Manic Monday - Branch

Every Friday, Morgen at It's A Blog Eats Blog World posts a word for everyone (who chooses to join in with the Manic Monday meme) to post about on the following Monday. This week, the word is branch , so can use any of these words: branch, branches, branching, branched.

I'm very late posting this today as I am very behind in my life just now. I almost didn't post at all, but then ended up writing, so figure I may as well post it, lol.

Family Tree

(All tree images are from Alta-Vista Images)

My family tree, as I'm sure is the case with everyone's, has many branches. With genealogy, many people go back down the tree for generations, following the branches back towards the trunk, hoping to eventually find roots.

One branch of my Dad's branch of the family, is Burt. Burt's mother & my father were 1st cousins (another story for another day), so we are some kind of cousins. Anyway, Burt is very into doing genealogy and has shared some very interesting information with me on the branches of the paternal side of my family tree. Although most of the work he's done has concentrated on the branches that directly concern him & his, he has also gathered some details on our branch where they overlap.

I've done a small amount of genealogy research, but don't have the finances at this time to put towards doing much of this. Everyone wants money for any information they have to share with you.

My Immediate Branch of the Family Tree

(All go by their first name unless "otherwise stated")

Dad: Jesse James "Jim" (Aug. 1915 - Jan. 1999), was born at home in a sod hut, on the "bald headed prairie" (as he used to say) of Saskatchewan, Canada. The nearest town, Valley Centre, no longer exists, but was south of Biggar, Saskatchewan. His parents came over from England, and these branches go back through England & Wales.

Mom: Annie "Ann" (b. Aug. 1923) was born in Smithers, British Columbia, Canada (as were all her children). Writing this has brought up a question for me to ask Mom: was she born at home or in a hospital? If I knew this at one time, I'm not at this time recalling it. Mom's parents were from Romania.

Jim & Ann started little branches who started little branches, who... well, you get the picture.

-Anne Louise (b. June 1945)
---Dennis Lane "Denny" (b. Aug. 1966)
------Dustin Lane (b. Apr. 1986)
------Nicole Breanne (b. May 1989)
------Danielle (b. Oct. 199?) As Danielle was with his second wife whom I hardly knew, I've only seen Danielle once or twice when she was a baby, and unfortunately don't know much about her at this time.

-Gerald Wayne "Gerry" (May 1950 - November 1951) this little branch was broken off before it had a chance to grow.

-Marcella Anita "Marcy" or "M" to family members (b. Sept. 1952)
---Shannon Leanne (b. May 1973)
------Carter Bradley (b. Apr. 1999)
------Kennedy Paige (b. Apr. 2002)
---Blake Robert (b. May 1975)

-Terence James "Terry" (b. Mar. 1954)
---Rebecca Elizabeth "Becky" (b. Feb. 1976)
------Clayton Paul "Clay" (b. Jan. 2002)
------Robert James "Robby" (b. Sept. 2004)
---Joshua Bluejay "Josh" (b. Apr. 1978)
------Siobhan Catherine (b. June 1995)
------Jacob Terence (b. June 2000)

-Alice Gail (b. Jan. 1956) never "branched out"

-Bernard Ronald "Bernie", sometimes "B" to family (b. May 1959)
---Hana Jeanne (b. Oct. 1986)
---Jeremy James (b. Apr. 1989)
---Jillian Mabel "Jill" (b. Apr. 1991)

Each spouse (current & former) of each of my siblings of course has his/her own family tree with all it's myriad of branches.

"We are all one, together in a forest of Family trees... some that share their roots & entwine their branches."
~ Alice Price

And now it's past time for me to branch out and do some work around here. I wish all of you a happy Manic Monday and a fantastically positive and joyful week.


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