Wordless Wednesday -- A Cute Two Year Old

My Father

Clarence Frederic Poole -- Sunday Obituary

The below obituary is for my grandfather. It was obtained from the Evanston Historical Society. Unfortunately, I still haven't seen a photo of where he and his wife are buried in Skokie Memorial Park, Skokie, Illinois. Thanks to Susan and Carol's comments, I called the cemetery for plot location, then I posted the names and all data to FindAGrave and requested a photo be taken by a volunteer.


I recall meeting my grandfather twice, once in Evanston, Illinois and once in Boston, when he took us to eat at the Parker House. When my husband and I ate there last year, the memory of my grandfather's visit came back, after 50 years.


August 27, 1957


"Clarence Frederic Poole, 65, of 2741 Eastwood Avenue, died Sunday in Evanston Hospital.  Mr. Poole had just moved to the Eastwood Avenue address after living three years at 2517 Central Street.  Previously he lived 30 years at 1319 Greenwood Street.


A native Evanstonian, Mr. Poole was a patent lawyer with Parker and Carter in Chicago.  He served several years on the patent law committee of the National Association of Manufacturers and in 1954 was president of the Chicago Patent Law Association.


He attended the old Lincoln school at Main Street and Forest Avenue, and Evanston High School and was a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Northwestern law school.  He was a member of Sigma Phi, which he joined at Michigan, Westmoreland Country Club and the University Club of Chicago.


Surviving are his wife, Marie Stephenson Poole; two children, John Adams Poole of Lexington, Mass., and Mrs. Judith Goff of Northbrook; two step-children, Mrs. Lynn Carver, 1834 Asbury Avenue, and William H. Stephenson of Santa Barbara, Cal.; one sister Mrs. Edward H. Ludlow of Winnetka, and seven grandchildren.


Services were Wednesday afternoon in St. Mark's Episcopal church, with Dr. Paul Elmen officiating.  Burial was in Memorial Park."

Just Saying Sayings

As with my other lists, this list was created because these sayings often guide me. I feel most can be applied to my life when I get stressed, especially  when related to genealogy.

• "We should do what we're supposed to."  Mark Knopfler

• "Great breakthroughs come from people doing it for the first time."  Bill Warner

• "It is only when we make mistakes that we can begin to notice what needs attention."  Benjamin Zander

• "Don't Let the Minutes spoil the Hour."  Ted Jones

• "Learning is a treasure no thief can touch."  Indian proverb

• "If you learn to worry or fret less, you may add time to your life."  Daniel Mroczek

• "Be in Love with your life."  Jack Kerouac

• "If you're riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it's still there." -- Will Rogers

•  "The secret of creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." -- Albert Einstein

Bites of News -- Social, Social

As I was about to toss my issue of Smart Computing, (February 2011) issue out, the new issue of Internet Genealogy arrived (April/May 2011). As a long time subscriber, actually a charter subscriber to Smart Computing, I've mentioned the magazine before. I thought some readers might be interested in seeing what the topic of the day is.


It is no surprise that Internet Genealogy has articles about social media, every issue seems to cover something along that line. However, Smart Computing is a different matter. Their article, Get Connected, How Social Networking Can Benefit Your Business runs from pages 56 to 71, no small article for sure. Chapters includes the following:

•  Put Your Business On Facebook
• Get Linkedin
• Put Social Networking To Work
• Beyond the Big Names

What I Wore In Alameda, California -- Same Pattern

My mother majored in textiles in college and loved sewing.
As a result, just about everything I wore was made by her.

We lived near San Francisco, so I am assuming these photos were taken in the winter.

Will of Moses Westover -- Amanuensis Monday

On Saturday, I posted the ancestry of Moses Westover of Massachusetts and Quebec, Canada. He was both an Revolutionary War patriot, and a Loyalist. Many descendants have contacted me pertaining to him, because I visited his cemetery in Quebec and posted his family online, through Ancestry and RootsWeb. His 1809 will is below, a tough read in many places, and five legal pages long.

"In the Year of Our Lord Christ One thousand eight hundred and nine and on the Twenty-second day of July in the afternoon at the request of Moses Westover of the Township of Sutton in the county of Bedford in the district of Montreal and Province of  Lower Canada Yeoman

I Louis Barbieue a Public Notary duly--admitted and sworn as such for the province  of Lower Canada residing in the signieory of St. Armand the county and Province, district, aforsaid, went to the dwelling house of said Moses Westover, who being in perfect state of health and of a sound mind--memory and understanding, as appeared unto me the said Notary and to the underwritten witnesses herein after named, considering the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the time thereof, and to the end that he might be the better prepared to leave this world whenever it shall please God to call him hence do make and dictate this his last well and testament in the manner following.

That is to say,

Humbly bequeaths his soul to God his maker, beseeching his most gracious acceptance of it through the all sufficient minds and meditation of his most compassionate redeemer Jesus Christ who gave himself to be an atonement for his sins and is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him seeing he even liveth to make __? for them that fear his Holy name  Amen

The testator humbly gives his Body to the earth from whence it was taken in full assurance of its resurrection from thence at the last day. As for his burial the said testator have it at the direction of his executor herein after named who he doubts not will manage it with all requisite prudence.

Wills and positively orders the said Moses Westover testator, that all his just debts be paid by his said Executor

Then orders and directs that his beloved wife Elizabeth Holmes, be, from and after his decease if she survives him, and so long as she shall remain his widow decently and comfortably maintained and supported out of, and upon the property and estate herein first described and bequeathed or to be bequeathed unto Stephen Westover their son and that she be allowed to remain with him on the said estate so long as she shall choose and be maintained in the house if she should choose to stay, or abroad if she should choose to go then from in which latter case, she may take away her bed and bed clothes and with it such other furniture as she may necessarily want.

Gives devises and bequeaths unto said Stephen Westover his beloved son the following piece or parcel of land, being a part of that tract or parcel of said, situate lying and being in the Township of Sutton aforesaid, known and distinguished by lot No. sixteen, in the tenth range of Lots in the said Township of Sutton, containing the said intended bequeathed parcel of land, about one hundred and fifty superficial acres and more or less with all the improvements erected and made then and every the appurtenants there unto belonging with the usual allowance for highways to be bound as follows; that is to say, Southerly by the largest brook running through said Lot __? called the little branch of Masha River, Northerly joining the No. 16 in the Eleventh concession of said Township, Easterly by a reserved public Lot, and Westerly by No. 15 in the said tenth range, with the exclusive rights and privileges of all the waters running through said brook for the purpose of erecting mills, forge or any other waterworks.

The said testator gives devises and bequeaths unto Samuel Westover his beloved grandson and the son of Amasa Westover deceased, the following piece or parcel of land being the residue part of the aforementioned Lot No. 16 in the tenth range of lots in the Township of Sutton aforesaid containing the said residue or parcel of land about fifty acres with the usual allowances for highways be the same more or less with all __? And appurtenances belonging, to be bounded and measured as follows that is to say Northerly by the brook heretofore described,  Southerly by the No. 16 in the ninth range, Easterly, by a reserved Public Lot, and Westerly by Lot No. fifteen in the said tenth range of lots, with express  conditions that said Samuel Westover shall not have nor receive the least privileges or rights of the water for the purpose of erecting any saw mill or other water works, but for his own personal use and family, or his cattle only.

Gives and bequeaths  unto his beloved sons, Moses, Esa, Silas, John and Liman Westover the sum of fifteen Spanish milled Dollars, to each of them making in the whole the sum of seventy five Spanish Dollars; payable two years from and after the decease of the said testator by said Stephen Westover only for such is the condition of the aforesaid parcel of land to him bequeaths and without which this present will should have not been written

And whereas it was and is yet the intention and desire of the said Testator that said Samuel Westover  son of Amasa Westover and grandson to the said testator now living with him should be kept in his and the said testator's family until he should have attained the age of twenty one years and within that period of his age, that he should be taught reading and writing and the first four rules of arithmetic and like wise taught working in the line of a farmer, the said testator therefore doth hereby enjoin and request the said Stephen Westover in case he the said testator should leave this world eve tho said Samuel Westover shall attain the age of twenty one years that he carry? _ (crossed out) intention and desire into effect, and if the said Samuel Westover shall stay and work with him until he shall have attained the age of twenty one years. Orders and directs that he the said Stephen Westover give unto him the said Samuel Westover, a milk cow of a middling size and value and  and new and decent suit of clothes

And as to the residue and remainder of all and generally his goods and chattels, __, lands, tenements, and __ments?, movables on immovable property and money which the said testator is now or which may hereafter belong unto him whenever the same may be situated lying and being without any _ations?  or exceptions, whatever to be, by him the said Stephen Westover disposed of as he shall think advisable and proper without rendering any account to any person or persons whatsoever.

And for the due execution of this present last will and testament of the said Moses Westover

He the said testator hath constituted and appointed on condition however that the said Stephen Westover or his heirs shall as herein before and firstly directed suffer the said Elizabeth Holmes, his mother to remain in the house with him and shall maintain and support her as directly and comfortably as she shall have been till then, as will while she shall be abroad if she should ever choose to go--elsewhere to live, as while living with him and  this so long as she shall remain his (the said testators) widow, and the said testator the better to secure the maintenance of his said beloved wife, doth hereby order, direct and charge him the said Stephen Westover, not to sell, transfer or in any way wise alienate any part or parcel nor the whole of the property and estate hereby unto him given and bequeathed unless by and with the consent of his said mother whilst she shall remain his widow.

Executor of the same, his beloved friend Daniel Stone"

WESTOVER (Moses) -- Massachusetts to Quebec, Canada -- Surname Saturday

My Westover line is one of the largest in my tree.  Below I am showing generations 5 and 6. My direct lines are in green.

1.	MOSES WESTOVER (JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 24 MAR 1744 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 23 NOV 1826 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried in Pettes Cemetery. Sutton Junction, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. He married ELIZABETH HOLMES 2 DEC 1767 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN HOLMES and RACHEL FELLOWS. She was born 14 AUG 1751 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 4 NOV 1829 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. She was buried in Pettes Cemetery. Sutton Junction, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.
	Children of MOSES WESTOVER and ELIZABETH HOLMES were: + 2   i. Moses WESTOVER was born 3 DEC 1768 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1810. + 3   ii. ASA WESTOVER was born 6 SEP 1770 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 22 APR 1832 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 4   iii. Silas WESTOVER was born 30 JAN 1772 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1824 in Ontario, Canada. + 5   iv. John WESTOVER was born 22 JAN 1774 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1861 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 6   v. Amasa WESTOVER was born 15 MAY 1776 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 30 OCT 1799 in Quebec, Canada. 7   vi. Elizabeth WESTOVER was born 18 SEP 1777 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 9 MAR 1778 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. + 8   vii. Lyman WESTOVER was born 14 MAR 1779 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 8 JUL 1810 in Dunham, New York. 9   viii. Clarry WESTOVER was born 28 NOV 1780 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 24 AUG 1781 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. 10   ix. Elizabeth WESTOVER was born 10 SEP 1782 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts. + 11   x. Stephen WESTOVER was born 11 OCT 1786 in Caldwell's Manor, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 5 OCT 1825 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.

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Generation No. 6

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2.	Moses WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 3 DEC 1768 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 1810. He married Hannah HOPKINS. She was born in New York.
	Children of Moses WESTOVER and Hannah HOPKINS were: + 12   i. Samuel H. WESTOVER was born 24 APR 1798 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 12 FEB 1880 in Markesan, Wisconsin. 13   ii. Asa WESTOVER was born 5 JUN 1801 in St. Armand, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 3 AUG 1883 in Hyde Park, Lamoille Co., Vermont. He married Harriet WHITCOMB 15 FEB 1876 in Morristown, Lamoille Co., Vermont, daughter of Simeon WHITCOMB and Elizabeth YOUNG. She was born ABT 1819 in Washington, Orange Co., Vermont, and died AFT 31 JAN 1885 in Hyde Park, Lamoille Co., Vermont. + 14   iii. Nancy WESTOVER was born 9 NOV 1811 in Quebec, Canada. + 15   iv. Hannah WESTOVER was born 5 MAY 1815 in Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 21 JUL 1885 in Morristown, Lamoille Co., Vermont.

3.	ASA WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 6 SEP 1770 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 22 APR 1832 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery. Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married MARY CURRIE 6 OCT 1793 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, daughter of JOHN CURRIE \ CURRY and CATHERINE MACDONALD. She was born 25 DEC 1775 in Caldwell's Manor, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 12 NOV 1801 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Florida MCCALLUM 12 SEP 1801, daughter of Archibald? MACCALLUM and Katherine MACDERMID. She was born 1782 in Scotland, and died 12 NOV 1836 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She was buried 14 NOV 1836 in Bishop Stewart Memorial Cemetery, Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.
	Children of ASA WESTOVER and MARY CURRIE were: + 16   i. CATHERINE WESTOVER was born 3 JUL 1794 in St. Armand, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 8 NOV 1876 in Stanbridge E., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 17   ii. Elizabeth WESTOVER was born 7 SEP 1795 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 26 JAN 1882 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. 18   iii. Lurania WESTOVER was born 17 NOV 1798, and died 1799. 19   iv. Margaret WESTOVER was born 14 JUN 1801 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 29 JUL 1879 in Dunham Twp., Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. Children of ASA WESTOVER and Florida MCCALLUM were: + 20   i. Mary WESTOVER was born 24 NOV 1802 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 11 MAY 1868 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 21   ii. Nancy WESTOVER was born 23 SEP 1804 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 5 OCT 1865 in of St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 22   iii. Daniel WESTOVER was born 8 MAY 1809 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 13 JAN 1886 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 23   iv. Jane WESTOVER was born 7 SEP 1812 in of St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 13 JAN 1895 in of St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. 24   v. Caroline WESTOVER was born 10 SEP 1815 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 10 OCT 1862 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She married J. C. SCALES. 25   vi. Asa WESTOVER was born 2 AUG 1817 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 12 AUG 1902 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Lucinda Knowlton NASH 1 MAR 1848 in Shefford, Quebec, Canada, daughter of Alfred NASH and Lucinda WILLARD. She was born 1 JUL 1826 in Quebec, Canada, and died 31 OCT 1901. 26   vii. Julia WESTOVER was born 28 AUG 1820 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 11 FEB 1895 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 27   viii. Emily WESTOVER was born 11 MAR 1823 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 18 OCT 1906 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada.

4.	Silas WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 30 JAN 1772 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1824 in Ontario, Canada. He married Christiana Lucinda FELL 1799 in Frelighsburg, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. She was born 1788 in Newfoundland, Canada, and died AFT 1825.
	Children of Silas WESTOVER and Christiana Lucinda FELL were: 28   i. Clarissa WESTOVER was born ABT 1795. She married John KEITH 27 FEB 1815 in St. Armand E. (Frelighsburg), Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 29   ii. Peter WESTOVER was born ABT 1800. + 30   iii. Orange WESTOVER was born 27 AUG 1800 in Vermont, and died 26 JAN 1868 in Clarenceville, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 31   iv. Lyman WESTOVER was born 3 JUN 1802 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 28 APR 1868 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 32   v. Warren W. WESTOVER was born 26 JUN 1803 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 26 MAY 1885 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 33   vi. Asa WESTOVER was born 12 JUN 1806 in Quebec, Canada, and died AFT 1852. + 34   vii. Enos WESTOVER was born 13 JUN 1808 in Quebec, Canada, and died 5 AUG 1878 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 35   viii. Eliza E. WESTOVER was born 5 NOV 1809 in Quebec, Canada, and died 17 AUG 1903 in of Richford, Franklin Co., Vermont. + 36   ix. Nathaniel WESTOVER was born 19 AUG 1811 in Quebec, Canada, and died 2 MAR 1869 in Dayton, Newaygo Co., Michigan. 37   x. Letta WESTOVER was born 2 AUG 1813 in Quebec, Canada. + 38   xi. Thereza WESTOVER was born 30 JUL 1818 in Quebec, Canada, and died 16 OCT 1882 in Hyde Park, Lamoille Co., Vermont. + 39   xii. Theodore H. WESTOVER was born 6 FEB 1821 in Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 30 MAR 1893 in Sheldon, Quebec, Canada. + 40   xiii. Moses WESTOVER was born 9 APR 1825 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 20 OCT 1897 in Knowlton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.

5.	John WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 22 JAN 1774 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 1861 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Ruth. She was born ABT 1782 in United States, and died BET 1851 AND 1861.
	Children of John WESTOVER and Ruth w\o John WESTOVER were: + 41   i. John W. WESTOVER was born 17 JUN 1799 in Canada, and died 8 MAY 1878 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 42   ii. Lewis \ Louis WESTOVER was born 8 JUN 1810 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 19 NOV 1875 in Shefford County, Quebec, Canada. + 43   iii. Artemas WESTOVER was born BET 1810 AND 1813 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 23 APR 1865 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 44   iv. John WESTOVER was born ABT 15 JAN 1814 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 15 MAY 1879 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 45   v. Morrill \ Merrill WESTOVER was born 3 AUG 1820 in Lower Canada, and died 4 SEP 1880 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.

6.	Amasa WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 15 MAY 1776 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died 30 OCT 1799 in Quebec, Canada. He married Polly WATERHOUSE.
	Child of Amasa WESTOVER and Polly WATERHOUSE was: 46   i. Samuel WESTOVER.

8.	Lyman WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 14 MAR 1779 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts, and died AFT 8 JUL 1810 in Dunham, New York. He married Polly MCKEAN 10 AUG 1800 in Bethlehem, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. She was born 11 AUG 1777 in Guilford, New Haven Co., Connecticut, and died 1854 in Burwick, Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada.
	Children of Lyman WESTOVER and Polly MCKEAN were: 47   i. Ransom Fellows WESTOVER. 48   ii. Nelson Hall WESTOVER died in Michigan. + 49   iii. Frederick Holmes WESTOVER was born 1802 in Greene Co., New York, and died 1874 in Oconomowoc, Waukesha Co., Wisconsin.

11.	Stephen WESTOVER (MOSES WESTOVER5, JOHN WESTOVER4, JONAH WESTOVER3, JONAS WESTOVER2, GABRIEL WESTOVER1) was born 11 OCT 1786 in Caldwell's Manor, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 5 OCT 1825 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. He was buried in Pettes/Aseltyne Cemetery, Sutton Junction, Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. He married Dorinda BALL 9 DEC 1816 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada, daughter of Jacob BALL and Elizabeth H. STONE. She was born 1794, and died 1838 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was buried in Pettes/Aseltyne Cemetery, Sutton Junction, Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.
	Children of Stephen WESTOVER and Dorinda BALL were: 50   i. Elizabeth WESTOVER was born 29 OCT 1817 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 29 JAN 1900 in of Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. She married Lewis PETTES 24 NOV 1836 in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. + 51   ii. Sophronia WESTOVER was born 26 DEC 1819 in Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 1 APR 1903. + 52   iii. Olive WESTOVER was born 26 AUG 1821 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 13 MAY 1907 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 53   iv. Roswell W. WESTOVER was born 9 JUN 1823 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada, and died 10 FEB 1899 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada. + 54   v. Stephen Egbert WESTOVER was born 27 JUL 1825 in Quebec, Canada, and died 4 JAN 1891 in Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.

Wish My Ancstors Went to Hawaii -- Follow Friday

My 6th Lowrey cousin in Hawaii.

We all love receiving messages from distant cousins, but hearing from one who lives in Hawaii was extra  special. She and three generations of her Lowrey ancestors have lived there! In the past, I have written about my Lowrey line, one article was, Follow Reunions --  One of Mine Started in 1875.  My entire Lowrey line remained in Connecticut. All that made for pretty easy research, and sometimes not so interesting either. So, it was a real surprise to hear that we share the same ancestor, an ancestor who came from Ireland and married in Boston, then moved to Connecticut.

Her Lowrey great-grandfather left Massachusetts and traveled to Hawaii in 1879. There is a lot of information on her family on the internet, and one article illustrates why:

"Merchant, Honolulu; born Oct. 18, 1858, at Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., Mass.; son of Frederick Canfield and Alice L. (Moore) Lowrey; descendant of long line of military officers of the War of Revolution, including Col. Samuel Canfield, Captains Daniel Jewett, Abijah Moore and Joseph Higley; educated in public schools of Pittsfield, Mass., and California, and business college; married Cherilla L. Storrs in Honolulu, Jan. 17, 1884; four children: Frederick Dwight, Sherwood Moore, Helen Storrs (deceased), Alan Jewett. Began business career in San Francisco, Cal., and in Honolulu with Lewers and Dickson, in 1879; later with Lewers & Cooke, hardware and lumber merchants; became president of Lewers & Cooke, Ltd., when incorporated Jan. 1, 1901; president of Oahu Sugar Co., Ltd.; president of Waiahole Water Co., Ltd.; vice-president, Honolulu Gas Co., Ltd. Was chairman, Board of Prison Inspectors; member, Board of Health during plague epidemic; sergeant and later captain, Citizens' Guard; ex-president, Queen's Hospital; president, Oahu Cemetery Assn.; president. Hawaiian Board; president, Trustees Central Union Church; trustee and ex-president, Y. M. C. A.; member and ex-president, Social Science Assn.; trustee and ex-president, Cham, of Com. Member Pacific, Commercial and Country Clubs."

During our emails, I discovered that she has New England roots on her mother's side, Boston to be exact. One little tidbit she shared with me was, "If you've ever been to the Plimouth Plantation, the land it sits on was donated to the plantation by my mom's families." Now that impressed me. If you have ever been Plymouth, Massachusetts, you probably went to the Plimouth Plantation. Below is a photo taken ages ago, when my husband and I first went there. It was so faded, I took most of the color out, and made it black and white.

Where Is He? -- Wordless Wednesday

My Grandfather.

Does anybody recognize this location? I now know it is the Greenwich Line in England.
I have been there, but didn't remember, so thanks to those who commented.

The Best Blog Hints

There are 1778 genealogy blogs on Tom MacEntee's GeneaBlogger list as of March 5, 2011! When I began blogging, in October 2009, there were about 700. What a lot of people blogging about genealogy or history. And why do some blogs get a lot of traffic and others don't, yet they are both writing pretty much about the same thing? Maybe some of the hints from my previous post or the ones from below might help you, and you don't have to blog about genealogy, they would apply to any topic.


On February 20th I posted The Best Blog Hints. These were not my ideas but were taken from various sources, but I picked the ones I liked and tried to follow. Quite a few readers made comments with additional ideas, you might enjoy some of them.


Stories are More Important than Sales


Ask for Comments


Be Original in Content


Be personal, but not too Personal


Determine the Goal of your About Page

Every day, I receive an email from ProBlogger with Blog Tips (ProBlogger.net), I've been a subscriber for over a year and the posts are written by bloggers. The best thing is, I usually know what they are talking about.

Today's blog was titled 7 Good Things that Blogging Brings. It was so good, that I felt this was the perfect time to post my Part 2. The newsletter is FREE, it is always informative and fun to read.

A few other good hints about blogging:

 Eliminate 21 Reputation-Crushing Writing Mistakes from Your Blog

Plan the Blog; Blog the Plan


How to Create a Successful Blog (additional hints from this YouTube video)