Whenever King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson makes the news I take notice. Old Bluetooth was a Norse King who lived more than 1,000 years ago. He is my 34th great-grandfather. ~ How We Are Related ~ Our connection to King Harald comes via the Rowe line. I’ve outlined my direct descendancy in this post from more […]
It has been an interesting time for working on family history. The part I like least about this work is prospecting for data – finding the names, dates and places necessary to fill out the tree. That’s ground-floor stuff and I’m much more of a storyteller. I want to know what’s beyond the data with […]
Years ago, when we moved into our present home, we met the nextdoor neighbor over the fence. As we introduced ourselves to each other this new neighbor, Lynn Bates, he excitedly responded to my last name, Westover. “Do ya know any Westovers in Rexburg?” Lynn asked me. Over the years we grew fond of Lynn. […]
Evelyn Riggs Westover, Aunt Evie to the entire world it seems, passed over to the other side today, Monday, May 23, 2022. In the coming days there will be no shortage of tributes, memories and histories shared of this wonderful lady. As cousin Lynn Quilter expressed this morning, “Well, that ends an era in the […]
In March of 2022 we marked the 100th birthday of Pascal Henry Caldwell, an individual who owns a unique place in our family history. For all of us connected to him with the name of Westover none of us are actually blood-related. He is my mother’s step-father, and thus my step-grandfather. Pascal Henry Caldwell married […]