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52 Ancestors #33: Martha (Cole) Odell
I love these two pictures of my 3rd great-grandmother Martha (Cole) Odell. In the first she looks annoyed while her granddaughters goof around and pose, but in the second I think her true self comes...
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52 Ancestors #34: Anna (Lucey) Stevens
This is one of my favorite family pictures because it reminds me of early fall, the grass is long and it’s ‘sweater weather’, my favorite time of year. The three women in this picture are my...
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52 Ancestors #35: G.A.R. Member James Lucey
My 3rd great-grandfather James E. Lucey was very proud of his Civil War service. He joined the Grand Army of the Republic in Rochester, NH and participated in parades and other events, such as the one...
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52 Ancestors #36: Vincent Lucey
100 years ago today, my grandfather Vincent John Lucey was born in Rochester, New Hampshire, the fifth child of James and Mary (O’Brien) Lucey. He spent the first few weeks of his life in a makeshift...
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52 Ancestors #37: James Lucey and the Battle of Wyse Fork
In late 1864 into early 1865, the 2nd Massachusetts Heavy Artillery was stationed in New Bern, NC on garrison duty. Company M included 16-year-old James Lucey, my 2nd great-grandfather. In the fall of...
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52 Ancestors #38: Frederic Lowell Bowen
158 years ago today [28 Oct 1856], my 2nd great-grandfather Frederic Lowell Bowen was born in Perry, Maine, the eighth and last son born to William and Mary (Boynton/Boyington) Bowen. I imagine Fred...
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52 Ancestors #39: Sewall Bridges Stanhope
136 years ago today [4 Nov 1878], my 2nd great-grandfather Sewall Bridges Stanhope married Annie Amelia Hayward in Edmunds, Maine. She was the daughter of George Henry Hayward and Rachel Bridges...
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A headstone for William Bowen 52 Ancestors #40
The Bowen family of Washington County Maine made the ultimate sacrifice in the Civil War. Father William and three of his sons signed up to fight for the Union and none returned home [more here]. Back...
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Lucey – Ireland DNA Project
I’m very excited to announce the creation of the Lucey – Ireland Y-DNA surname project at Family Tree DNA. The project uses Y-DNA test results to find matches between participants with the goal of...
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A Lucey crosses the NC State stage, 80 years in the making
On Saturday May 9th my son will graduate from North Carolina State University, the first Lucey in our direct line to receive a bachelor’s degree. We had no idea when he first enrolled, but this was not...
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Ireland Trip – Templerobin Cemetery, Cobh
In February we visited Ireland for the second time. In 2002 we went with the kids, this time it was just Sue and I. In the 13 years between trips, I’ve learned a lot about who my Irish ancestors were …...
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The House at 7 Harbour Hill
The only place I’ve ever seen a street address on a headstone is Cobh. Quite a few of them had an address, perhaps this is common in Ireland? On one particular stone, it was the same address mentioned...
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In Memoriam – John J Schlenker
The USS Block Island, part of a hunter-killer group of escort carriers providing cover for convoys moving across the mid-Atlantic, is north-west of the Canary Islands on 29 May 1944. On board were 957...
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