Week 8 Heirloom #52ancestors

My only heirloom I have is a brooch of my father's mother Pearl May Combs Reising. I can tell that it is from the late 20's due to the hat grandma Pearl is wearing next to her picture is that of my grandfather Daniel Webster Reising.

Brooch its self has no markings on it for me to know what material it's made from no markings to tell who made the brooch. I've had this piece since my father passed away in 1989.

Week 7 : Valentine 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

My Valentine is my CRAZY husband Charles Huston Williams born April 13, 1970 to November 18, 2015. A very short life even shorter marriage May 14, 2014.

We meet in 2013 under very strange circumstances to say the least. My first impression was wow he's really rude! REason being I thought he was rude first thing he said to me " Do you have a phone" So I did him " Give it to me" Charlie called a mutual friend of ours. Next words out of his mouth was "Are you Linda?" and he gave me the phone to speak to Carolyn and he walked away.

Days after that meeting I was going to see if he was really that rude or not. I stopped in at Pastor Dan's place across frowing m where I worked. (Need to tell you Charlie and his friend James were homeless,and Carolyn was helping them with their dogs they had). Charlie still didn't speak much.

Then I noticed he would come into the store I worked at in one door out the other looking to see if I was working. Charlie would be waiting at my car at the end of my shift with Skoo B Dew, slowly he began speaking and trusting me.

My family didn't like the idea at all that I was friendly to "those people" . One thing lead to another Charlie confided to me issues he had going on a little about his life growing up. He thought the world of his father.

People would ask me "what's going on with you and Charlie?'" I didn't much of our relationship just that we were "friends" . I noticed some of his friends didn't like it that he was spending time with me (females got jealous). Charlie then told me he was getting some weird questions as well as to what was happening.

Two totally opposites from totally diffent worlds were falling in love! We decided that we wanted to marry, he was so sick back then he was afraid he didn't have much to offer me and he was very afraid he'd become like his father of not treating women well.

We married May 14th 2014 at the ROPE Center in Hudson we had a nice campsite to live in until we were able to get into house. That campsite was home for a few months and I think it was my favorite one as well.

Neither of us were married before which was odd at the ages we were then. He was and will always be my VALENTINE.  We knew wouldn't have much time together due to his illnesses. They were the best time of my life .

Love you always my Valentine Charlie Huston Williams May you continue to rest in peace you so deserve until we can be together again.   

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Week 6 Favorite Name : Davenport Wright - 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks

I pick my 2nd great grandfather on my maternal side of the family DAVENPORT Wright.

Davenport we usually think of as a surname  and not a first name. We think of Davenport as a piece of furniture either a sofa or antique desk. It's a town in Florida as well as Iowa, California, Nebraska, etc. There is a college and university named Davenport in the USA. 

My Davenport is also a classic he was born February  1830 Long Island New York who was a bayman - clam digger (happened to end up as family occupation ) Raised a large family near the Beach on the Island. He passed away between 1918 and 1920 Last record I can find on him was for November 15 1918 when he ran away from the Almshouse and / Poorhouse. 

I hope to find out why he was given a last name as a first name .I haven't found any other family member with this first name so he's a most unique  and colorful member of my family so far.

Week 5 In the census New York Census of Inmates in Almshouse and Poorhouse

This is a story of my great great grandparents Valentine and Margaret Wright who entered the Almshouse and / Poorhouse with 3 of their 6 children. On December 15 1876 winter can be brutal on the Beach where they lived as Davenport was a bayman .

Census states due to weather they had no food or fuel to keep warm. Further states he probably will recover.

No other choice he at 50, his wife at 37 along with the 3 children Edward at 12, Frank 9 and Valentine 3 years old.

Doesn't state how long they were at the shelter.

41 years later Davenport ended back there for shelter in Bad health by his daughter in law Harriet Wright. At 91 he wasn't going to stay put for long this stay was recorded from October 15 1918 until he ran away on November 5 1918. This is where his paper trail stops.

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