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This site is a work in progress..... :)

Thanks for checking in... :)
Up front, I warn you....
It is no where near,
being what it will be....:)
but I did a tad of an update on 21 July 2009 :)

I decided that rather than delete the things I have already placed here, which is sort of encouraged due to the passing of time... on the other hand, for those who have only discovered the site, it is still new to them... so... I think I will just add to it... until I can get a decent blog program to work on this site. :)

One bit of new news is that I received a note from a Duncan and I am trying to see if a link exists between our two families, but so far I have not found it, but I am working on it, along with other projects. One of the other projects is displayed below:

Following is a little screen, and slideshow of some of the playing around I have been doing. I had not done any artplay for awhile, but one of my nieces was kind of enough to encourage me to play around with some drawings, for use on her new line of homemade soaps, which are very awesome, by the way! :) I hope to provide a link to her new website, once she gets one set up. Seriously, I had no idea how nice homemade soap could be... it rinses better than any soap I have ever used; she has tons of different scents, and she is expanding her product line to include lotions and splashes... the images that appear below, are not necessarily the ones that will be used on her products, but some of them resulted from those that she will be using, while others are a couple of old ones that I have managed not to have lost, over the years, despite 'upgrades'... :)

Happy Holidays,

Friends and Family !

It has been a while since I updated this page! 

And I am Delighted to Welcome to the World,

My latest grand-nephew,

Kyle K. Cahoon of California ! Wink

On the 05th December 2008...
I added the new and wonderful chapter, written and shared by my Co-ogha (cousin),
Kenneth Campbell McColl:

Chapter 7.   A Genealogical Odyssey,
A very special chapter by Australian born,
 descendant of Margaret Haldane,
Kenneth Campbell McColl,
who happily shares with us all,
his interest, research, and documentation
of the Odyssey of the Origins
 of his Italian Doll Maker Ancestrial Line,
The Columbos and Vines,
as yet another foundation,
for our descendants to hopefully expound upon.
Kenneth points us first to Australia, then to India, England and Italy!
From India tragedy leaves four orphaned daughters, the eldest only twelve,
transported to family they had never met, and a new life, in Australia.

Ai lsa and Lindsay Hunt, 
 Also Australian Descendants of Margaret Haldane, 
have started a family website and we hope you visit them too!

Ailsa was named for Ailsa Craig, 
as loving sentiment of her mother, 
and translated from the Gaelic, 
according to one source as:

" Faeryland Rock"...:)

 and though she has her own site title,

I am affectionately dubbing her link,

that way...Sealed

Be sure to "F5" or "refresh"... : )

I also updated our Surname List... Cool

I added a photo album featuring 
my daughter, Jessee Foudray.
I would normally not do this, 
but she and her friends 
have already shared these 
photos all over the net.


I am very proud of   
both of my daughters. :) 

My eldest, Erin Walsh, is a gorgeous woman; 
wonderful daughter; devoted wife, 
Bi-lingual substitute teacher, 
while continuing her education 
to become a full time teacher; 
and an awesome Mother !

 

More NEWS:

I recently discovered

that on my maternal line

one of our ancestors was actually

accused,

imprisoned,

tried,

convicted and

executed, by hanging,

on the 22nd of August, 1692 !!

You guessed it,

in Salem, Massachusetts,

ONE OF OUR OWN,

was victimized and murdered

by the maddness

of the Salem Witch Trials!

I hope to have more to share

in the not so terribly distant future,

regarding  Margaret Stevenson Scott.

I apologize for having the three speeds

of a ruptured turtle,

slow, slower, and laid out..

but those are my speeds,

these days... :)

I am pulled in three directions:

Playing here all day...

Researching all day...

Putting all the data together...

Soooo..... Obviously,

nothing is getting done,

near as quickly,

as it should.... heeheee

But, each is making progress,

believe it or not...

To see the most recent updates,

on every page and every visit, 

Tap your F5 key or

click on "Refresh" View... :)

The good news is

that the surname list of our direct

and extended family members,

is really, really growing! :)

Thanks to Cousin John Duncan,

the Original Compiler of:

 "We All Are Margaret Haldane's Bairns,"

We have access to many

of our Family Histories!

With respect and appreciation,

for his contribution of sharing,

I have first transcribed

the Duncan Families,

Of Australia,

Scotland and Canada... :)

Others will follow... :)

 

I am eternally Grateful to the following:

Cousin David Nicholson

Son of

Anne (Stewart) and Harold Nicholson,

whose early tree inspired me.

To my  Archival Angel,

Genealogist  Deborah Robertson

of Glasgow Scotland,

who has found so much Stewart

Data for me to share with my family.

To Cousin Cynthia McAdoo,

daughter of

Phyllis (Nicholson) Gifford

and my Uncle George Clements,

for sharing photos and

for introducing me to

her Uncle David Nicholson and

to our Uncle Donald Gray,

as well as to our Scottish born,

Australian Cousin, John Duncan

who has shared "...Bairns, " 

delightful articles he has written,

family photos and through whom,

I have met

so many new Cousins,

such as John B.Robinson of England,

and Margaret Waterfall of Texas.

Also very special thank yous,

to two recently discovered

cousins through the

Haley and Cahoon lines:

They are:

Wendy L. Hawksley, my beloved new cousin, through the Haleys, who currently resides in Delaware, though originally of MA, and Duane Reynolds, also originally from MA, but now firmly settled in the freshness of Colorado, who is my cousin through the Cahoon/Reynolds connection...:)

Cousin Wendy is an avid Genealogist and has provided us, the information on our shared Haley connection, which takes us back almost two hundred years to Dublin, Ireland!

She has also produced a book on the American Haley generations, which is available for purchase, for a modest fee which basically covers the costs of production.   Although I will be providing the Haley information here on the site, I highly recommend the purchase, so you can have a hard copy version, if you are related to Alphonse "Fons" and Martha "Mattie" Lenora (Haley) Cahoon!

Wendy has also graciously researched and shared our triple-link back to the Mayflower, via the Fullers and the Howlands!

I am also indebted to Malcolm "Mac" Jackson, of Maine, who has recently provided me information, on my maternal line, the McLaines, which takes us back again, to Scotland, to 1736!    Thank you Mac, for your kindness and sharing! 

I am so grateful to All of the above

and to all of our Poets,

for sharing PRECIOUS TREASURES,

for me to share with you... :)

THANK YOU ALL, SO VERY MUCH!

Following are some of the names of our family:


Allen, Archibald, Ballinger, Barber, Barrett, Bayne, Belbin, Bennett, Bonnar, Bonneau, Buckner, Cahoon, Cameron, Carter, Cassidy, Chrichton, Clark, Cleary, Clements, Cohoone, Colquhoun, Court, Cravin, Cowper, DeBill, Decker, Denovan, Downs, Duncan, Dunkhorn, Emery, Fletcher, Foudray, Fuller, Gell, Glick, Gorham, Gray, Greenwood, Gribben, Grigg, Haddow, Haines, Haley, Haldane, Hawksley, Harrison, Heron, Hesketh, Holdsworth, Hollier, Horn, Huntt, Hunter, Hyde, Keown, Lang, Laub, Maartensz, MacKenzie, Martin, Messervey, McAdoo, McColl, McCracken, McLaine, McMillan, Miles, Miller, Monk, Moore, Morris, Morton, Moss, Nicholson, Nixon, O'Neill, Parkin, Perkins, Perry, Petran, Reid, Reynolds, Robinson, Rocha, Rodriguez, Roxborough, Schmidt, Scott, Shalders, Shaw, Smith, Stafford, Stevenson, Stewart, Stuart, Sturgis, Sullivan, Thomas, Tilley, Tippett, Toby, Townend, Tully, Wagner, Walsh, Waterfall, Wenzel, Whiteside, Whittaker, Woodfull, Woods, and Young... Laughing 

... more will be added....

as the leaves on our tree bloom!

And hopefully,

Links to data about these names,

will not be too very far off.... :)
 

PLEASE feel free to contact

Jezzmo with your comments,

contributions of tree data,

recommendations,

art, poetry, stories or articles...

we would be delighted,

to present them here.

 

We do have...

an awesome family! :)