Cornetta “Karen” Nielsen is my 2x great-grandmother. Her daughter June McBride is my great-grandmother. Cornetta was born on the 15 May 1874 to Harriet Amanda Brown and Peter Nielsen in Washington City, Washington, Utah Territory. I have previously written about Cornetta’s grandmother Harriet Amanda Sheldon who crossed the plains after leaving Kirkland, Ohio. According to my first cousin once removed, …
Grace Millicent Major is my 2x great-grandmother. Grace is the mother of my great-grandfather Ralph Sutton Naylor whose son is Ralph Veldon Naylor my grandfather, whom I have previously written about in My Grandfather the Spy. She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory on September 15, 1879. She was the daughter of William Duncomb Major and Virginia Faithful …
Abraham Brown & Harriett Amanda Sheldon are my 4th great grandparents through my maternal or Naylor side of the family tree. Abraham also went by the name Abram at times probably to distinguish himself from his father. Their lives spanned a period of time from the early 1800’s to later part’s of the 1800’s. They were both born in Vermont …
William Augustus Tolman, is my 2nd great grandfather, his son William Cyrus Tolman is my great grandfather. My grandfather Almo J Tolman would have been about 5 years old when his grandfather William died on the 25 June 1920 in Burley, Cassie, Idaho. I can just picture my grandfather sitting on his grandpa William’s knee, intently listening to him telling …
My grandfather, Ralph Veldon Naylor, wasn’t an actual spy that I’m aware of during WWII, but he was involved in counter intelligence. He spent time during the war behind enemy lines disguised at time as a German Soldier and probably as a Russia Soldier, if that makes him a spy then I guess he was. The story I tell comes …
My first encounter with family history was when I was about 13. It was told in a blessing that I was given, that I had progenitors, who had not been found and that I needed to find and out about. At the time as a 13 year old, I didn’t think much about it. I was really to young to …
