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James Lawrence Breese, Jr., Inventor
Jim Breese James Lawrence Breese, Jr., (1884-1959) my wife’s eighth cousin twice removed, was the son of James Lawrence Breese and Francis Tileston Potter. He was Princeton ’09. He married Marjorie...
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Augustine Hicks Lawrence and the Buttonwood Tree
Augustine Hicks Lawrence Augustine Hicks Lawrence (1769-1828), the son of Augustine Lawrence (1719-1794) and of Joanna Annajte van Zandt (1729-1809). He is my wife’s fifth cousin, five times removed....
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Captain James Lawrence, Hero or….
James Lawrence by Gilbert Stewart U.S. Naval Academy Museum Captain James Lawrence, the source of the navy’s motto Don’t give up the ship! is probably the most famous of my wife’s relatives. He is...
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Henry Effingham Lawrence, Dry Goods Merchant
Henry Effingham Lawrence Henry Effingham Lawrence was born 1829, the son of Joseph Lawrence (one of the first presidents of the U.S. Trust Co. and president of the New York State Bank) and Rosetta...
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The Much-Married Elizabeth Lanier Fenno and the Jackass
Whenever one’s marital affairs occupy a full newspaper page, it is a bad sign. Elizabeth Lanier Fenno (1916-1969) in 1936 married my wife’s first cousin, one removed, Samuel Adams Clark, Jr....
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The Many Loves of Ann Marie Saportas
Frederick Francis and Regina Matilda at the 1938 Horse Show Ball My wife’s great uncle, Frederick Francis Alexandre (1894-1968) married Regina Mathilde Saportas (1898-1957), and therefore my wife is...
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Mary Trimble Lawrence, Sculptress
Mary Trimble Lawrence Tonetti Mary Trimble Lawrence, my wife’s third cousin three times removed, was born in December 1869 in New York, the daughter of Henry Effingham Lawrence and Lydia Greene...
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Anne Elizabeth Tonetti, Actress
Mary Trimble Lawrence Tonetti with Lydia, Anne, and Joseph 1906 Anne (also Ann and Annette) Elizabeth Tonetti was born on March 15, 1903 at 136 East 40th St in New York, the daughter of Mary Trimble...
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Eric Gugler, Architect
Eric Gugler Eric Gugler was the husband of Anne Elizabeth Tonetti, my wife’s cousin. He was born March 13, 1889, in Milwaukee, the son of Julius Gugler and Bertha Rose Bremer. According to Camoupedia...
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My Confederate Great Great Uncle in a Divided State
0 The Flag of Maryland The Flag of the Maryland Confederate Units The Flag of the Maryland Union Units While raking up the leaves on my family tree, I came across my great great uncle by marriage,...
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