My 2014 Blog Posts for 52 Ancestors - needs eight more ancestors done. I actually have more than that I could do, but I think I will do the eight and then go on to do expanded versions for certain people.
Right now I have started revising some of the 44 Ancestors that I have already done because I have found more information to fill out their stories.
I
would like to write about the rest of John and William Tucker's siblings. Their sister Sarah was a widow who lived in
total poverty without even bread to feed her children at times and died
at age 52 or 53 because of breathing issues. At least I know where I
my asthma comes from.
I
also have two large volumes on my dresser about the Crimean War (made
famous in the poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade") - it was the first
war fought with modern technologies - explosive naval shells, railways,
and the telegraph - and it was also a complete logistical, tactical,
and medical failure due to gross mismanagement - and in spite of that -
the English, French, and Ottoman Empire won. Russia was doing then -
just what it does now - attempting to take over territory belonging to
someone else. Two of William and John's brothers fought as marine gunners in the
Crimean War - Isaac died from disease in horrible conditions and Job
survived. I have already
ordered their military papers from the UK National Archives.
