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On Being a Bridge Builder: Sentimental Sunday - Remembering Daddy

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On Being a Bridge Builder. May 1999, pages 83-84. Sunday, August 29, 2010. Sentimental Sunday - Remembering Daddy. The thing that I am most sentimental about is my Father, Walter Raymond Davis. Therefore, after much consideration, I have decided to dedicate the next few Sundays to "Remembering Daddy.". Walter Raymond Davis was born in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida on March 12, 1920. He was the fifth child and first son born to Walter Felix and Naomi Lee Brock Davis. Today's post is just an introduc...

On Being a Bridge Builder: Mad Monday - Brick Walls

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On Being a Bridge Builder. May 1999, pages 83-84. Monday, August 30, 2010. Mad Monday - Brick Walls. Let me just say that I absolutely hate brick walls. They are the most maddening thing I can imagine. One of my most maddening brick walls concerns my 2nd Great Grandmother, Martha White. The 1850 Census has a listing for Rusell E. Brock, 20; Martha Brock, 17; and John Brock, 1. District 81, Thomas, Georgia. If Martha White was 17 in 1850 she would most likely have been 15 when she and Russell were married.

On Being a Bridge Builder: A Child of Many Sires

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On Being a Bridge Builder. May 1999, pages 83-84. Thursday, August 26, 2010. A Child of Many Sires. We are the children of many sires, and every drop of blood in us in its turn.betrays it's ancestors." Ralph Waldo Emerson. I am indeed the child of many sires or, as I like to think, a typical child of the American experience. As is true of most of us, my heritage is a conglomeration of many different cultures. My forefathers include a Dutch Patroon. There is, of course, rumors of Indian blood in my backgr...

On Being a Bridge Builder: Follow Friday - and Follow-Up Friday

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On Being a Bridge Builder. May 1999, pages 83-84. Friday, August 27, 2010. Follow Friday - and Follow-Up Friday. As I have only been at this blogging business for a few days, I know that I have not even begun to scratch the surface of the blogs that are out there. That being the case, there have been a three bloggers who have left me comments of encouragement so as a shout-out to them I wish to make you acquainted with their blogs - if you are not already. CMPointer - Family Stories. Mary - Mary's Musings.

On Being a Bridge Builder: Tombstone Tuesday - Owen William Brock

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On Being a Bridge Builder. May 1999, pages 83-84. Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Tombstone Tuesday - Owen William Brock. Better late than never, I say, and it is still Tuesday if only barely. I found out that he was buried in Elim Cemetary in Polk County. This was in 1992 and I was still living in Florida so we went on a day trip to located Grandpa Brock's grave. What a trip it was! Elim Primitive Baptist Church. In the small cemetery attached to the church we found this small marker.