My Great Great Grandfather Gilman Bryant was born in 1784 in Peacham Vermont. At some point he migrated to Ohio and in 1809 he married Elizabeth Thrift in Mt. Vernon Ohio. Elizabeth had been born in Plaistow New Hampshire. They had 7 children who reached adulthood. Gilman Bryant died in Mt. Vernon Ohio and his wife Elizabeth died in Dresden County Muskingam Ohio.

Henry W. Warner is another ancestor who lived and died in Crown Point New York. His dates are 1815-1859. In 1839 he married Harriet Anna Wilmarth, 1821-1897. She was born in Vergennes Addison County Vermont, and also died there in 1897. They had 4 children, 3 girls and a boy. The oldest child, Lucy, was my Great Grandmother.

James Murdock was born in Crown Point New York in 1810. He lived there all his life and died in 1898. He married Elizabeth Kellogg Trimble in 1831. They had numerous children, 7 of whom lived to adulthood. Elizabeth was born In the same year as James. She outlived him by one year. They had long lives, spanning almost the entire century.

What a wonderful concert we had yesterday. An hour of special music to celebrate Hannaka. It was a clarinet and an accordion. A few years I played in a Klezmer band as part of the program at Folk Life – a weekend celebration here in Seattle. That band had 8 or 9 players. I participated along with Maren who was our church choir director. This marked my one and only appearance on stage. And in hindsight it was a lot of fun.