2nd Cousin X2 Removed ~ Murray Luck Lee

 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2023: Week 11 (LUCKY)

For this week's prompt LUCKY I will write about my husband's 2nd cousn X2 removed Murray Luck Lee
BIRTH 13 APR 1920 • St Catharines, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 1998

He was the son of  Arthur Stanley Lee

BIRTH 9 JUL 1889 • Virgil, Niagara Township, Lincoln Co, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 10 MAR 1956 • Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
and 1st wife

Myrtle Annie/Anna Luck
BIRTH 4 JULY 1887 • Orillia, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 14 MAR 1922 • St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

My husband has a DNA match to Stanley & Myrtle's grandson confirming the family search is correct.

Murray's middle name fits nicely for this week's prompt, and is the maiden name of his mother.

Murray's mother was the daughter of

Horatio Washington Luck

BIRTH 22 DEC,1859 • Crown Hill, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 04 FEB. 1925 • Grace Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

and 

Nanina Victoria Coulson

BIRTH 24 MAY 1863 • Coulson, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 22 FEB. 1922 • Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

Murray's father was the son of 

William Henry Lee Jr.

BIRTH 5 MAR 1846 • Burford Township, Brant, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 16 NOV 1919 • Cainsville, Brant County, Ontario, Canada

and

Emma Misener

BIRTH 17 MAR 1849 • Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

DEATH 9 JAN 1929 • Burford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada

Murray's in common ancestor were my husband's 3rd great grandparents (and Murray's grandparents)

William Henry Lee

BIRTH 11 AUG 1814 • Stoney Creek, Wentworth Co., Upper Canada (Ontario)

DEATH 22 OCT 1887 • Northfield, Burford Township, Brant, Ontario, Canada
and 

Phoebe Swayze
BIRTH 26 OCT 1818 • Saltfleet, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 21 JAN 1890 • Burford, Brant, Ontario, Canada

When DNA matching results in  a 'reasonably exhausted search'!!! 

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***

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Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
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A Griswold Family Christmas ~ Our Bramble Bush

I suspect there is not one person who knows us that would be surprised to hear we have Griswolds in our Bramble Bush. 

When we decorate for Christmas our style can only be described as a 'Griswold Family Christmas'. 

The first time I saw National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation I recognized the style as mine. 

We even decorate the bathroom. 

I don't know anyone else who has a talking outhouse in their bathroom that has the voice of Santa saying things like "What does a guy have to do to get a bit of TP around here", or "Soon I will have to use my good list", and then a long farting noise followed by a Santa chuckle with some ho ho ho's thrown in. 

The shower curtain, towels, and toothbrushes round out the boldly decorated bathroom. 

The first Griswold I found was the wife of my husband's X2 great uncle

William Henry Lee
BIRTH JUN 1864 • Burford, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 23 MAY 1927 • Oxford, Ontario, Canada

who married, November 7th 1888:
Frances Griswold
BIRTH 7 MAR 1874 • Norwich, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 1963 • Burgessville, Canada

Frances was the daughter of 
Barbara Ellen Recknor
BIRTH 4 DEC 1844 • Otterstadt, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany
DEATH 1919 • Norwich Twp., Oxford, Ontario, Canada
and
John Lyman Griswold
BIRTH 16 NOV 1843 • N Norwich Oxford Co, Ontario, Canada
DEATH 24 MAY 1914 • Norwich Twp, Oxford, Ontario, Canada

Now isn't that interesting --- 
Lyman is in my mother's maternal family line.
Looking more closely at the parents and grandparents of John Lyman Griswold I find Quaker records. My Lyman line is Quaker. 
There is little doubt that my husband and I are both connected to the Griswold family line.
This is not surprising. 
BUT it will be a research project for another time!

The tackier our Christmas presents the happier we are.

One year I mailed this card to my mom for Christmas!

Even the folks who send us presents know this about us

Received Xmas 2021

When you aren't surprised to discover that It's in your DNA OR your family married into it!

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***

Links:

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

If you reference or use my blog posts in any way please

include a link to the specific blog and

credit http://somehowrelated.blogspot.com/

My blogs are ©Deborah Buchner, 2014 forward.

All rights reserved.

Please & Thank you!

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