Tag Archives: Arthur Robert Avery

The Swedes of Galesburg

By Mark | March 24, 2019

Earlier this evening, I was thinking about my grandmother who passed away this last May, and I decided to scroll back through the photos I’d taken the last time I was with her. Well, there among all of the photos I’d taken of her and Clementine, was this one of the telegram that she’d sent […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1944, 1949 census, Anna Jacobson, Army, Atlanta, August Jacobson, Beardstown, census, census data, Dorothy Avery, Dorothy Maxine Lambie Avery, Galesburg, genealogy, Great Depression, Illinois, immigration, John Lambie, Marilyn Ruth Lambie Tercek, Mark's ancestors, marriage, Mimi Dorothy, Pearl Harbor, Robert Avery, Sweden, swell, telegrams, Violet Jacobson Lambie, WWII | 6 Comments

The story of how my dad came to meet me

By Mark | February 11, 2019

Today, at 3:09 PM EST, I will have completed my 51st trip around the sun. To mark the occasion, my father, who I’ve never known to write much in the way of family history, wrote a long, detailed letter about coming to see me, after hearing that my mother had gone into labor. Here, because […]

Posted in History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1413 Pine Meadow, birth stories, broken arm, Charles Maynard, family history, Mark Maynard Archives, Mark's ancestors, Mark's birthday, Mark's mom, Norfolk, Norfolk Southern, Pat Maynard, Portsmouth, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Robert Avery, Vietnam | 18 Comments

You know those religious fanatics who fled England for America in 1630 with John Winthrop? Well, I’m apparently descended from one of them.

By Mark | April 3, 2014

It had never crossed my mind that I might be descended from Puritans. I mean, I knew it was a possibility, as I was aware that members of my family had come over from England, but I didn’t think it was likely. Maybe it’s because I spend so much of my life railing against religious […]