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#52Ancestors: Grandfather William Wallace Greene’s Four Years at 1920s Phoenix Union High School

July 5, 2015 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: Grandfather William Wallace Greene’s Four Years at 1920s Phoenix Union High School

All four years of Grandfather Greene’s Phoenix high school yearbooks have been digitized by Ancestry. Despite finding them last fall, I recently took another look at all four books, and came across a wonderful new discovery.

People Referenced: Greene, William Wallace (1908-2003)
Applicable Surnames: Dorris, Greene, Wallace
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), Arizona, Phoenix, school records

#52 Ancestors: Uncle Joe Deaguero, ALS Took Him Way Too Young

December 8, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52 Ancestors: Uncle Joe Deaguero, ALS Took Him Way Too Young

Uncle Joe died of ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease, when I was in eighth grade. I hadn’t thought of him in years, but the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge had Uncle Joe on my mind quite a bit this year. His was the first close family death of my life.Uncle Joe was only 36 years old when this horrible disease took his life.

People Referenced: Deaguero, Joe (1947-1983)
Applicable Surnames: Deaguero, Flanagan
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), deaths, military records, school records

#52Ancestors: Elsie Charlotte Hayes, My Only High School Graduate Grandparent

June 18, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: Elsie Charlotte Hayes, My Only High School Graduate Grandparent

My 19th week in Amy Johnson Crow’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” family history blogging challenge. The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. I’m closing the gap […]

People Referenced: Hayes, Elsie Charlotte (1926-1992)
Applicable Surnames: Allen, Coon, Grasley, Hayes, Lyman, Mara, Race, Sanford
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), Michigan, school records

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