Merry Christmas to all family, friends, and readers of this blog. I have been blessed this Christmas season to spend time with family and friends. But, there are other family members who have passed on that I wish could be a part of my holiday celebrations. On this Christmas Day, here is a list of all my ancestors I would like to invite to my Christmas Dinner.
Christmas Dinner Wish List
1. My first choice would be my two sets of grandparents: Elmer and Maymie (Wilson) Martin, and Jess and Mabel (Leffel) Baldwin. Not only would I love to see them again, but there are so many more questions I would like to ask them about their early years, all the extended relatives that they knew during their lifetimes, and all of the family secrets😉.
2. My second choice would be my 3rd great-grandmother, Jane Baldwin. I know nothing about her early life or her parents or even her maiden name. All that I do know about her is that she was born about 1808 in Ohio. She lived with her husband and first five children in Illinois before moving to Texas in about 1838. In all, Jane had thirteen known children with the last two (twins) being born in 1849. Her husband, William died in 1849. Jane was left alone to raise her large family on the Texas frontier.
3. My third choice would be Susan West Leffel (1817-1869), my second great-grandmother. For some reason I have always felt a strong connection to Susan and would love to visit with her. After much study and research into to the lives of Susan and her family, I still have so many questions I would like to talk to her about.
4. Basically, I would like to invite all of my ancestral relatives: John Sadler, who fought in the Battle of San Jacinto; Jonathan Lindley, who died at the Alamo; Jesse Stewart, who was an early Baptist preacher in Tennessee; Thomas Box, who was an early Mormon convert; Alice Lake, who was hanged as a witch in early Massachusetts; Anthony Chamness, who was an Indentured Servant when he arrived in America in 1724; James Cole of Plymouth Colony, who owned the first pub in America; Nathan Cole, who fought in the American Revolution; Sally Carr Brown, who learned to read in 1868 when she was 76 years old; Matthias and Catherine Martin, who immigrated from Germany; David Miller Leffel, who was hanged by Confederates for being a Unionist; and the list could go on and on! What an interesting dinner conversation we could have!😊
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| Christmas Dinner 1896 loc.gov |
What ancestors would you invite to your Christmas Dinner?
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