Remains of Fort Ticonderoga – a battle site during the Revolutionary War. One of my ancestors, Benjamin Warner, my 4th Great Grandfather, fought there. His knapsack is in the Museum.
Month: June 2019
Adventure By Postcards
S S Normandie at sea
Such a Tangle
I’ve “borrowed” a couple of photos for you today. They are of Curaco Harbor in Venezuela in 1939. A fellow/sister blogger posted these originally. I hope I have this right – her dad went to Venezuela as a young man. Her blog of his adventures can be found ______. ((I am having trouble accessing my own collection of photos.)
From My Postcard Collection
Voyage to Venezuela (4) – Trip on Grace Line Ship, S.S. Santa Rosa – December, 1938 – January, 1939
I love the post, particularly the postcard.
This is the beginning of a series of posts concerning Lad’s Voyage to Venezuela, taking a similar route as John Jackson Lewis during the first portion of his journey, about 88 years later. Lad and Dan had been hired by their Uncle Ted Human (husband of Helen (Peabody) Human, Aunt Helen), sister of Arla Mary (Peabody) Guion, Grandpa’s wife who had passed away in 1933 after a long illness.
The following are documents my Dad had to obtain and/or deliver before he even set foot on the ship that would carry him to Venezuela. Dan had gone through this same process in September and October of 1938.
Here are some documents regarding Lad’s trip on a Grace Line ship, the S. S. Santa Rosa, from New York to Curacao, Venezuela, in 1939.
SUMMARY OF EXPENSE ACCOUNT, TOOLS ORDERED, ETC.
S.S. Santa Rosa Passenger List – cover
SS Santa Rose Passenger…
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What Will I Find Next?
My Favorite Cyclists
Endlessly Fascinating
Katerina
Scene of Horror
In searching for more information about my ancestors,I find that one of them, a female, was burned at the stake. She, Lady Margaret Oswald, was my 13th Great Grandmother. She followed the Lollard faith, which was considered heretical in the 15th century. She was born in 1448, died on December 12th 1476 in Cambridge England. Death at the stake was not a new form of execution. But it was persistently used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Many many men and women suffered and were executed for their faith in this horrific manner in earlier times
Joan of Arc (credit to Wikipedia)
Postcard fromThebes
Columns of Osiris
Janet's Thread 2 