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Sneak Peeks into Kyla & Kathy’s Stories

Today offered a sneak peek into the stories Kathy and Kyla will share on Thursday (or Friday in Asia/Australia/NZ. Please see the link above for your local times.)

Kathy and Kyla were each sharing stories about their 19th-century ancestors and their arrivals here on the American continent:

Kathy’s family

Kathy Stone shared the story of her grandfather’s ambition to escape the English coal mines and farm his own land in Canada. Kathy shares details about her grandparents, both of whom were born in Durham, England. She was born in New Harrington, Durham, and he in Usworth. Their story takes them from the coal mines to their farm in Borradaille, Alberta.

* Elizabeth (Lowden) Hodgson (1898-1990)

* Clarence Hodgson (1887-1985)

During the presentation on Thursday, she’ll also share rare photographs of her family in the hard-scrabble life on the Canadian prairie.

Kyla’s family

Kyla Bayang’s story recounts her maternal second great-grandparents' meeting in Utah after embarking on two epic journeys. Her story touched the lives of

* Edwin Abijah Goodwin 1839-1902

* Anna Harwood 1844-1871

Edwin’s grandmother was Rhoda Richards, the 13-year-old who fled with her mother and family after the Battle of Wyoming, the story she told in her post for the Stories250 talk in September.

Edwin’s 6th great-grandfather was William Goodwin, one of the founders of Hartford, Connecticut. He was 6 years old when his parents, Isaac Richards and Laura Hotchkiss Goodwin, and family sailed on the Brooklyn from New York in 1846. Laura died on the voyage, and Isaac remarried 9 years later and moved the family to Lehi, Utah. Anna’s story is the one that starts in England and moves up the Mississippi from New Orleans to St. Louis.

More about both of these stories in our program later this week. Be sure to register to get your personal link.

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