Daniel Joynes was born in Baltimore, Maryland in September 1810. He, too, was a sailmaker like his father, and raised his family in East Baltimore on N. Eden Street, most likely in one of those long, skinny row houses.
I wake up to the sound of murmuring voices. What the heck? I draw my disoriented thoughts together, force myself out of bed, and shuffle my way into the living room. There, I find my dad sitting in his rocking chair and reading his Mother Earth magazine.
The name is ” from any of the various places in northern France named with the Old French elements, “beu, bel”, lovely, and “eau, ewe”, water (Latin “aqua”).
…Marana Ward, daughter of Elijah & Marana Colburn Ward, was born on 30 Aug 1789. She married (1st) Ebenezer Ballou and (2nd) Orrin Aretus Powers.
Today I am prompted to share on “Tombstone Tuesday” a bit about my ancestor, Marana Almira Ward. Marana was born …
