What a week! I have been pretty seriously ill with a virus that oddly enough attacked my eyes...scary and painful...and made it really difficult to do any reading or computer work. I toughed it out...with the help of good medication and am on the mend. That said...I did force myself to do some genealogical work (I know you all can admit to the same thing...never too sick for genealogy!). Wonder of wonders...I received an email from a complete stranger who told me she had found a cabinet card with a name and date on the back...Grace Trowbridge 1890. She was going through her grandmothers things in some old boxes and there it was! Her grandmother and Grace were school girls together. She mentioned it to a friend who happened to know me and who follows my genealogical postings...including some regarding my Jennings and Trowbridge family members. Would I like to have it? Well, I didnt hesitate a bit. Of course! Yes! Please! And thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! It arrived on Wednesday. Grace is the daughter of Emily Russel Jennings and John Trowbridge. Emily is the sister of my great grandmother, Lillian W. Jennings Martin. Emilys husband John and her brother William H. Jennings were business partners in Auburn, NY. I have, but one picture from my Jennings line...Lillian and Emilys sister, Harriet Jennings White. Harriet is in her eighties in the photo standing with my father (L) and his Uncle George (Lillians son) and my two older brothers playing at their feet. Aging has changed her enough to make it a struggle to see distinct family resemblances. I have nothing of Lillian and the mystery is still there about her fate. I have checked with every authority to find a death certificate...cemeteries too numerous to count and all the pertinent newspapers for her obituary. But now I have her two sisters images and it makes the melancholy of not finding Lillian sting a bit less. Grace never married...nor did her sister and I suppose that any Jennings memorabilia that the spinster sisters might have from their mother Emily went the way of most things left behind by maiden ladies...either poof...or to a niece or nephew that hopefully has kept them for family sentiment. And another discovery in an old box. Nonetheless...Grace is tucked among her family members images now and I will rearrange the framed pieces to place her next to Harriet. And a big thank you to a generous stranger who understands the power of family.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 21:11:40 +0000
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