confirming that date.

1916 census

1921 census

Great Grandma Rose is listed in both censuses. They were living in Calgary. How they got from Manitoba to Calgary is not known to me.

1916 census

1921 census

How she got from Calgary back to Manitoba where she met Great Grandpa Ernie is a tale I do not know.

On July 24th 1925 she married Ernest Elmer Bayes in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Almost 2 years later my grandmother was born, and almost 2 years later their second child, a son, was born. They would have no further children which was quite unusual for that time. 

By 1935 Rose & Ernie were residing at 597 Young Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba with Rose's mother & younger sister Edie. 

In 1948 Rose's mother had her 73rd birthday. I found this article from The Winnipeg Free Press,  Wednesday March 31 1948. The article says they are living at 493 Spence Street, Winnipeg.

We don't know when they moved to 493 Spence Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (as recorded in the article & voter's list), but we do know they were living there with Rose's mother and their son, Fred. Sister Edith had gotten married in 1941.

By 1957 Rose & Ernie do not have either of their children living with them and mother Amy died in 1949. They are not living alone. They are living with 3 other people whose names I am not familiar with.

Through the moves over these years they appeared to stay in the same neighbourhood. The Winnipeg map shows these three residences were located fairly close to each other. 

BUT then something changed.

6 years later we find Rose & Ernie on the Voter's List living in the Cariboo region of British Columbia. I should know where they were living & why, but I can't recall this bit of information. In 1963 their daughter was living on Vancouver Island, and their son was living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I think Ernie's sister was living in that area so I suspect that is what brought Rose & Ernie to the Cariboo region of British Columbia.

By 1972 Rose & Ernie were living in the Kiwanis Senior's Housing in cabin 210 at 824 6th Street, Nelson, British Columiba.. Rose & Ernie moved to live closer to their daughter & her family who were living in Nelson. They lived their until her death in 1974. 

After Rose's death widowed Ernie moved in with his daughter where he resided until his death in 1986.

In looking at the cause of death for Rose there is little doubt she had undiagnosed Hemochromatosis. She was not a drinker, and yet had Cirrhosis liver, portal hypertension, & esophageal varices - all of which could be caused by untreated Hemochromatosis. Knowing she was a non-drinker the odds of her cirrhosis being caused by anything else is low. We know that she carried the genes because the 'celtic curse' DNA continues to pass through her descendants. 

****If you want to learn more about Hemochromatosis

& how it is passed down check the sources below****

Passing along the information that could save the life of a relative not yet met.

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:

Find-A-Grave, Rose Honor Dendy Bayes. Retrieved March 16th 2022 from 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78217264/rose-honor-bayes

Classic Hereditary Hemochromatosis, Rare Disease Database, NORD - National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. Retrieved March 16th 2022 from 
https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/classic-hereditary-hemochromatosis/

Images:

Snips from Ancestry. Retrieved March 16th 2022.

Mrs. Dendy honoured on 73rd birthday,  Winnipeg Free Press, Wednesday March 31 1948.

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Separation of Church & State ~ Richard Lyman

I am the 10th great granddaughter of Richard & Sarah (nee Osborne) Lyman through my mother's maternal line. 

In 1631 the family set off for North America. They left behind the graves of 4 children taking their 5 surviving children with them. 

They were part of the Great Migration that saw Puritans leave England seeking religious freedoms.

"Richard Lyman and his wife, Sarah, both born in High Ongar, England, embarked from Bristol, England, and sailed westward across the Atlantic Ocean to Massachusetts with their four children aboard the Lion in August 1631. They settled in Charlestown, just outside of Boston. Pressing farther westward five years later, they joined Thomas Hooker and others leaving the Massachusetts Bay Colony for Connecticut. The travelers set out from Newtown, Massachusetts, (now Cambridge) in 1636, following old Indian trails through forests and swamps to Chicopee, Massachusetts, and southward along the Connecticut River to Hartford." 1

5 years after their arrival they set off to Connecticut joining the Reverend Thomas Hooker whose ideas included the separation of Church & State.

He believed in Freedom of Religion. His belief was that voting should not be connected to whether they were attached to a particular religion/church. 

In practicality these original beliefs & actions in Connecticut would form the basis for an elected government with constitutional rights. 

***If you want to read more about this check sources below***

My 10th great grandfather had a role in what the United States government and rights looks like today. 

Our government & rights in Canada is different than the United States, but we do have similarities. 

My 10th great grandparents & their children

Richard Lyman
BIRTH 30 OCT 1580 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH SEP 1640 • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
and
Sarah Osborne
BIRTH 1584 • Halstead, Kent, England
DEATH 1642 • Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States of America

They had 9 children, 5 of whom were alive to immigrate to the United States in 1631.

Their children:

Phyllis Lyman
BIRTH 11 SEP 1611 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 22 APR 1640 • Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Richard Lyman
BIRTH 1613 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 18 JUL 1613 • High Onger, Essex, England

William Lyman
BIRTH 1615 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH AUG 1615 • High Ongar, Epping Forest District, Essex, England

William Lyman
BIRTH ABT. SEP 1616 • High Onger, Essex, , England
DEATH ABT. NOV 1616 • High Onger, Essex, England

Richard Lyman (My 9th great grandfather)
BIRTH 24 FEB 1618 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 3 JUN 1662 • Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Sarah Lyman (who I wrote about before Witches, Witches, Everywhere)
BIRTH 8 FEB 1621 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 31 AUG 1688 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Anne Lyman
BIRTH 12 APR 1621 • High Ongar, Essex, , England
DEATH 12 APR 1621 • High Ongar, Essex, England

John Lyman
BIRTH 16 SEP 1623 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 20 AUG 1690 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Lyman
BIRTH SEP 1629 • High Ongar, Essex, England
DEATH 20 AUG 1690 • Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA

Finding out your ancestors had a hand in the separation of church & state.

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***





Footnotes:
1  Barney, Susan R. The Lyman Family of Hartford 1636 - 1925, January 2002. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from
https://towncounty.com/images/sitepicts/Mshapiro/Susan%20%20R_%20Barney%20paper%20on%20the%20Lyman%20family.pdf


Photos:
Lyon, Original source not found. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from
https://willisweaver2.com/2016/07/27/immigrant-ship/#comments



Sources:

The Freemen of Massachusetts Bay 1630 - 1636. the Winthrop Society. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from 

https://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_freemen.php

The Lyman Family of Hartford 1636 - 1925, Susan R Barney. January 2002. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from

https://towncounty.com/images/sitepicts/Mshapiro/Susan%20%20R_%20Barney%20paper%20on%20the%20Lyman%20family.pdf

Reaching to Connecticut. 3f. Reaching to Connecticut. The New England Colonies. US History. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from 
https://www.ushistory.org/us/3f.asp

Rev Thomas Hooker, Find-A-Grave, Retrieved March 9th 2022 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/497/thomas-hooker

Richard Lyman, Find-A-Grave, originally source: sketch of Richard Lyman in "The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1630-1633" by Robert Charles Anderson. Retrieved March 9th 2022 from
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24045590/richard-lyman

Thomas Hooker: Founder of Connecticut. ThoughtCo. Retrieved March 11th 2022 from https://www.thoughtco.com/thomas-hooker-4107866


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Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
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