How Did I Get Here? My Amazing Genealogy Journey

Amy Johnson Crow, the author of the blog No Story Too Small , is the host of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Blog Prompt series. If you are not familiar with the project please click on the following link:   Announcing 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2015 Edition. Optional Weekly Theme:  Week 22 (May 28 – June 3) – Commencement: Countless schools will be having their commencement ceremonies around this time. Think not only about school, but also about commencement meaning “a beginning.” I decided to opt out of using the theme this week. This post is regarding another Barbados cousin of mine. A couple of weeks ago I did a post on a Herbert Cheeseman. If you missed that post, here's the link:   52 Ancestors 2015 Edition: #19 Herbert Cheeseman --There's A Way . Eleanor Milliscent Cheeseman was Herbert Cheeseman's sister and my 1st cousin 2x removed. Eleanor Milliscent Cheeseman was born on August 6, 1886 in Bridgetown, Barbados based on information from her naturaliz...

  SS Saint John Saint John, N.B., Canada Published by Valentine-Black Co. Ltd, 11 Duncan Street, Toronto. Printed in Great Britain Amy Johnson Crow, the author of the blog No Story Too Small, is the host of the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Blog Prompt series. If you are not familiar with the project please click on the following link:    Announcing 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: 2015 Edition. Week 19 (May 7-13) – There’s a Way: What ancestor found a way out of a sticky situation? You might also think of this in terms of transportation or migration. So I decided to go along with using the theme this week. Herbert Cheeseman was my 1st cousin 2x removed on my paternal side. My paternal great grandmother was  Frederica Augusta Inniss . She had a sister named Martha Elvira Inniss Cheeseman who was Herbert's mother.  This branch of my family tree comes from Barbados. My grandfather , Harold Murrell , came to this country in search of a better life. He ar...