Chris Dawson
@whimsicalcynic.bsky.social
I’ve been a museum curator and historian, published author, grant-writer and fundraiser, and lately a prospect researcher. My hobby is family history; I’ve spent years researching other people, so why not do mine?
latebloominggenealogist.blogspot.com
latebloominggenealogist.blogspot.com
Happy 198th Birthday to my great-great-grandfather, John Dawson, an iron screw maker from Bolton, England. Born Sept. 1, 1827.
September 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Happy 198th Birthday to my great-great-grandfather, John Dawson, an iron screw maker from Bolton, England. Born Sept. 1, 1827.
Happy 158th birthday to my great-grandfather, Benjamin Dawson … born in 1867 in Bolton, England and died in Cleveland, OH in 1922
May 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Happy 158th birthday to my great-grandfather, Benjamin Dawson … born in 1867 in Bolton, England and died in Cleveland, OH in 1922
Apparently it’s my great-grandfather’s birthday today … so happy birthday John William Grace, born this day in 1879 in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. Came over to the US in 1881, and built himself a career as an oil driller, until he dropped dead of a heart attack on an oil rig in 1923!
April 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Apparently it’s my great-grandfather’s birthday today … so happy birthday John William Grace, born this day in 1879 in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland. Came over to the US in 1881, and built himself a career as an oil driller, until he dropped dead of a heart attack on an oil rig in 1923!
One of the fun things about delving into family history is getting to find out really interesting stories, such as my Irish-born great-grandfather’s experience drilling oil in Japan for Standard Oil in the early 1900s. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, J.W.!
March 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
One of the fun things about delving into family history is getting to find out really interesting stories, such as my Irish-born great-grandfather’s experience drilling oil in Japan for Standard Oil in the early 1900s. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, J.W.!
