Perry Mason ~ My 8th cousin X3 removed Erle Stanley Gardner

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2024: Week 25 (STORYTELLER)

When I was in grade seven I won an essay contest writing about the fire that burned our school when I was in grade five. 

When my teacher told me I had won she mentioned the judges had said I was a very good storyteller. 

For a hot minute I wondered about being an author for my career. 

All these years later I still weave a tale, but my audiences aren't always delighted with the amount of detail and long-windedness those stories contain. 

As I watch their eyes glaze over I will hear my Polish neighbour's voice in my head -  'get to point'. 

Sometimes I follow her heed, but other times I just can't skip over what I view as important details. 

These are not the details my audience necessarily feels are important! 

I need to learn the art of short story writing where not one extra word/detail is included.

In thinking about Storyteller I decided to write about an author that is in this Bramble Bush. 

I used WikiTree and Famous Kin to discover an author connected. 

I read the list of of Famous Kin for my 10th great grandparents, Thomas & Elizabeth (nee Charde) Ford for an author that intrigued me. 

I found my 8th cousin X3 removed, Erle Stanley Gardner

BIRTH 17 JUL 1889 • Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
DEATH 11 MAR 1970 • Temecula, Riverside, California, USA

Erle's 7th great grandparents are my 10th great grandparents:

Thomas Ford

B: 6 Jan 1589 Powerstock, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

D: 28 Nov 1676 Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA
&

Elizabeth Charde

B: 1589 Thorncombe, Bridgeport, Dorsetshire, England

D: 18 Apr 1643 Windsor, Hartford,  Connecticut, British Colonial America

Erle was the author of the Perry Mason series. 

"Erle Stanley Gardner
(born July 17, 1889, Malden, Mass., U.S.—died March 11, 1970,
Temecula, Calif.) was an American author and lawyer who wrote
nearly 100 detective and mystery novels that sold more than
1,000,000 copies each, making him easily the best-selling
American writer of his time. His best-known works centre on
the lawyer-detective Perry Mason."  1

Although no longer in first runs during my childhood the re-runs must have been popular because I remember the theme song very well!

When you hear or see something that immediately takes you back to childhood!!! 

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

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

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Footnotes:

1  Erle Stanley Gardner, American author. Encyclopedia Brittanica.
Retrieved June 19th 2024 from
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Erle-Stanley-Gardner

Sources:

Famous Kin of Elizabeth Charde.  Elizabeth Charde Genealogy. Famous Kin.  Retrieved June 18th 2024 from 
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=6418+elizabeth+charde

Famous Kin of Thomas Ford.  Thomas Ford Genealogy. Famous Kin.  Retrieved June 18th 2024 from 
https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-menu.php?name=6417+thomas+ford

My Connections: Featured Connections.  My WikiTree. WikiTree.  Retrieved June 18th 2024 from https://www.wikitree.com/

Photos:

Erle Stanley Gardner.  John Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved June 19th 2024 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erle-Stanley-Gardner-1966.jpg

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop poster. Warner Bros. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Case_of_the_Stuttering_Bishop_poster.jpg Warner Bros., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. 
Retrieved June 19th 2024 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Case_of_the_Stuttering_Bishop_poster.jpg

Photo of Raymond Burr as Perry Mason and Barbara Hale as Della Street from the television series Perry Mason. CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved June 19th 2024 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raymond_Burr_Barbara_Hale_Perry_Mason_1958.jpg

Photograph of William Hopper, Barbara Hale and Frank Sully in the CBS-TV series Perry Mason. CBS Television (photographer unknown), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved June 19th 2024 from
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perry-Mason-Hopper-Hale-1958.jpg

Video:

Perry Mason Theme. spudtv. Retrieved June 23rd 2024 from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA9t1nSGXXE

Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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