SNGF - Pick an Ancestor: What Story Lines Do You Want to Explore?
Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's Saturday Night again Time for some more Genealogy Fun!! Our mission from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings, is to: 1) Pick one of your ancestors that you want to know more about. Based on your knowledge of their life, what story lines do you want to explore? Here’s mine: My maternal grandfather, Tom J. Johnston, died when I was 19 years old. He was born on 7 October 1912 in Comanche County, Texas. He died in his sleep on 11 July 1973 in Contra Costa County, California. We called him Tom-Tom when we were young, and later just Tom. What I know about him: he was the oldest son of Thomas N. Johnston and Nell L. Hutson, and the third child of five. He worked most of his life as a carpenter, though he was in business with his brother, Hal, in the pool hall and taxi service in Walnut Creek, California, in the late 1940s. He loved to fish and make furniture. I have a couple of pieces, as do my siblings. As kids, we thought him ver...