[or-roots] Pearl Etta Wilson/Smith/Doughty -- Bay City

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

Just want to point out that I used the delete key before I started 
writing ...

I find this very fascinating -- it seems the more we know, the more we 
are all connected, sometimes in odd little ways, but it really is all 
part of the same story, even if it doesn't show up on the relationship 
charts.

Bob and Barbara's great-great aunt, Pearl, was a live-in nurse for my 
ailing great grandmother, Mary Rose, in Ashland in 1920. Unfortunately, 
neither I nor my cousin have any information about Pearl, let alone 
Clarington. Just another reminder to listen to all of the stories of the 
'old ones' and write down and catalogue *everything* you possibly can. 
My mother was born in 1919, and although an infant, possibly was held at 
one time by Pearl -- Mary's house was a gathering point for the family. 
This dwelling (77 Sixth St) is a fully restored 'historical home' in 
Ashland, as well as the mirror image house next door; neither are under 
family ownership.

Wishing I could be of more help,

Bill Strickland