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An odd and touching story by Dave Eggers, founder of
Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency. His website, literary journal and publishing house bear the name of a mysterious man who shared his mother's maiden name.
She grew up in Milton, Massachusetts, one of five children, the daughter of an obstetrician, Daniel McSweeney, and his wife Adelaide Mary McSweeney.
When Eggers was a kid, his family started getting "strange mail" addressed to him and his mother.
These were usually notes written on pamphlets and other sorts of mail that required no postage. The messages were confusing, but generally seemed to be written by a man named Timothy McSweeney, who thought he was related to my mother, and who was hoping to visit soon. Sometimes Timothy would include train schedules and other plans. Sometimes they included drawings and diagrams. Usually the letters had a sense of urgency, as if after many years of searching for his relatives, he had found my mother and I, and wanted to reconnect as soon as possible.
Eggers, having appropriated the man's name for his publishing concern, learned a few years later of Timothy McSweeney's identity.
One day in Boston in 1943, my grandfather Daniel McSweeney delivered a baby. This baby was put up for adoption, and was adopted by another McSweeney family.
Timothy McSweeney grew up to become an artist, fell mentally ill, and was eventually institutionalized.
It was from this institution that he began to send letters. According to his brother David, he would search through city and state records, find names, and write to the people he found.
Presumably, he saw my grandfather's name on his birth certificate and came to think Daniel McSweeney might have been his father, not simply the delivering obstetrician. And thus he sought out the children of Daniel McSweeney. [Link]
The real Timothy McSweeney died last month at age 67.
The Bartlsville Genealogical Society meeting schduled for Monday night at 6:30 has been cancelled due to weather.
Source: Gideon Tibbetts Ridlon, Saco Valley settlements and families: historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary...(Portland, Me.: G.T. Ridlon, 1895)Powered by Zoomify
On Mon Dec 7 Parliament approved 2010 The Year of the British Home Child. During the Child Emigration Scheme (British Home Children), between 1869 and 1939 (some up to 1948), over 100,000 children ages 1 - 18 were sent to Canada from Great Britain to work as farm labourers and domestics by over 50 Agents - Barnardo, Middlemore, Macpherson, Fegans, to name a few..Events that have already taken
Ely Family Fible from Simsbury, Connecticut. This Bible has a glued newspaper article of the obituary of Benjamin Ely, died in 1852, he is the father of Dudley Ely, on the back cover is a Photograph with a footnote: This is a picture of my uncle Nathan Ely, my father's brother, Mary Ely Millard 1894. Mary Ely Millard is the daughter of Dudley and her grandfather would have been Benjamin Ely. We have also added a red leather stamp wallet, monographed Nathan C. Ely.
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1788 BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DOCUMENT BOND - Handwritten document, George Boone, miller, of District Twp, and Thomas Boone, miller, of Amity Twp, bind themselves to Joseph Bennett of New Castle, Wilmington Co., Delaware, in the amount of 50 pounds. Both Boones sign at bottom, Sept, 10., 1788.Also signed: Witnesses, Isaac Lee; Martha Millard [or Hillard]. Docket page, Daniel Clymer.This
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Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products.
The war graves association in the UK is investigating using the spray to treat stone monuments and grave stones, since trials have shown the coating protects against weathering and graffiti. Trials in Turkey are testing the product on monuments such as the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara. [Link]
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