On Monday of this week, I received an e-mail from England. It was a distant cousin of Sylvia who had read the blog post I did on Mary Baxter Yallup in 2009. Mary was Sylvia’s great great grandmother. Distant cousin Carol Kimberley is researching the Baxter family, had found the blog post (actually there were four of them) and wanted to know if I had more info on Mary. I sent her copies of what I had.
Mary, you may recall, was pregnant again when she took her daughters and went to visit her parents during the week of the fair. Her husband, George, went with her, but quickly returned home “to work.” He didn’t go home to work. He left Mary a note and left for America. Another account says he wrote from Cleveland, Ohio.
Shortly after posting my first story about George Yallup and Mary Baxter Yallup, I heard from [distant] cousin Peter Yallup. He was able share some more of their story. Later, a cousin whom we see about once a year, shared a 1913 newspaper account that reported on the family.
George and Mary showed a lot of grit and determination, characteristics which I see today in their great great granddaughter, Sylvia. I’m so glad to have made contact with Carol and to be reminded of Mary Baxter Yallup, who ranks high in my short list of heroes.
I don’t mind that there is only one post on the first page, but when I click Older Posts, nothing happens.
No problem about Thurs- Tues, I’ll just put it up this week. I missed the deadline by about 20 min (I backdated my post to be a Tues post, but finding the records I needed to get the relationships took longer than I expected., and of course I ended up looking at a bunch of other stuff along the way. Discovered that I have my dad’s actual birth certificate and his legal adoption papers. Very interesting. I had been told that he was illegitimate, but the papers say that his birth parents were married but just couldn’t take care of him. I am wondering if that was falsified to look better because his birth grandfather was a well-to-do local and the story I was always told was that the GF wouldn’t support the daughter because she had run off and gotten pregnant. Which has the ring of truth. If the daughter (dad’s mother) had been married, wouldn’t the GF have helped out? His birth mother’s grave isn’t even marked in the cemetery because she remained outcast her whole life.
Perhaps Blogger was being glitchy? I just checked and it worked for me. Clicking older posts takes you back one post. Double check post date.
I took time this morning to update what had been the “About” page. It is now titled “You’re Invited.”
It is now taking me back to previous posts. I’m pretty sure it was not doing that earlier, but who knows. I’m feeling the pull of the family records bug. Really can’t afford to go there.
Hey, Chuck- How come one can only see the current week’s links on Family Friday? And how many days is the posting open? I just did a post, and thought I could probably add it to the current week, but I guess I’ll have to actually wait till Friday.
Shark, I post a new Linky each week on Thursday afternoon at 4 PM. The Linky is open for additions until Tuesday @ 11:59 PM.
I have modified setting so that only one linky shows on the home page.
Also, it’s good to have you posting with Family Friday.
I’m open to suggestions.
Wow this is exciting Chuck. I wish I knew more about my history and could take part in this meme.
Mine is a jumbled mess due to an illegal adoption and other factors best left unsaid. But, I am really excited for you guys!!
This is cool! :up:
Family Friday is about anything that has to do with family. It is not just genealogy and family history, even though I’ve been going there most weeks.
That’s a few great benefits that came from blogging the story, and it’s pretty neat too!
Yes, Rosey, it’s all of that. And it arrived on one of those days that I was questioning why I keep doing this. 😀
Good things always happen on those days. 🙂