Wednesday, May 27, 2009

lost and found

My father had 2 sisters, Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Winifred. Last night I recieved a phone call from a lady who had found me on google she asked me some questions. She caought me up on my 2 aunts and had questions regarding my father.
My Aunt Dorothy married at the age of 50 and has since passed away and she had no children. I had not seen her since I was 12 years old. Aunt Winifred had 2 girls. Lynn and Cameron. Aunt Winifred has since passed awayalso. I had no way of connecting with any of my cousins as I didn't even know their names. The phone call turned out to be my first cousin Cameron Pilchard Kelsey. For years I have wondered where these 2 cousins were but I couldn't trace them because I didn't know their names. I did know that the oldest one was named Lynn and I did see her once when she was a baby. Cameron was born when I was about 15 and I didn't know anything about her except that she was Lynn's sister. Anyway, it was rather exciting to finally know where they are and what their names are. Lynn lives in Santa Maria and Cameron lives in Prescott, Arizona. We talked on the phone today and Cameron is going to send me some pictures etc. of the family. I only have 5 formal pictures of Grandma and Grandpa Smith and my 2 aunts and my dad. Not only that but I really didn't know any of the history of the Smith family so she said she would catch me up on some history. She did say that she had the names of Grandpa Smith's mother and father and a picture of Grandpa and his brothers and sisters. I didn't know he even had any. I can then forward it to Leslie as she is keeping all of the family records. I know that on the Smith's side of the family there were only my sister and I and Lynn and Cameron. On the Potter side there was my cousin Glenn and My Sister and I. Glenn has since passed away also. No one else is probably interested but I have a mystery solved!

8 comments:

Leslie said...

i can't wait to see what pictures he has! that's amazing grammy. how did he find you? how fun to learn more about the smiths. this is huge! :)

elliott said...

Awesome. How exciting!

Ginger said...

Oh goodness. Elliott and I have been married awhile. He said exactly what I was going to say! This is very exciting!

Pa said...

That is wonderful, life has amazing turns.

MIMI n' LINCOLN RULE!! said...

how exciting !!

stephanie said...

wow, grammy. that's so cool. i can't wait to hear more!

Dr Dan said...

Way kuul!

tissa1020 said...

I was searching for Preach Lyerla - was my teacher at Cerro Villa - and found your blog about you home in Villa Park. Wondering if I might know you - as I lived in VP from 71 - 88

wondering if you might know "Mr Lyera's" where abouts?