To our Mothers!

                                                                          Happy Mothers Day!

1955 Terry Forman holding Kathi, Annie E. Forman with Linda, unknown child on right

Here's to the Mothers in our family tree! JOSEPHINE TERESA MAGURN FORMAN (TERRY), mother of Linda, Kathleen, Claire, Annette. 

JOSEPHINE DECIMA CANHAM MAGURN (DESSIE), mother of TERRY, Joan, Philip, Margaret, Peter.  

JANE MANGAN CANHAM, mother of Josephine Decima (DESSIE), Beatrice Louise (Louie), Mary Ellen (Mable), Ethel, Addie, Alec.

 ANN GIBNEY MANGAN, mother of JANE, Peter, John, Catherine, Bridget.

BRIDGET MAGURN, who makes me sad because we know nothing about her - mother of John Magurn (who married DESSIE).

ANNIE ELIZABETH BARAGWANATH FORMAN, mother of Ward (my father), Ross, Ivan, Mildred.

FLORENCE CAMILLA ROSS BARAGWANATH, mother of ANNIE and Florrie.

ANN ELIZABETH SPIECE ROSS, mother of FLORENCE, William, Henry, Benjamin F, Edwin S, Ann Elizabeth.

CHRISTIANA STOLTZ SPIECE, mother of ANN ELIZABETH, Christiana, Louis, Caroline, Rebecca.

And that my friends, is as far as we can go tracing just through our female lines. If we traced our mothers on our father's lines, we would go much further back especially with the Harneds (Grandpop Forman's maternal line, which leads to our Mayflower connection as well as other notables). So Happy Mother's Day to all these mothers who made it possible for us to be here today. And while we're at it - Thanks, MOTHER EVE for making the choice that gave us all a chance.