Father’s day always brings one of many opportunities to call Dad and catch up. This year I needed a little more than catching up. I needed reaffirmation that I grew up to be just as Dad had intended (like all children of great fathers, I will always need my Daddy no matter how old I … Continue reading Gypsies and Community Pillars
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Family in the Great War
This month on Facebook, my husband has been honoring those veterans who participated in D-Day, specifically his brother Airborne members. But June is also the month that the United States sent their first troops to Europe during World War I; the formal declaration of War on Germany came in April 1917. Many Great War memorial … Continue reading Family in the Great War
Mary Duggins
Well, I had this typed up for last week but my profession got in the way. Life is tuff when you still have a job-job. Let's talk Duggin's. Philip married Mary F. Duggins on 24 November 1867 in Boyle County, Kentucky, probably Danville. Mary Duggins was born on 17 February 1845 and was the only child … Continue reading Mary Duggins
Philip M. Batey
We have confirmation that Sarah's father was Philip Batey as recorded by the family on her death certificate and a family bible. My father-in-law had been told that Philip had served in the Civil War and had a brother named Squire who rode around in a goat cart due to so deformity or injury. He … Continue reading Philip M. Batey
Sarah Batey
Another branch of my husband’s paternal line is Batey. My father-in-law asked me what I could find out about his great-grandfather Philip Batey. He gave me the start of my research with his grandmother, Sarah Batey. Clipped from Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1963 on Ancestry.com I started by gathering records for known events in her life. … Continue reading Sarah Batey
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