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Results of recent research into descendants of Charles Grant in the Sydney - Glace Bay area of Nova Scotia
Part VI
Douglass L. Grant
Charles Grant: Serendipity strikes again
On 26 April 2001, the author attended a lecture sponsored by the Old Sydney Society. The guest speaker, Janice Fralic-Brown of Halifax, spoke about her ancestor Cato Cox, a black Loyalist who settled in Sydney in the 1780's. She also produced muster rolls, taken 24 June and 25 December 1786, for the 42nd regiment of the British Army, commonly known as the "Black Watch", then stationed in Sydney. Both rolls included the name Charles Grant. It is not completely certain that this is "our" Charles, but the likelihood of there being two such at the same time in a settlement so small seems tiny indeed. Furthermore, the privately published volume "They Were Here" by Rev. Robert D. Crocker, confirms that the earliest barracks in what is now Sydney's Victoria Park included quarters for married soldiers. In that era, wives and children sometimes followed soldiers on station and qualified for extra rations by doing such chores as laundry. However, if Charles Grant was in fact in Sydney in the first instance as a British soldier, that would raise some questions about his reputed occupation as a stonemason.
Furthermore, a contribution on the Clan Gordon mailing list suggests that it was common in Scotland for clan chiefs to pay servants to take on the surname of the chief. This hypothesis might possibly explain how Ann Middletown could have become Ann (Nancy) Gordon without presuming a prior marriage.
Parents of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon: a slender clue
The traditional order of naming of children in Scottish families is for males: father's father, mother's father, father, father's oldest brother, father's next oldest brother, and so on; and for females, mother's mother, father's mother, mother, mother's oldest sister, mother's next oldest sister, and so on. While this tradition was clearly abandoned in most branches of the Grant family by the late nineteenth century, it is probably safe to assume that it was followed in the first generation in North America, at least. Assuming there were no early children of which we have no knowledge, the oldest son and the second-oldest daughter of Charles and Nancy were Peter and Isabelle, respectively, and the naming tradition suggests these were the names of Charles' parents. Similarly, the oldest daughter and second-oldest son were Ann and Charles, and these may well have been the names of Nancy's parents.
A search of the Mormon website has turned up exactly one Charles Grant born between 1725 and 1765 in Scotland whose parents had given names as suggested. This child was born 1 November 1758 at Bellie, Moray, Scotland to Peter Grant and Isabell Bartle. If this was indeed "our" Charles, then he obviously could not have been at Louisbourg in 1760, a possibility raised in an earlier note in this series. Also, if the oldest child Peter had truly been born in Scotland (as his son John attested in 1891) and if the couple had migrated to Halifax in the late 1770's, they would have had to have been married, had their first child and migrated all by the time Charles reached the age of 21. This compressed timeline is troublesome, but not entirely impossible. Incidentally, no other children are found in the Mormon website born to Peter Grant and Isabell Bartle.
As for Nancy Gordon, no children of the name Ann Gordon could be found in the Mormon website born in Scotland during the period 1725 - 1765 with parents Charles and Ann.
Parents of Mary Ann Dolman Grant
Records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, reveal that Samuel Doleman was baptised there on 16 September 1832. As mentioned earlier, Mary Ann Doleman was baptised 7 April 1844. Mrs. Eleanor Doleman was baptised 9 January 1848, but died 20 July 1849. Since these dates straddle the 1838 census, also mentioned above, there is little doubt that Samuel and Eleanor were the parents of Mary Ann. There are no other references to persons of that surname, so it remains unknown what became of Mary Ann's siblings mentioned in the 1838 census.
Rosie Grant rediscovered at last
Recall that Rosie Grant is believed to be the second child of Alonzo Grant and his first wife Rebecca Boutilier, born 27 December 1883 (1901 census). William, first child of Alonzo and Rebecca, who accompanied his father and stepmother to Dominion about 1896, was born 6 April 1883, according to the same census. If, in fact, the birthdates for both William and Rosie are correct, the latter must have been born prematurely and, in the 1880's, lucky to have survived at all. This may help explain why she remained with her maternal grandmother, and may have been a factor in her mother's death. In 1891 and 1901, Rosie was living with her grandmother, Evalina Boutilier, and Evalina's twin sons Edward and Branch. Evalina died in 1904. Rosie continued to live at 922 George St., Sydney, with her uncle Branch, an engineer according to the 1905 City Directory; the inclusion of her name implies she worked outside the home. In 1907, she witnessed the wedding of her presumed first cousin Margaret MacKinnon to Milledge P. Jefferson (incidentally, a first cousin once removed of Maria Jefferson Grant).
Early in the morning of 1 May 1925, Branch Boutilier was found dead in the back yard of a home on Laurier St. in Whitney Pier. The cemetery records give his age as 34, an apparent transcription error for 54; in fact, he was 55. A coroner's jury found he had died of exposure. The Sydney Post reported that "a part bottle of doubtful looking rum" was found beside his body. The story also mentioned he was unmarried, and "lived ... with his sister on George Street" (emphasis mine). There is no explicit reference to the sister being married. [Another curious observation: Branch's first name is entered as "Blanche" in the original handwritten chronological record of the cemetery, as well as in the alphabetical typescript prepared from it many years later. I will leave it to another researcher to determine if this was a clerical error, or a commentary on his lifestyle.]
With respect to the reference to a sister above, Branch's only known sisters were:
(i) Rebecca Ann (born July, 1861, baptised 3 December 1861, died no later than 1888),
(ii) Rosina (m1. Donald MacKinnon [son of Neil and Margaret MacKinnon, NW Arm], 18 February 1886, Presbyterian Church, Coxheath; m2. John Hill; by m1., mother of Margaret MacKinnon Jefferson), and
(iii) Eliza (born 22 May 1865, and baptised 10 April 1866 at Trinity Anglican Church, Sydney Mines).
[Rebecca, incidentally, had a twin sister Elizabeth Jane, who evidently did not survive; she is not mentioned in the 1871 census.] It is evident that the sister referred to in the newspaper article could only have been Eliza.
Eliza died unmarried in 1932, and her brief obituary said she had lived with her niece, Mrs. Harry O'Neill, of the North West Arm. Mrs. Harry O'Neil (slightly different spelling) died 15 July 1959, and is buried in Hardwood Hill. Neither the cemetery records nor the obituary contain Mrs. O'Neil's first name, nor are any survivors mentioned other than her husband and five children. Mrs. O'Neil was born in Beechmont (near Coxheath), which was Rebecca's residence at the time of her marriage. She was also active in St. John's Anglican Church at Point Edward; the Boutilier family had been Anglican for many years. At the time of her death, Mrs. O'Neil's age was given as 75, which would match Rosie Grant's age exactly. The 1891 census also indicated that, as children, Rosie and Harry O'Neil lived very close together in Ball's Creek, so the two almost certainly knew each other and probably went to school together. All this circumstantial evidence made Mrs. Harry O'Neil a very promising suspect to be the same person as Rosie Grant. Two independent lines of inquiry were therefore undertaken, one with the pastor of St. Mark's and St. John's Anglican churches, the second with Edna (Mrs. Bruce) Jackson, of Sydney, whom a private source had suggested as a member of an O'Neil family from that area.
Harry O'Neil, born 28 October 1882, was the son of James Edward O'Neill (b. 9 June 1850), who in turn was the son of John and Sarah O'Neill. James Edward O'Neill married Sarah Ellen Lewis (b. 4 November 1853), the daughter of James and Sarah Lewis, at the Wesleyan Church in Point Edward on 23 February 1874.
Edna Jackson was able to confirm that Mrs. O'Neil was her maternal grandmother, and that her grandmother's name at birth had indeed been Rosie Grant. The pastor also confirmed the given name, and was able to provide the following dates of birth of the children of Henry Marshall O'Neil and Rosie M. O'Neil: Gerald Edward (b. 5 November 1915, died at 2 months, buried 1 January 1916 in St. John's Churchyard, Point Edward); Evelyn May (b. 2 April 1917); Helen Dorothy (b. 20 August 1918, m. John Dyet, North West Arm); Bernard Stanley (b. 8 August 1921, m. Margaret Boutilier after 1970); Eva Maud (b. 6 April 1923, m. David Lewis, Edwardsville); Edward Henry (b. 21 July 1925, died overseas during World War II; more details below); and Sophie Matilda (b. 13 December 1927). Eva Maud, called Ada in her mother's obituary, is the only one surviving as of this writing. Edna and her husband Bruce have helped enormously with this project, supplying a number of photographs which have been scanned and will eventually appear on the website which will contain this research. They also kindly arranged for the digital photography of two old charcoal sketches which are believed to be Henry and Evalina Boutilier, which hopefully will also eventually appear on a website dealing with that family.
By chance, this researcher stumbled on the website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It proved to have an immense database of information on those who died in wars while serving in the armed forces of the various Commonwealth nations. In that, I found that Private Edward Henry O'Neil, son of Harry M. and Rose Marion O'Neil, of North-West Arm, had died on Saturday, 28 April 1945, and is buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Overijssel, Netherlands. He is the first descendant of Charles Grant and Nancy Gordon whom I have found to have died in war. These pages make mention of many deaths, but few can approach the tragedy of this young man, killed three months before his twentieth birthday, when the war in Europe had only ten days to run.
That day, the first of spring, I felt compelled to visit Rosie's grave, near the back of Hardwood Hill Cemetery. Unlike the cemetery records, the elegant grey stone clearly proclaimed that the woman lying there was Rosie Marion O'Neil. Despite the thick blanket of melting snow, it seemed a spot of some beauty, looking out toward the Coxheath Hills and the Northwest Arm, where she had spent most of her life and where, undoubtedly, the most bitter news a parent can receive had come to her from afar.
On 11 April 2001, I met with Mrs. Eva O'Neil Lewis of Edwardsville, now 78, and the only surviving child of Harry O'Neil and Rose Marion Grant. It was a very fruitful visit. She was able to confirm that her maternal grandmother had died in childbirth at the birth of her mother. She also was able to tell me that Evalina Boutilier had worked as a cook at the copper mine which operated in the Beechmont area. Since Alonzo Grant declared his occupation as miner at the time of both his marriages and in the 1891 census, it would appear that he was also employed there at the time. It is therefore an attractive conjecture that it was there that he met his first wife Rebecca Boutilier. (Neither Alonzo Grant, nor Evalina and her family, appear anywhere in the 1881 census; it would appear the census taker did not visit the living quarters which then existed at the Beechmont mine.)
Eva also informed me that her parents were married at Christ Church in Sydney on 23 December 1914; the records of Christ Church, preserved at the Nova Scotia Archives, confirm that date. She also related that, despite the time of year, the couple rode back to their new home at the North West Arm in a carriage drawn by a new black horse, and that Harry's brother Edmund played the fiddle at the reception that followed.
Witnesses at the wedding were Edward and Elizabeth Boutilier; no member of the Grant family is recorded as attending. Eva was completely unaware of any contact her mother might have had with her father, Alonzo Grant, during his lifetime, and was also unaware that her mother had had a full brother, William, as well as several half-sisters and half-brothers. Unfortunately, she was unable to suggest any reason for this absence of contact.
Eva supplied some further information regarding her brother Edward (Eddie), who had been a stretcher bearer, was wounded by a time bomb, and died a few days later of his wounds. It was an emotionally wrenching experience to read one of his letters, sent on 5 February 1945 under the constraints of wartime communication from "Somewhere in England", dealing with such mundane matters as the Christmas dinner which he had no way of knowing would be the last of his brief life. She was also able to supply the dates of death of three of her siblings: Sophie (10 February 1987), Bernard (2 June 1987), and Evelyn (23 May 1995); her sister Helen died in 1974. [Ironically, Sophie's obituary explicitly mentioned Rosie's birth name.] Finally, she was able to make available further pictures of her mother, herself and some of her siblings, all of which have been scanned and will eventually be posted on the website.
The fate of William Grant, Rosie's full brother, remains an open question. Further inquiries will be undertaken along that line, but the investigation of the descendants of Rosie Grant O'Neil is now essentially closed.
Further Descendants of Alonzo Grant:
In an earlier section, the children of Alonzo Grant and his second wife Catherine MacDonald were listed. Among them was John Grant (b. 6 November 1889) who married Mary Hillier. Their children were Edith (m. David MacQueen), Reta Victoria (b. 1913, m. Donald Gilholme MacLeod), Sarah and John.
David MacQueen and Edith Grant had three daughters, Louise (m. Robert MacGregor), Sheila (m. Rohan [Sonny] MacDonald), and Elizabeth (m. Robert Cossitt).
Robert MacGregor and Louise MacQueen had three children: Barry (m. Sheila MacGuire), Robert (m. Noreen Marmaluk), and Cheryl (m. Craig Ferguson).
Barry MacGregor and Sheila MacGuire have a son Lorne and daughter Jenna.
Robert MacGregor and Noreen Marmaluk have sons Owen and Corey.
Craig Ferguson and Cheryl MacGregor have a son Cole, and as of this writing (25 April 2001) are expecting another child.
Rohan MacDonald and Sheila MacQueen have a son Bruce, who is unmarried, and a daughter Patricia, who married Stan Brown.
Stan Brown and Patricia MacDonald have a son Andrew and a daughter Jennifer.
Robert Cossitt and Elizabeth MacQueen have a son Christopher, who is unmarried.
[Barry MacGregor is a colleague of the author at UCCB, and kindly supplied the above information.]
Edward Grant in 1871, and his marriage to Nancy Woodworth
Edward was the only known child of John Grant and Maria Jefferson missing from the family home at Ball's Creek at the time of the 1871 census. Elva Jackson's notes on baptisms in North Sydney indicated he had moved to Mill Village, which is in Queens County on the south shore of Nova Scotia. In that year, Edward Grant, age 20, Baptist, carriage maker, was living in the Port Medway census district (which included Mill Village) with William and Martha Gibbons and their daughter. His birthplace was initially recorded as "Cape Breton", which is scratched out and replaced with "Nova Scotia". Since this is exactly where Elva's notes predicted he would be found, and both age and birthplace are right, there is little doubt this is "our" Edward.
The marriage records of Colchester County indicate that, on 5 September 1879, Edward J. Grant, 31, minister, married Nancy L. Woodworth, 30, spinster, at the Baptist Church in Brookfield. They also record that Edward was born in North Sydney, the son of J. H. and M. Grant, but then apparently residing in Newton Centre, Massachusetts while Nancy was the daughter of B. and L. J. Woodworth, born in Lower Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, but then residing in Brookfield. Witnesses were Wm. W. Pickering and P. S. McGregor. (There is no evidence any member of Edward's family attended.) The census of 1871 for Lower Stewiacke (which included Brookfield) includes Nancy Woodworth, 24, living with Benjamin, 70; Jane, 62; and James, 20. All were Baptists and born in Nova Scotia. The fact that his wife had origins in the Truro area helps explain why they chose to settle there when Edward went into semi-retirement in 1916.
Some branches of Nancy Woodworth's ancestry, incidentally, have been documented on the Mormon website to stretch back into remote antiquity. Her father Benjamin was the son of Shalomith Woodworth (b. 5 March 1760, Lebanon, Connecticut) and Elizabeth Blair, and grandson of another Benjamin Woodworth and Hannah Bill. The earlier Benjamin's ancestors along the male line were Ezekiel, a third Benjamin, and Joseph, who was born in Scituate, Massachusetts in 1648. Joseph's father was Walter, born about 1600 in Kent, who was the son of Thomas Woodworth (born before 1586) and Elizabeth Tyson. Walter's wife, furthermore, was Elizabeth Rogers, born about 1609, the daughter of Thomas Rogers (NOT the man of the same name on the "Mayflower"). Thomas was the son of Thomas Matthew Rogers, who lived in Stratford, England at the time of Shakespeare. He was the grandson of Reverend John Rogers, the first of the Protestant clergymen to be burned at the stake in 1555 under Mary I. The documented ancestry goes back, including several generations in Italy, to Tancreed de Hauteville, born in 970 in Normandy, and his wife Fredistina. From Nancy Woodworth back to Tancreed de Hauteville is 25 generations, the longest documented chain of ancestry yet encountered in this research project.
The timing of Edward's decision to leave carriage making and enter the ministry remains to be explained. Edward's burial in 1927 was recorded as in Brookfield, but the gravesite has not been located as yet; possibly it may have been in a Woodworth family plot. The couple left only an adopted daughter, Vivian, about whom nothing is known after 1927. Where Edward met Nancy remains unknown, although there were other branches of the Woodworth family in the Wolfville area, where Edward attended university for at least one year. The residency in the United States is also new information. (The ages are also somewhat discrepant; for example, the ages given in the marriage records are the same as those given in the 1881 census almost two years later.)
Apparent New Evidence regarding Caroline Grant
Caroline Grant, b. 1866, was the younger of the two sisters of the "five brothers". She is last seen in the census in Cape Breton in 1871, and her whereabouts at the time of the 1881 census (when she was 15) and 1891 remains unknown. (As noted above concerning Alonzo Grant and Evalina Boutilier, however, she may also have found work at the copper mine and so was also missed in the census.) Much later, in 1927, she is mentioned in Edward's obituary as Mrs. Smith of North Bay, but she is not mentioned in either Alonzo's obituary in 1931 nor Theodore's in 1934.
In the records of Calvary Baptist Church, North Sydney, as retranscribed by the indefatigable Elva Jackson, a Carrie B. Grant was baptised on 3 October 1886. If she had left Cape Breton between 1871 and 1881, she apparently had returned at that time. Three notations accompany that entry: 1) she is referred to as Mrs. James Smith; 2) she is reported as having moved to Boston in 1896; 3) she is further reported as having moved at a later date to Red Deer, Alberta. Unfortunately, duplication of names makes it uncertain that this was really the daughter of John and Maria. The family of Charles H. Grant and Eliza Ball also had a Caroline, who was six in 1871, 16 (and still with her family) in 1881, but who no longer appeared in the 1891 census. It is unclear whether Carrie B. Grant was the daughter of John and Maria Grant, or of Charles and Eliza. The family of Charles H. Grant adhered to the Church of England throughout this period, while John, Maria and several of their children had become Baptists. That fact would appear to make it more probable that this was John and Maria's daughter, but it is difficult to be certain until a marriage record or some other definite statement of her parentage is found. There is no such record for either Caroline in Cape Breton County marriage records, which go up to 1912.
The Alberta censuses of 1891 and 1901 are available on line. There is no Caroline nor Carrie Smith anywhere in the province in 1891. However, in 1901, in Red Deer, the following are found at p. 14: Joseph M. Smith, 40, born Nova Scotia 1860; Carrie B. Smith, 34, wife, born Nova Scotia (year unstated); Ralph E. Smith, son, 8, born Alberta 1892; Olive Smith, daughter, 6, born Alberta 1894; Joseph E. Smith, son, 1, born Alberta 1900. (Religion, birthdate, occupation and ethnic origin were not transcribed onto the website although included in the census questions.) One small point here leans toward Carrie being the daughter of Charles and Eliza; in 1871, their family included a daughter Olive, born in June, 1870, who does not appear in the 1881 census. So far as we know, there was no child of that name in John and Maria's family.
The age, middle initial, province of birth, married name, and location of the Carrie B. Smith found in Red Deer combine to persuade me to a very high level that she is the young woman baptised in 1886 in North Sydney, although the discrepancy in the husband's first name reduces that identification below absolute certainty. It should be noted that several other minor errors have been found in Elva Jackson's work, and in the census records. Further evidence is needed on whether this Carrie B. Smith did indeed move subsequently to northern Ontario, which family members, if any, accompanied her on such a move if it did occur, and where her family eventually settled, as well as the time of her presumed death and place of burial. Unfortunately, unlike Cape Breton or Waldo County, Maine, there seems little organized interest in genealogy in the North Bay area, and the surname Smith is so common that the on-line query sites are little used.
Two other Smiths, both born in Nova Scotia, lived in Red Deer at the same time, closer to each other than to the family above: 1. James H. Smith, 43; Annie, 35, born England; two children; and 2. Wilburt G. Smith, 46; Carrie A., 29, born New Brunswick; 6 children. All eight of these children were born in Alberta.
In 1881, in Ball's Creek, a family named Smith lived very near John and Maria Grant. They were: Alexander Smith, 60, widower, born Nova Scotia, carpenter; Christy, 23; James, 15; Rory, 13; Neil, 10; Lizzy, 8. The family was Roman Catholic. This James Smith is clearly too young to be the same person as the man of the same name in Red Deer twenty years later. However, no trace of this James Smith has been found in any later census in Cape Breton.
A few more details on John Spurr Grant:
Item #1: In the 1881 census, there was a Baptist minister by the name of J. C. Spurr, then 33, resident in Cow Bay (Port Morien), with wife Nancy T., age 29, and son Nathan T. L., age 6. It appears John Spurr Grant may well have been named after this clergyman.
Item #2: On the website of the National Archives of Canada, Dominion Land Grants, I found what appears to be two land grants pertaining to John Spurr Grant. The reference number is Liber: 953, Folio: 314, File reel number: C-6709. The geographical data is as follows, although I'm not entirely sure how to read it. There are five headings: Part, Section, Township, Range, Meridian. However, there are six clusters of numbers or letters displayed on the line below. In the two cases, they are:
No dates are given anywhere on that site, so far as I can tell.
Some Possible Descendants of George B. Moffatt
By accident, an obituary was found for a Mrs. J. W. Allen, who died 18 January 1940, at the stated age of 62. While her own given name is not stated, she is described as the daughter of George B. Moffatt. She was survived by sons Irving, of North Sydney, and Harold, of Montreal. Also surviving were sisters Miss Emma, North Sydney; Miss Ada, Montreal; Mrs. John Hall, St. Anne's, Quebec; and Mrs. T. Greenfield, Montreal. If she is the granddaughter of George P. Moffatt (see Part V), then his son George B. could hardly have been born as late as 1869, leaving him only nine years older than the late Mrs. Allen. Burial was in Lakeside Cemetery, according to the obituary, but no gravestone appears in the cemetery records under the name "Allen" with this date of death.
Details on a few Moffatt marriages:
T. Porter Moffatt of North Sydney, son of Chas. P. and Jane, married Kate J. Nisbet of Sydney Mines, daughter of Andrew and Ann, in the Presbyterian church at Sydney Mines on 19 August 1886. [See Part V.]
Hammond Moffatt of North Sydney, also a son of Chas P. and Jane, married Jessie Beaton, 20, of North Sydney in the Baptist church at North Sydney on 28 September 1886. [See Part V.]
William Johnstone Moffatt, son of Peter B. Moffatt and Emily Grant, was married on 20 September 1896 in the Baptist church at Baddeck to Mary Symons McLean, daughter of Thomas and Christina. [See Part IV. Bride's mother's name differs.]
Death of a descendant of Peter Musgrave and Ann Grant:
The Cape Breton Post of June 23, 2001 reported the following obituary of James Alexander Moffatt, son of Charles Moffatt and Jennie MacLeod, grandson of Hammond Moffatt and Jessie Beaton, and a seventh-generation descendant of Charles Grant's daughter Ann. (See item above, and Part V for more details on this branch of the family.)
Jimmy Moffatt 87, Sydney
James Alexander (Jimmy) Moffatt, 87, of 819 Prince St., Sydney, passed away Friday, June 22, 2001, at home, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in North Sydney, he was the son of the late Charles and Jennie (MacLeod) Moffatt. He was a member of First United Church, Whitney Avenue, Sydney. Jimmy had a great passion for the harness racing industry while being a driver, trainer and owner of standard bred horses for over 50 years. Since his diagnosis, he had been surrounded by his many loving and caring compassionate friends and will be sadly missed by all.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Mary Williams; two daughters, Elaine (Mrs. Jim Featherby) and Edie (Mrs. Merle Crowe), both of Dartmouth; one sister, Mrs. Eleanor Waterman, Sydney; two brothers, Earl, Sydney, Aubrey, Kamloops, B.C.; five grandchildren, Robbie, Nancy, Darlene, David and his very special girl, Cheryl. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by sons, John 'Bunty' and James Roland 'Rollie', sister, Pearl Ash and brother, Stewart.
Interment in Calvin United Church Cemetery, Leitches Creek.
Further to the Musgrave connection
The following information comes through pure serendipity. During the fall term of 2000, I had a student named Jeff Musgrave in my class in Discrete Math, which includes some topics on applications of graph theory and tree storage of data. Naturally, I showed the class the family tree drawn by Blair Grant to illustrate the genealogical use of tree storage. Later, I pointed out to Jeff that that tree contains at least three references to Musgraves, and gave him a copy of the portion of Part V which refers to Musgraves, Moffatts, etc. With his father's help, he identified his great-grandfather John Archibald Musgrave in the list, and supplied the following partial list of descendants, without any dates. He also provided a contact with another family member doing research on the Musgraves, so I hope to amplify on this information in future.
Gertrude and Archie
->sons and daughters
Austin married Muriel Johnston
Hammond married Elizabeth May
Etta married Jennex
Russell married Carrie
Milford unmarried
Pearl married Ralph Spencer
Leonard married Martha Crews
Horace unmarried
Austin & Muriel
->sons and daughters
Glen married Cora
Lorraine married Sid Norman
Virginia married Sandy Lewis
Hammond & Elizabeth
->sons and daughters
Wendel married Sharon Hopkins
Marilyn married Tim Brown
Brenda married Sheldon Murphy
Etta & Jennex
Russel & Carrie
->sons and daughters
William married Carol Timbury
Linda married Brian Higdon
Judy married Benny Ross
Pearl and Ralph (Spencer)
Gloria (d. 31 March 2001)
Leonard & Martha
->sons and daughters
Gertie married Ron Cumming
Russel married Catherine Healy
Then Mable
Wayne married Gloria Buffett
Gary married Edith
Then Paulette
Ray married Phyllis Nash
Lenna married Brian MacDougall
Bev married Clarence Dawe
Then David Aker
Lou married Lois Bobbett
Gwen married Ernie O'Neil
Shirley married Blair Stamper
Anne married Tommy LeBlanc
Gordie married Judy
Cindy married John Britten
Joe married Marg MacNeil
Gert and Ron
->sons and daughters
Terry Lynn
Russell and Catherine
->sons and daughters
Wayne and Gloria
Bruce married Heather Heikkinen
Jamie married Denise Hill
Gary and Edith
Laura married Jerome
Ray and Phyllis
Lenna and Brian
George married Lee Adams
Bev and Clarence
Debbie married Eddie Grant (NO IDEA WHO THIS IS!!)
Lou and Lois
Gwen and Ernie
Shirley and Blair
Anne and Tommy
Gordie and Judy
Cindy(John not father)
Joe and Marg
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Part 6
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Monday, 14 September 2015
The Cramps Live at Napa State Mental Hospital
"Somebody told me you people are crazy, but I'm not sure about that…you seem to be alright to me"… I've been nursing a Cramps obsession for the last few days, and yesterday revisited Target Video's The Cramps Live at Napa State Mental Hospital, from 1978 - perhaps the single greatest live album title in rock music. I'll have to consult Dick Porter's 2015 biography Journey to the Centre of the Cramps to find out the whys and wherefores of the band playing before an audience of psychiatric patients, but a late afternoon's worth of rockabilly seems to have done them no harm. "We're The Cramps and we're from New York city… and we drove 3,000 miles to play for you people" announces Lux Interior before belting thru a 20min set of supercharged chugging rhythms, slashed guitar noise and voodoo hillbilly vocals. The show was filmed in b/w on rudimentary video equipment (Andrew Bujalski of Computer Chess fame eat your heart out) and despite the muddy visuals and some rough editing (some stretches of footage are clearly repeated), it's a fantastic document of early Cramps. As for the audience, it appears a handful of punks were present but hard to tell them apart from the patients, the setup frequently descends into anarchy with spectators bumping against the cameraman, invading the stage and taking over vocal duties before Lux wrests control back. For a full derangement of the senses, watch this one alongside Titicut Follies…
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Hamid returns! After a long hiatus, Hamid, who last appeared in "Tech Support," returns here as a car salesmen trying to sell Beavis and Butt-head a used car. Hamid's boss assumes Beavis and Butt-head are a bunch of gear-heads trying to drive a hard bargain, and puts the pressure on Hamid to get the sale. The trio take a test drive which doesn't turn out so well for the car, or Hamid, or well...anyone.
While I was glad to see Hamid once more, it's a shame this short wasn't just a little funnier. The test drive scene – the short's best gag -- lasts only about a minute or so, leaving fans wanting. That said,there's some solid laughs along the way, leaving little room for too many complaints.
The TV critiques found within this short highlight True Life and Jersey Shore. The True Life segment centers on a slutty mom who continually embarrasses her teenage daughter by acting like she's some kind of Playboy bunny. It's seriously funny, offering an unusual insight into what Beavis' mom is like (Butt-head compares her to his mother). The Jersey Shore gag sports plenty of laughs as usual, even if the material has grown a bit stale. I loved the joke about alligators not wanting to eat a guido. "Too much gristle," Beavis sparks.
"Bounty Hunters" has Beavis and Butt-head meeting up with a Dog the Bounty Hunter look-alike in a hardware store (B&B were looking for hoes). They decide they want to be bounty hunters just like Dog, and run off with the look-alike to get the necessary tools (I said tools). Next time we see them, they're all dolled up, headed to the post office to find the "wanted fugitives" wall. The two walk right on past this wall and end up mistaking the public bulletin board for the wanted posters.
Again, like many other B&B shorts out there, "Bounty Hunters" could have been expanded on with great success. Beavis and Butt-head as bounty hunters is great fodder for cameo appearances. They could arrest their teachers, neighbors, celebrities, etc. But alas, the short is a bit too light and inconsequential, though funny – especially when B& B pray (just as Dog does) right before they foolishly bust a school of karate students.
"Bounty Hunters" featured two music video segments, both equally awesome. The first spotlighted Yolanda Be Cool & B Cup's "We No Speak Americano," a wacky little music video designed to look like a vintage piece of cinema. B&B spend most of the time talking about an experience at their local Olive Garden, which had me longing to see their conversation turned into a short. Avi Buffalo's "What's In It For" served as the second segment. It's a trippy little piece filled with some pretty neat CG. Alas, the song is a tad mundane, lightweight and folk-inspired, which is exactly what B&B poke fun at. As Butt-head says, "These guys were like, 'that music in the elevator is too balls-out for us.'" Couldn't agree more.
Sorry about the delay with this review, folks. That's what happens when MTV changes their schedule with little notice, and with little reason (everyone else is away on holiday hiatus). Let's hope it doesn't happen again before this season finishes out. Don't cross your fingers.


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Just heard that their current market cap is about $20 million. Thinking everyone here at the Kelsey ILM Conference could chip in a few bucks and we could buy it. Ping me if you're in.
Idearc Stock Price: Yikes!
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I'm in – if that's Bill Gross 😉
eeek! Delisted and now trading on pink sheets.
I no longer touch stocks in that unregulated den of thievery they call the OTCBB run by the market makers .


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The Learning Landscape project described here is known as RedGloo and has several objectives; among others it aims to help students to make friends, contacts and join communities based on interests and competencies. RedGloo provides a space where students can support each other with personal, academic and career development, sharing insights gained from extracurricular activities as well as their degree programmes. It has shown tendencies of becoming a learning community with several communities of practice.
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Hey Bees ♥
Having a veil dialemma…..how do you decide whether to have one or not?!
Hey Bees ♥
Having a veil dialemma…..how do you decide whether to have one or not?!
@cantwaittobemrsf: I love veils, I think they're the entire reason that makes a bride look bridal (no offense to people who didn't wear them, it's just I notice such a difference when I see brides wear one!) I got a super light cathedral length veil and wore it for photos and ceremony. I took it off for reception.
Is there a specific reason why you do not want one? I think they look very pretty (but traditional).
I've always loved the look of cathedral veils so that's what I got.
@cantwaittobemrsf: i had a veil. I didn't feel like a bride without it. So glad I had a cathedral veil because it came out so pretty in my pictures!
i just don't know when else in life i'll get to wear a veil. it was necessary for me… even though i'm wearing a headpiece. people probably think it's overkill but i couldn't feel bridal without a veil! i'm borrowing a friend's so it's my something borrowed : )
@cantwaittobemrsf: I decided no veil when I tried them on with my dress and knew they didn't look right on me. I also can't stand the prices in the salon, kinda a turn off. I decided that I'm gonna search for a hair piece instead.
@Daizy914: I agree with PP, that was probably the most bridal thing for me. It's traditional and pretty and looks great on photos. I took mine off for the reception because it kept getting caught on my chair at dinner, but I regretted it because I looked better with it on!
I was so anti veil and then 5 weeks before the wedding I decided I wanted one. You will know if you want one. It will come to you.
I kind of freaked when they insisted on putting a veil on me when I was trying on dresses. I'm not used to having my back and shoulders bare and then to have tickly fabric brushing them whenever I move my head drove me nuts. The consultant took the veil off pretty quickly when I kept flinching. I'm leaning towards wearing a bridal hat (when else will I eve get the chance?) but I haven't fully decided yet. All I know for sure it that a veil is totally out for me.
Yes, absolutely. It's the one element that made me feel truly bridal, as opposed to just swanning about in a pretty gown. I also love the way they look photographed.
No veil for me. My dress was enough to make me feel "bridal."
How did I decide? I just never liked the thought of one on me. Plus, I was wearing an ethnic wedding outfit, so a veil wouldn't have made sense anyway (the outfit was supposed to be worn with a headdress, but I couldn't stand that either).
It's so necessary for me, it was what took my dress from just pretty to bridal.
It completed my look for me. I was against paying the super high prices in the salon so I searched eBay and found the perfect one. I took it in with me when I tried on my dress and the consultant thought I bought it from them.
@LaPetiote: oh yea, i only had my veil on for pictures and ceremony, it was a cathedral lenght so…it wouldn't have worked well during reception haha!
I'd try on some different veils, take pictures (!), take pictures of your dress without the veil and then sleep on it. In the morning, take a look at the pictures and see which ones you like more. It's all about figuring out what you truly like on *yourself*.
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If you would add a couple of thin slots on either side of the connector, a user could add a Zip-Tie, which could then be placed around the connector and thru to the back of the board and give it a fair bit of mechanical strength. You would have to move the vias that are on either side, near the back of the connector as that is where the slot would go.
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WASHINGTON — A smiling but quiet Princess Diana, suffering like her husband from jet lag, visited Saturday with patients at a century-old home for the chronically ill and the dying and promised to return.
Joined by Barbara Bush, wife of Vice President George Bush, Diana took a 40-minute tour of the Washington Home, meeting with about 40 patients in the long-term care unit and all four people in the hospice unit for the terminally ill.
At the bed of Letitia Whitty, 95, a native of Britain, Diana paused to let Whitty smell the small bouquet she was carrying.
Diana held the hand of one elderly man with throat cancer who doctors earlier in the day feared might die before the visit, said Kris Spector, hospice administrator. The unnamed man, who could not talk, looked up to Diana and circled his fingers in an ``OK`` sign.
``Her visit had a very soothing effect on him,`` Spector said. ``He`s now sleeping peacefully with a big smile on his face.``
Wheelchair-bound Dorothy Miles, 85, of Dallas, said she told the princess, ``You`ve made people very happy by coming here, and you look very good, considering your long trip.``
``I haven`t slept in two days,`` Diana responded.
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Frequency of "Sedotal" Surname in the US
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The surname "Sedotal" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
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The move follows the Isla Vista killings in Southern California in May, when 22-year-old Elliot Rodger fatally shot and stabbed six people before killing himself near the University of California Santa Barbara campus.
Less than a month before the killings, local law enforcement carried out a "welfare check" on Rodger. Welfare checks are inquiries into the well-being of a person, motivated by concern that they may pose a danger to themselves or others.
California state Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, whose district includes Isla Vista and who introduced the bill, said it would never be known for sure whether a gun database search then might have led to a different outcome in the case of Rodger.
"But the next time California experiences a similar tragedy, we shouldn't be left wondering," she said. "Searches of the gun database can be done in as little as 90 seconds, and those 90 seconds can help save lives."
The bill requires law enforcement to search the California Department of Justice's Automated Firearms System database prior to conducting welfare checks on individuals to find out if they own a gun. Exceptions are made for "exigent" circumstances.
The state Senate voted 32-0 to approve the bill, which is expected to cost the state about $400,000 per year and now heads to California Governor Jerry Brown's desk.
It had been opposed by the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees. Its president, Brandon Combs, said that in the last three days the association changed its stance to neutral/watch in response to amendments that were made to the bill.
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There's nothing like a vibrant pop of color to take you out of a makeup rut and the bold lip trend at New York Fashion Week can serve as great inspiration. We're sharing the exact shade (or combination of products) the models wore so you can recreate the looks at home. Start by prepping your pout with a lip scrub and conditioning balm to make sure you have a smooth surface for your pigmented hue of choice.
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Recently, I read a transformative chapter in A Quest for Godliness by J.I. Packer on the Lord's Day. In particular, how the Puritans viewed the Lord's Day. Right off the bat, I know some may say of the Puritans, "LEGALISTS!" Maybe at times this can appear to be a fair critique of the Puritans, although I think it is a gross misunderstanding of who they were and what they stood for. I think Puritans held to a high view of personal holiness and corporate or community holiness, so much so that at times it appears (especially to our more post-modern, antinomian minds) to be that the Puritans were legalists. This is an especially important point for the Fourth Commandment. Let's remind ourselves of the Fourth Commandment:
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. (Exodus 20:8-11, English Standard Version)
Now, the Reformers and the Puritans generally agreed on much, but as far as the Sabbath, the Puritans (who came after the Reformers), had what Packer calls "a corrected view of the inconsistent view" that the Reformers held of the Sabbath. Packer goes on to say,
They (Puritans) insisted, with virtual unanimity, that, although the Reformers were right to see a merely typical and temporary significance in certain of the detailed prescriptions of the Jewish Sabbath, yet the principle of one day's rest for public and private worship of God at the end of each six days' work was a law of creation, made for man as such, and therefore binding upon man as long as he lives in this world...In fact, they saw it (the Fourth Commandment) as integral to the first table of the law, which deals systematically with worship: 'the first command fixes the object, the second the means, the third the manner, and the fourth the time.' (A Quest for Godliness, page 237, emphasis my own)
The Puritans agreed with the Reformers that the Sabbath was and is ultimately fulfilled in Jesus Christ. This point rests in the fact that the Jewish work of keeping the sacrificial system (old covenant) is replaced and trumped by the "Great High Priest" (Hebrews 4:14) Jesus Christ, who became the sacrifice Himself (new covenant), and was accepted by God on behalf of, or for, His people. Yes and amen!
But the Puritans pushed the Fourth Commandment further than only being a ceremonial law, and much of the emphasis came from the context of the other nine commands in the Decalogue – namely, that the other nine commandments are moral in nature and thus still binding on believers in the New Covenant. The Puritans saw all ten of the commandments as binding – especially the fourth. Packer says of them,
(The Puritans argued) that the seventh-day rest was more than a Jewish type; it was a memorial of creation, and a part of the moral law, and as such it was perpetually obligatory for all men. So that when we find the New Testament telling us that Christians met for worship on the first day of the week (Acts 23:7; 41; 1 Cor. 16:1), and kept that day as 'the Lord's day' (Rev. 1:10), this can only mean one thing: that by apostolic precept, and probably in fact by dominical injunction during the forty days before the Ascension, this had been made the day on which men were henceforth to keep the Sabbath of rest which the Fourth Commandment prescribes. (A Quest for Godliness, page 238)
I think the wording of the Fourth Commandment in Exodus 20 is especially important for the New Testament believer in relation to purpose of the Sabbath and function of the Sabbath.
1. Purpose of the Sabbath – To keep it holy and to remember that which is holy
"The seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God…" On this day, there is a specialness that ought to invoke a remembrance, memorial, and worship which is different and of more importance than the other six days of work. Now, make no mistake, I am not saying that our "normal labors" are not an act of worship – they certainly are – but only that they are a different kind of worship. Our "normal labor" is done by those who were made to work and as those who are given the charge to work. These six day serve the purpose of worship through obedience – both in obeying the command of the Lord to work and in fulfilling the imago dei in which God has made us to work.
But the Sabbath day, the seventh day, is a different kind of worship, a special worship, a worship in which we explicitly and purposefully set aside all other work to do. This worship is for the purpose of magnifying Christ and serving as a community expression of the gospel – namely, that God has saved sinners and gathered them together, that they will be His people and He will be their God. This is an "already" aspect of the already-not yet aspect of the eschatological (end times) people of God. We are already the people of God and we have God as our God, but we await the day of the New Jerusalem, where it will only be God and His people.
There are some special things, then, to do on this Lord's Day. In the entirety of the Holy Scriptures, we time and time again read of God's people gathering to hear the Word of God spoken to them. This comes in various forms, granted, and today specifically and primarily through the preaching of the Holy Scriptures. Throughout Scripture, it sometimes came as verbal, or from the mouth of God Himself. Other times it came prophetically, or from God to His messenger (the prophet, such as Moses, Isaiah, etc.), and from His messenger to His people. Other times it came expositorally, or from the written Holy Scriptures, to the apostles or pastors/elders, and then to God's people (this is primarily the New Testament method).
This shows in form the purpose of the Sabbath – to learn "thus saith the Lord" – and as we hear what God has said to us as His people, we are formed, or shaped, by it. This leads us to function of the Sabbath.
2. Function of the Sabbath – to be Shaped and Formed in community by God through the Word of God
"On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates…" There is community language in the Fourth Commandment – clearly as written to the community head. The head has the responsibility to see that no one in the household (in those days, it would have included servants, sojourners, children, etc.) does anything except that which is used by God to make them holy.
I agree with the Reformers that the Sabbath is fulfilled in Christ in ceremony, and thus He is our rest, and via union with Him, we (the church) are in His rest also. In the Fourth Commandment, what was it that God was making to be holy? It was the Sabbath – the rest. In the New Covenant, what is it that God makes to be holy? It is those inside of His Sabbath – those united with the fulfilled Sabbath, which is Christ. So, Peter says to the church, "as obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written 'You shall be holy, for I am holy'" (1 Peter 1:14-16, ESV).
The Sabbath day is unlike the other six days. What does this mean spiritually? Those in the Sabbath – those in the rest that is Christ – are to be unlike those who are "conformed to the passions of ignorance". Those in Christ are to be holy, as our rest (CHRIST!) is holy. The function, then, of the Sabbath, is to be the day that households gather together to meet with God, and are shaped and molded and formed by the Word of God to be made holy.
The Puritans understood this. There was a ceremony, a specialness, a uniqueness to the Sabbath. They approached the Sabbath expectantly. They prepared for it on Saturday by praying and meditating on Scripture, and by going to bed early so that they would be in full faculty for their community worship gathering on Sunday. They knew that this was a grace given by God to His people. We don't have to wonder when God is going to move – He is going to move in His people when they gather.
The Puritans not only approached Sunday differently than us, they treated Sunday differently than us. After the service, the fathers would review their notes with their families to the point of meditation and memorization. This would take place all day on Sunday, and Sunday dinner was spent discussing points of application from the sermon. The pastor, later in the week, would visit different homes and quiz families on his sermon from earlier in the week. This led to intense understanding and personal, as well as corporate, holiness, for the people of God were truly being shaped and formed by the Word of God.
What about you? How do you view the Sabbath? I welcome your comments in the comment section, and please share if you found this helpful.


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New Delhi: Having worked with him on two big movies, Deepika Padukone says it is not easy working with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as he does not get satisfied easily and pushes his team to the limits to get the best out of them.
The actress will be seen in the director's much-ambitious period drama "Bajirao Mastani", which also stars Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra. The trio last worked with the director on romantic saga "Ram Leela".
"'Bajirao' has definitely been the toughest film of my career so far. It has been physically, emotionally and mentally draining. That's the nature of the film and the director I am working with. He is very demanding at every level," Deepika told reporters here.
"He is very clear about what he wants and in that process he pushes you to discover something new in yourself that you didn't even know. In that process of the hard taskmaster, you learn so much. It has been the most difficult experience of my life but when you see the end result you know it is worth."
The 29-year-old actress, who launched her song "Deewani Mastani" from the film here, feels fortunate to have portrayed a "complete woman" like Mastani.
"She is a woman, who was a warrior, a Persian princess but she was much more than that.. She was determined, sensitive and emotional but at the same time she could take on any challenge that she was faced with.
"She was also a nurturer, beautiful and there was nothing she could not do. She was complete in every sense. In today's times, I believe there is a Mastani in every woman. It is amazing for me as an actor to get to play such a woman, who has all these traits."
The movie is set to clash with superstar Shah Rukh Khan-Kajol starrer "Dilwale" on December 18.
Deepika said Bhansali is extremely guarded about the epic drama and it is a "huge" step from him to launch the film's song two months prior its release.
"It is a huge step that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has taken, the fact, that you guys have the access or a preview to a song. He is someone, who is very guarded when it comes to his work, especially with 'Bajirao Mastani', which is a film he has been wanting to make for years and it has finally happened.
"He is very passionate about what he is doing. The fact that he has allowed us to take the material from the film and show it to everyone is a big thing," she said.
The actress is happy to have an "exciting" year as she has been a part of three different stories--- a sweet tale of father-daughter relationship in "Piku", a contemporary romantic movie "Tamasha", set to release on November 27 and her first ever period film "Bajirao Mastani".
"It has been a very exciting year for me. I had a 'Piku' where I played a simple, relatable and today's Bengali girl from Delhi. And then you have 'Bajirao Mastani', which is a total contrast. So, this is exciting as well as challenging," she said.


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Homeowners with Fannie Mae loans [1] who are struggling to pay their mortgage can receive free mortgage assistance and counseling from a Fannie Mae Mortgage Help Center.
The Mortgage Help Centers are located nationwide and are staffed by experienced housing advisors who can help homeowners understand their options to avoid foreclosure. But you don't have to physically visit a Mortgage Help Center to get help—we'll work with you over the phone or through email. And help from Fannie Mae is always FREE.
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Mortgage Help Center locations and contact information [2] are available on this website. Use the Loan Lookup tool [1] to confirm that your loan is owned by Fannie Mae and request an appointment with a Center near you.
Once you've requested an appointment, a Mortgage Help Center representative will contact you and send the forms you'll need to return prior to your appointment. If you have difficulty completing these forms, you can call the Mortgage Help Center for assistance—contact information will be on the paperwork you receive or refer back to this website.
The representative will set up your first appointment (usually within a week of your request). At this appointment, your advisor will review your paperwork and ask questions about your situation. This information is used to complete the package that will be submitted to your mortgage company. Your file will be reviewed for all workout options by your mortgage company.
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The type of assistance offered, if any, will depend on your specific situation but can range from options like a repayment plan [3] (allowing you to bring your mortgage current) or a modification [4] (to potentially reduce your monthly mortgage payment) to options allowing for an orderly transition from your home through a short sale [5] or deed-in-lieu [6] (Mortgage Release).
The important thing to note is that your Fannie Mae advisor will stay involved throughout the process to communicate with your mortgage company and make sure you understand your options and next steps.
So, if you're struggling to pay your mortgage and your loan is owned by Fannie Mae [1], help is just a click or call away. Take action today!


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Microfinance Opportunities is a microenterprise resource center that promotes client-led microfinance. It seeks to facilitate an improvement in poor people's lives by increasing their access to well-designed and delivered financial services. Access to these services can improve the capacity of households, women and microentrepreneurs to increase their incomes, build assets and reduce vulnerability by better managing risks.
Microfinance Opportunities occupies a specialized market niche within the microfinance industry providing action-research, training and technical assistance in three areas focused on the clients of microfinance services:
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Skating in college is a great way to continue participating in the sport you love while obtaining a degree. Whether you want to continue participating in competitive freestyle, or just have a chance to brush up on your skills and meet some great people, the University of Michigan Figure Skating Club (UMFSC) is for you.
At Michigan, we strive for excellence in the classroom and on the ice, and as a result our skaters have the opportunity to obtain a first-rate education while representing a Big Ten school in competitions all over the country. Being a member of the figure skating club gives skaters a support network to ease the adjustment to college life, and provides a small, tight-knit community within the large university. Beyond just competing and skating, the club participates in team bonding activities, mixers with other clubs, and community outreach events. There is no better way to combine excellence in academics and athletics than at the University of Michigan.
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|2006-10-21, 16:12
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GONZO: Studio discussion, speculation, and whatnot.
I've watched most of those GONZO titles such as Black Cat, Vandread, Gankutsuou, Samurai 7, Gatekeepers, Speed Grapher, Gravion, Kiddy Grade, Last Exile, Blue Submarine no. 6, Magikano, and most of Solty Rei and Full Metal Panic. I own the complete DVD collection of Chrono Crusade and saw the first 3 episodes of Chrono Crusade months ago but stopped after the third one due to my prioritizing of other anime to watch, although I'm still considering finishing the Chrono.
Here is my opinion on the storytelling, animation, genre and characters of the GONZO anime.
Most of them are action-oriented or shounen and either way they have mild romance and a lot of drama. I can't imagine any GONZO title as shoujo.
Vandread was the first anime I've seen after eight years since DBZ and I liked it. The animation was superb and the battle scenes were cool as well. The development for most of the characters is decent but only Hibiki Tokai becomes a very well-developed and three-dimensional character. However the ending is rather done in an extremely frivolous and rushed manner. As if the final battle was not a big deal. However, what happened after the final fight was pleasant. I'm rather happy to know the two characters have become a couple in the last moment.
Gatekeepers' plotline was quite interesting and I found only one character in the anime to my liking. Her name is Kaoru Konoe. She was so lively, so cool, so cute, I really worship her. I am not interested in the rest, because they are rather bland. I'm far less satisfied with the Gatekeepers' ending. In fact, after the final clash with the main villain ended, I did not like who Shun Ukiya has chosen at the ending. Shun should be with Kaoru Konoe-chan instead. But too bad any anime doesn't end the way we fans want it.
In the case of Last Exile, Blue Submarine no. 6 and Samurai 7, the computer-generated animation is impressive and innovative. However someone says "Last Exile is just eye candy, due to its wonderful animation but poor storyline. All style but no substance." I was also going to say the same about Blue Submarine no.6. Only a few characters in Last Exile are well-developed and nearly quite three-dimensional: Mullin Shetland, Lucciola and Tatiana Wisla. The rest have one-or two-dimensional character personalities.
Blue Submarine no. 6's animation is spectacularly gorgeous as well and the character design of the female main character is sexy but the characterization is so poor, it fails to explain the sudden chemistry between two protagonists. Not to mention it doesn't also show us any look inside any of those characters' minds nor allow us to see their thoughts and reflections.
At best, all of the characters are all one-dimensional.
The reason why I can barely stand Gankutsuou was because of its overly flashy animation and bizarre clothing design. However, the storyline is well-done and has good drama. The characters development was also properly done.
Samurai 7 is loosely based on the classic movie Seven Samurai. So in other words, the plot is quite predictable and not exactly well-played. Even the animation couldn't save this anime.
For me, Kiddy Grade is the worst GONZO anime. We were given a very muddy insight about the two female main characters' histories. The explanation regarding the main characters' pasts was so poor and unclear, that I didn't understand how they originated from, lived, and become the persons they were now. In the end of Kiddy Grade, there was a ridiculous planet-sized mecha menacing over Earth and the good guys come to the rescue in a very frivolous way. All the minor characters had no purpose other than being an audience at the final battle, which was already done in Vandread and Gatekeepers. Plus, the way the fight ended was done too extravagant and too rushed. Which also exactly has haapened that way before in Vandread and Gatekeepers. Not very original idea for a final battle.
As for Black Cat, I liked not only the characters but also the character interaction. I find the chemistry between Sven, Train, and Eve (the 3 characters of the show) very wonderful and appealing. I always am partial to Sven and Eve's relationship. Also, the ending is a bit rushed but okay for me. I am fairly satisfied with the ending.
Many of the GONZO anime were decent and at least have a solid, if not good, conclusion at the end.
Those GONZO with a conclusive ending:
Black Cat
Speed Grapher
Samurai 7
Chrono Crusade
Solty Rei
But the reason why I felt they were all concluded was because
1. The major villains of each anime were either defeated or dead.
2. In each anime, almost everything such as many questions was resolved
In Chrono Crusade's case, the ending, I believe, has a conclusion. I have not seen the end but I did read spoilers regarding what happened in the ending.
Chrono Crusade's ending:
|2006-10-21, 16:29
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Silent Warrior
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Netherlands
Age: 32
A solid ending doesnt mean a good ending. Gonzo basicly sucks at making endings and most of the time stray way to much from the manga in bad way.
Gonzo got good animation though can't argue that.
With FMP compare that to FMP:fumo/TSR which was dont by another studio which was way better than what gonzo did with the serie.
|2006-10-21, 16:39
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Not dead. Yet.
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: UK
One thing you could argue is that they make memorable anime which sparks a lot of discussion, usually because their shows are strong on themes and concepts, if not plot and character.
Unfortunately Gonzo are all about hit and miss. When they do everything right they come up trumps with class anime like Last Exile, GANTZ and the recent Witchblade. Unfortunately they can also go wildly wrong with output like with Glass Fleet and Solty Rei. Personally I meet their misses with dissapointment rather than derision, simply because even their worst offerings have some redeemable features, usually the quality of the production.
As for their new stuff, it's too soon to tell about Pumpkin Scissors, but its entertaining and enjoyable so far. They've also scored this season with Red Garden, which by all accounts is rather good.
|2006-10-21, 16:47
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Many RPG-gamers call Gonzo the "Squeenix of anime" because it seems to have befallen the same problem. Namely: They got too big and lost focus. For the times they aired, shows like Nadesico were the cat's meow. But now it seems they neglected to "upgrade" their writing styles properly and are constantly churning out these manga/novel-based titles that completely flake out at the end.
Still tho, their shows have more bling than Mr. T in a diamond field and are just passably good enough to watch when there's nothing else to watch.
Of course this is all my opinion.
|2006-10-21, 17:01
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❤ Fabulous MAX~! ❤
Graphic Designer
One of these 'uniqe' anime is Kaleido Star (which is one of my favourite ). Do you now any other anime dealing with circus-like theatre (or something like that)? Because I don't ^^
But well, Gonzo really like to make anime endings not 'open', like for example Chrono Crusade
And even if there's an open ending (ie. Kaleido Star) They don't have really good ideas for sequels (in KS case only Legend of Phoenix ~Layla Hamilton Story~ OVA is good, but the rest 2 are like - Good dayo! Goood!! OVA enyone? )
|2006-10-22, 02:39
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2006
Yes I really agree that Gonzo is very innovative in their ideas and concepts, in fact most of their productions are unique in their own way (eg Gankutsuou, Last Exile, Gantz, NHK, Samurai 7...) they always seem to stand out among the new season of animes. They were the first to animate Full Metal Panic although many argue that KyoAni did a better job, that does give them some credit
Problem is they tend to be able to take a story that has extremely good potential and ruin it....not that i'm complaining, its just that its a great pity
Animation-wise they are excellent, however unlike studios like Bones and Production I.G. they cannot keep it consistant, a good example would be Speed Grapher where the animation went extremely horrible in the middle
They are good at providing interesting characters though, even though the storyline gets boring, their character interaction is always done well
Their series are always a must watch for me even though I don't hold high expectations for them now since watching Trinity Blood. Its really their 'unique concepts' that keep me interested
|2006-10-22, 09:56
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Location: Planet Earth
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|2008-05-30, 21:59
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Anime fans that love Gonzo come save Gonzo from their loss
Gonzo suffered a loss of 2.5 billion yen last year.
This year the loss increase to 3.7 billion yen.
If you hate Gonzo, then this is your good time to curse them into the lowest pit of hell.
If you like Gonzo and want to save Gonzo, then pay for Tower of Druaga and Blassreiter. (http://www.crunchyroll.com http://www.bosttv.com)
FYI, Gonzo is the creator of these animes:
Tower of Druaga
Rosario and Vampire
Romeo and Juliet
Last Exile
Kaleido Star
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Gonzo also jointly created Seto no Hanayome
|2008-05-30, 23:38
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Diego
Then we also have Gankutsuou, Saikano, Full Metal Panic! and other stuff I'm forgetting.
I don't really... hate Gonzo either. While 90% of the stuff they produce is crap, I find that the 10% is often very good.
They could probably save themselves if they made something great again, but those don't come often.
|2008-06-02, 22:34
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Canada
They have an excellent First-animation team, but as the series goes on you can tell which eps they use their B or C team as the quality goes straight down.
They also tend to be very good at picking up quality series, but their own story-writing (when deviating from manga, is less than ideal).
To see some of my beloved manga animated, GONZO is a necessary evil i must say
|2008-06-27, 09:53
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Senior Member
making of [gonzo] anime/Druaga no Tou
I wasn't sure i should put it here/in a new topic but seeing that this is not based on druaga and is more general i thought it should be posted here.
anyway gonzo have a weekly online series they release via youtube about many things called GonChubu(ごんちゅーぶ) starring inoue nana(井ノ上奈々) and Sakai Kanako(酒井香奈子) .
in that show (that by the way already had 17, ten minute long, episodes) they have started a set of episodes about making anime and as an example they are using "The Tower of Druaga"(Druaga no Tou).
there have been two episodes thus far, in which they already interviewed a number of people from the druaga staff.
as well as explaining a bit about the process of making anime.
so, for anyone interested here are links to the first two episodes:
ep one(16)
ep two(17)
|2008-06-27, 11:01
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
While I'm intrigue by the presentation of the show my lack of japanese isn't helping, but it would be helpful if someone can post who's the names of people interviewed and their position.
I should pray for an offical Dvd release instead and hope its gets included in extra like sunabouzu
|2008-07-02, 08:31
|Link #17
Senior Member
Gonzo, financial issues
gonzo in trouble?
so this means Gonzos going down?
what will happen to the staff if that happens?
what exactly are the requirements for them to stay listed?
|2008-07-02, 08:35
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Lets be reality
Join Date: May 2007
Here's a pretty good write up of the events leading up to this, link was posted on aroduc's blog
I was amazed to find out the R+V was the first Gonzo title to shift over 5000 units in over 4 years...
|2008-07-02, 08:44
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~ You're dead ^__^* ~
Graphic Designer
Ye, ouch...
I think the string of poor releases has taken their toll...so not even good series are enough to save them form this slump eh...
Actually I enjoyed Druaga a lot and according to other people, Blassreiter wasn't that bad either.
They can produce good series but it's just that they are hit harder than other companies when they flop (which is quite often still feeling the scar of dragonauts ).
Time will...
Last edited by Deathkillz; 2008-07-02 at 09:27.
|2008-07-02, 09:05
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: San Diego
Yeah, it's been a while since Gonzo has made something really good, maybe Welcome to the NHK about a year and a half ago, and last year's involvement with Seto no Hanayome might have given them a boost.
I heard Blassreiter was pretty bad, though. Druaga no Tou shines when compared to a lot of Gonzo's recent stuff.
But it's been a while since 2003-2005 and Full Metal Panic!, Last Exile, Kaleido Star, Chrno Crusade, Gankutsuou, etc.
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