Submitted by Andrew Champion on 1 April 2021 - 12:17am
My American ancestress was a victim of the Russian flu pandemic. Ellen Beech was born in 1804 in New Jersey.1 She was widowed in 1874.2 She died on 1 April 1890 in Michigan, and her death was due to influenza.1 She was buried in Mich.3
Submitted by Andrew Champion on 17 March 2021 - 12:28am
Susan Ann was born in 1811 in New Jersey.1 She married in 1838.2 The 1880 census says her father was born in Ireland.1 She died in 1895, and she was buried in Pennsylvania.3
Her daughter, Frances Leonore Martin, was born in 1841 in N.J.4 She married in 1858 in Pa.5 She was widowed in 1900.4 She died in 1928, and she was buried in Pa.6
Submitted by Andrew Champion on 26 January 2021 - 1:42am
Today is Australia Day, so here is some information about my Australian ancestress.
Honor Polkinghorne was baptized on 28 December 1806 in Phillack, Cornwall.1 She married Thomas Tremelling on 24 May 1828 in Phillack.2 She was widowed in 1836.3 She was on trial on 30 December 1846 in Penzance, Cornwall.4 She was given a seven-year sentence for stealing money.5 She was transferred to Millbank Prison in London, England on 22 January 1847.4
Submitted by Andrew Champion on 4 February 2020 - 2:56pm
After last night's Iowa Democratic caucus fiasco, I thought it would be nice to revisit the praise my great-grandfather received for his election reporting by telephone.
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