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- The SourceI started a book a few days ago after listening to a few podcasts featuring Dr. Tara Swart, Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist and Senior Lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management. The book is titled The Source. The first principle is about changing your thoughts from...
- Memorial for a 14-year-oldSince I only know of one person who reads my blogs, I'm feeling quick free to speak my mind, especially today. I went to a memorial for a 14-year-old girl, granddaughter of a friend of mine. How odd to attend one of these where...
- Random Memories of Wayne and WendyThere's a few things to point out in this picture. Dad had a push-lawnmower that he obviously hadn't used in awhile. The tub was our "swimming pool". My memories of it were very exciting. As you can see by my face I was totally...
- Gallsons in Endicott, New YorkUPDATED March 27, 2024: Email response regarding an query I made for information from the E-J Tanner and Shoemake Archive: Thank you for contacting the Syracuse University Libraries. I’m copying our Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) on this message, as this department maintains the...
- Wayne Lloyd SmithWayne was born December 3, 1954 in North Bay, Ontario, the son of Lloyd George Smith and Joan Vera Gallson. He's my older brother. And you can hear some things about him in the posting A Song For Wayne and in the many Stories...
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my family history
Paternal Grandfather: 1880-1972
Grampa Smith’s ancestry was never a mystery. Ontario-born farmer from Renfrew County. Then came a letter, an admission and a DNA sample. I knew my Grampa Smith well. Everyone in the community knew him as "Nide". He was a part of every family occasion and celebration until his death in 1972. Read about my journey.
Father: 1917-1988
Dad was born in Rutherglen, Ontario. He was a farmer until 1968, then left the farm to take a job in Northern Ontario as a Stationary Engineer.
Paternal Grandmother: 1874-1959
My only memory of Gramma Smith was sitting on the floor at her feet colouring. We were in their original home, later owned by my Uncle Emmett. I was maybe 2 years. She died when I was 3. She was the only child of her parents born in Ontario. Pictured above is Alice on the left with her niece, Jane McNamara.
Mother: 1925-2017
My mother was born in Wauchula, Florida. Even though she had a difficult childhood, she was a loving mother to whom I'm forever grateful.
