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Favorite Photo -- George Warren Lancaster

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This is is a photo of my great-grandfather, George Warren Lancaster, my Mam-ma's father. On the front is written "Bud" at the top and "George Warren My bud" at the bottom. He looks pretty dashing standing in the yard with his bow tie and hat.  This photo is a photo postcard and has been trimmed. I I cannot read completely what was originally written on the back in pencil, however, my grandmother wrote in dark ink "George Warren Lancaster. Dorothy sent this to me 10-8-2005. She found it in some of her mother's pictures. My father. Pansy L. Johnston." I recognize my grandmother's handwriting. There are clues in this written description. Dorothy is Pansy's double cousin, Dorothy Loveless. Her parents were William Hutson Loveless and Josephine Hazel Lancaster. Pansy's father was George Warren Lancaster, Josephine's brother and her mother was Lela Ann Loveless, William Hutson's sister, thus making Dorothy and Pansy double cousins. Th

Happy 11th Blogiversary!

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Eleven years ago, I attended a class at California Genealogical Society on starting a blog. This is the blog I started about my grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster Johnston's ancestors.  It is such a narrow theme that I don't often write in this blog. Most of the posts in the last few years have been stories to fit the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks themes. This is my first post of the 2022 calendar year. I do hope to write more 52 Ancestors stories. Next week is favorite photo. I bet I can find a favorite photo of my grandmother. Copyright © 2022 by Lisa S. Gorrell, Mam-ma's Southern Family, All rights reserved.