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Image by rawpixel. Never let it be said I don't own up to a mistake!  In last week's post , I used an 1854 map as one key in determining why my Sheridan ancestors may have moved from Buffalo, Erie, New York, to Evans, also in Erie County. The presence of a Catholic church as well as a shoe making business in the particular section of Evans Township known as North Evans was key in my mind to their desire to move there.  And, while I wasn't entirely wrong ...I was somewhat geographically challenged. It seems the section of Evans that I pointed out as the as-then-unnamed-North Evans was a little too far southwest! Oops! My Google-map-to-1854 map-comparison skills were not quite up to snuff that day! But all is not lost. On an 1866 Erie County map I discovered North Evans clearly marked. In a smaller detail of the town a shoe shop and a Catholic church are also clearly marked, as is the Buffalo & State Line Railroad bisecting the town. 1 Here's North Evans located on th...
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GENEALOGY CHALLENGE 2021 - Seeing Double

James, dwarfed by a Union Pacific engine.


 
James' grandpa, James Casey, Sr. enjoys his time on a train.

GENEALOGY CHALLENGE 2021

Seeing Double -  January 25th entry of a 31-day challenge to post a document, photo or artifact on social media every day in January.  

by Nancy Gilbride Casey


What is it about little boys and trains? Our son James was enamored of trains from the day he first noticed them as a tiny little guy. 

Whenever we saw one, he would want me to slow down the car so we could watch it, or roll the car windows down so that he could hear the train whistle. He collected Thomas the Tank Engine cars and track. I read him Thomas the Tank Engine books, and we watched the TV show too. With every library trip we took, we looked for any book with a train theme. I'm sure there was a train-themed birthday party at some point too.

James also loved a trip to the train museum with his Papa (James D. Casey, Sr.), or visiting other train exhibits in local small towns. Imagine his thrill when we took a ride on the actual Thomas the Train one year in Grapevine, Texas!

The love of trains must run in the family line: proven by this wonderful black and white photograph of James' Papa, standing on a train stairs when he was a little man. It wonderful to see shared interests passed through generations.


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