I always talk about how my husband proposed. At least that is what we think he did. He didn't come right out and ask me to marry him. No. That would have been clear and memorable. He kind of backed into it. And we can't exactly say what he said. Then I forgot to say yes. I guess he didn't catch on from my hugging and kissing him?
So, it must run in my family because this is how my great-great-great grandfather proposed to his third wife (I am descended from his first.)
Mrs Catherine Chinn, the last wife of the deceased, was a remarkable woman. It has been said of her that she was thirty years a maid, thirty years a wife, and thirty years a widow, when at the age of ninety she committed her remaining life's span into the keeping of her aged wooer. His proposal of marriage was in the form of a letter, in which he said that if her answer was to be favorable she must keep the letter. Getting no other reply but the silent acceptance, he called. She met him with "Dr. Chinn I received your letter and have kept it." So they were married and it was a grand church ceremonial. The bride wore white satin with a veil, little children walked before them, none but aged people were shown to the choice seats, and the city was all alive with the event. The pair took a bridal trip to relatives in Missouri, then settled down in Lexington where they spent their twelve years of married life.
Sounds kind of romantic to me? Actually my own DH put his proposal in writing afterwards, so that both parties were clear that he didn't propose to me by accident or ask for a cup of coffee!
Copyright 2010-2012, ACK for Gene Notes
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Monday, January 2, 2012
Welcome 2012!
Wow! I can't believe how fast 2011 zipped buy. Time sure does fly when you are having fun. Not that all of 2011 was fun, but it sure is over.
2012 is the year really, that DH and I are going to sit down and go through all the bins of photos and sort them out. Even if I have to tie us down to do it.
Last year I really got into this scrapbook thing in a big way, including a new program My Memories Suite v3. I had lots of fun learning to use it and getting those creative juices flowing again. I even crocheted a cowl for younger daughter. In 2012, I plan on using all my resources to get those photos organized, put in scrapbooks and preserving them.
This is the year the 1940 census comes out. I've determined that trying to locate my family on the 1940 census without an index is probably a huge problem. My dad, uncle and grandfather were living in a boarding home and my mom was living somewhere. When asked some years ago where she was living in 1940, she couldn't quite remember if she lived with a cousin, or was already working as an au pair or living with a friend. That's certainly a problem for locating people on the census.
In 2012, I plan on working on all the various record images I've saved and finally getting the info entered and images linked.
Hopefully 2012 will also include a research trip or two.
2011 saw me start a lifestyle change with the diagnosis of diabetes. Here's hoping I'll keep up with the better diet and exercise and weight loss. I have to admit I am feeling a lot better.
I hope you all have a happy 2012!
Copyright 2011, ACK for Gene Notes
2012 is the year really, that DH and I are going to sit down and go through all the bins of photos and sort them out. Even if I have to tie us down to do it.
Last year I really got into this scrapbook thing in a big way, including a new program My Memories Suite v3. I had lots of fun learning to use it and getting those creative juices flowing again. I even crocheted a cowl for younger daughter. In 2012, I plan on using all my resources to get those photos organized, put in scrapbooks and preserving them.
This is the year the 1940 census comes out. I've determined that trying to locate my family on the 1940 census without an index is probably a huge problem. My dad, uncle and grandfather were living in a boarding home and my mom was living somewhere. When asked some years ago where she was living in 1940, she couldn't quite remember if she lived with a cousin, or was already working as an au pair or living with a friend. That's certainly a problem for locating people on the census.
In 2012, I plan on working on all the various record images I've saved and finally getting the info entered and images linked.
Hopefully 2012 will also include a research trip or two.
2011 saw me start a lifestyle change with the diagnosis of diabetes. Here's hoping I'll keep up with the better diet and exercise and weight loss. I have to admit I am feeling a lot better.
I hope you all have a happy 2012!
Copyright 2011, ACK for Gene Notes
Sunday, January 1, 2012
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