The Death and Burial of Loretta Fidelia Olds Symms – 1921

On 26 Feb 1921, Loretta Fidelia Olds, daughter of Willard Olds and Hannah Elizabeth Shults, wife of the late William Symms, died. She was buried in the Philipsburg Protestant Cemetery on 28 Feb 1921.

The Death and Burial Record of Loretta Fidelia Olds - 1921

The Death and Burial Record of Loretta Fidelia Olds – 1921

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England, Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1921. Death and Burial Record of Loretta Fidelia Olds, recto folio 2.

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                           Folio two

Olds Delia, Widow of the late William Symms
Buried Feb. 28th 1921

Delia Olds, widow of the late
William Symms, aged eighty years,
of the Village of Philipsburg of the
Parish of St. Armand West of the
County of Missisquoi of the Province
of Québec died on the twenty-
sixth day of February in the
year of our Lord Nineteen
Hundred and Twenty-one
and was buried in the Philipsburg
Cemetery on the twenty-eighth
day of the month and year
aforesaid.
                      by me,
       [signed] Wm Jms Palmer Baugh,
                      Rector
In the presence of the
  Subscribing Witnesses:
  [signed] C Fred Farnsworth
  [signed] L L Markell

This record can be found as image 2/17 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1921. The record appears on recto folio 2 (the front of folio 2).

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The Marriage of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds – 1857

On 07 Nov 1857, William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds (daughter of Willard Olds and Hannah Elizabeth Shults) were married in the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation of the Circuit of St. Armands, Missisquoi County, Canada East, Province of Canada.

The Marriage Record of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds - 1857

The Marriage Record of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds – 1857

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Lillian Bertha Symms, recto folio 11.

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                           folio twelve

            Marriage
William Symms Junr. of Philipsburg in the
Seignory of St. Armand County of Mississquoi
and District of Montreal Bachelor Wheelright
and Loretta Phidelia Olds, of the same place
Were Married by license on the Seventh
day of November in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight Hundred and fifty seven
in presence of the Subscribing Witnesses
           by me [signed] Francis Hurt
                                       Minister

Witnesses { [signed] William Symms
                     [signed] Loretta F Olds

Witnesses { [signed] R W Morgan
                     [signed] Mary Ann Symm

This record can be found as image 12/18 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for St-Armand (Methodist Church) 1857. The record appears on recto folio 12 (the front of folio 12).

This record can also be found as image 9/12 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Clarenceville (Methodist Church) 1858. The record appears on recto folio 12 (the front of folio 12). The record does not appear to belong in the Clarenceville records. It seems that Ancestry.com duplicated part of the St-Armand (Methodist Church) records at the beginning of the Clarenceville records in error.

The text of this document lists the bride’s name as Loretta Phidelia Olds, but she signs it as Loreta F Olds. Her birth and baptismal record provided her name as Loretta Fidelia Olds, and that is the spelling I have used in my database.

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The Birth and Baptism of Lillian Bertha Symms – 1880

On 11 Aug 1876, Lillian Bertha Symms, daughter of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds, was born. On 06 May 1880, she was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Lillian Bertha Symms - 1880

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Lillian Bertha Symms – 1880

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Lillian Bertha Symms, recto folio 11.

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                    folio eleven

On this sixth day of May A.D.
eighteen hundred and eighty
Lillian Bertha daughter of
William Symms of the Parish
of St Armand West and of his
wife Loretta Fidelia Olds born
the eleventh of August eighteen
hundred and seventy six A D.
was baptized in the presence
of subscribing witnesses by me
          [signed] Wm Westover
                          Officiating Minister

[signed] [V.E.Gestimer?]
[signed] M. A. Whitwell

This record can be found as image 11/25 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1880. The record appears on recto folio 11 (the front of folio 11).

Lillian Bertha Symms was baptized on the same day as her mother, brother, and two sisters.

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The Birth and Baptism of Louisa May Symms – 1880

On 12 Jan 1872, Louisa May Symms, daughter of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds, was born. On 06 May 1880, she was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Louisa May Symms - 1880

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Louisa May Symms – 1880

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Louisa May Symms, recto folio 9.

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                    folio nine

On this sixth day of May
A.D. Eighteen hundred and
eighty – Louisa May daughter
of William Symms of the
Parish of St Armand West
and of his wife Loretta Fidelia
Olds born the twelth of January
eighteen hundred and seventy-
two A.D. was baptized in
the presence of subscribing
witnesses by me
          [signed] Wm Westover
                          Minister Officiating

[signed] [V.E.Gestimer?]
[signed] M. A. Whitwell

This record can be found as image 9/25 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1880. The record appears on recto folio 9 (the front of folio 9).

The Birth and Baptismal Records of Loretta Fidelia Olds and her children Cora Captolia Symms, Louisa May Symms, and William Arther Symms, all occur sequentially in the records for the Anglican Church in Philipsburg. All were baptized on the same day in 1880, and all baptisms were witnessed by the same two people.

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The Birth and Baptism of William Arther Symms – 1880

On 11 Aug 1876, William Arther Symms, son of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds, was born. On 06 May 1880, he was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of William Arther Symms - 1880

The Birth and Baptismal Record of William Arther Symms – 1880

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of William Arther Symms, recto folio 10.

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folio ten

On this sixth day of May
A.D. Eighteen hundred & eighty –
William Arther son of William
Symms of the Parish of St-
 Armand West and of his wife
Loretta Fidelia Olds born the
eleventh of August – eighteen
hundred and seventy six A.D.
was baptized in the presence
of subscribing witnesses by me
          [signed] Wm Westover
                          Minister Officiating
[signed] [V.E.Gestimer?]
[signed] M. A. Whitwell

This record can be found as image 10/25 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1880. The record appears on recto folio 10 (the front of folio 10).

This record records the baptism of the William Symms, born in 1876, whose death and burial was mentioned yesterday in a comment by Barbara P. Thanks, Barbara!

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The Birth and Baptism of Cora Captolia Symms – 1880

On 02 Feb 1867, Cora Captolia Symms, daughter of William Symms and Loretta Fidelia Olds, was born. On 06 May 1880, she was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Cora Captolia Symms - 1880

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Cora Captolia Symms – 1880

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Cora Captolia Symms, recto folio 8.

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folio eight

On this sixth day of May
A.D. eighteen hundred and
eighty – Cora Captolia daughter
of William Symms of the
Pariah of St Armand West
and of his wife Loretta
Fidelia Olds born the second
 of February A.D. Eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven was baptized
in the presence of subscribing
witnesses by me
          [signed] Wm Westover
                          Officiating Minister
[signed] [V.E.Gestimer?]
[signed] M. A. Whitwell

This record can be found as image 8/25 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1880. The record appears on recto folio 8 (the front of folio 8).

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Descendants of Willard Olds

Generation No. 1

1 . WILLARD OLDS was born about 1804 in the USA. He and HANNAH ELIZABETH SHULTS were married. She was born about 1802 in the USA. She died 17 May 1877 in Philipsburg, Missisquoi Co., Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was buried 19 May 1877 in the Methodist Church of Canada, Philipsburg, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.
Children of WILLARD OLDS and HANNAH ELIZABETH SHULTS are:

2. i. MALANCTON DWIGHT OLDS was born 26 Jun 1827 in the USA and was baptized 21 Mar 1897 in Methodist Church at Philipsburg East, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. He and LOUISA ELMIRA STIMS were married. She was born 24 Aug 1829 in the Province of Lower Canada.
ii. GEORGE W. OLDS was born about 1829 in the USA.
3. iii. MARYETTE OLDS was born 13 May 1833 in the USA and was baptized 18 Nov 1866 in the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation, Circuit of Saint Armand, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada. She died 14 Aug 1895 in Sheldon, Franklin Co., Vermont, USA. She and CLARK GIBSON, son of JOHN GIBSON and SARAH WATERS, were married 04 Nov 1851 in the Baptist Church in Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada.
iv. EMILY B. OLDS was born about 1838 in the USA.
4. v. LORETTA FIDELIA OLDS was born 01 Oct 1840 in the USA and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. She died 26 Feb 1921 in Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was buried 28 Feb 1921 at the Philipsburg Protestant Cemetery, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. She and WILLIAM SYMMS, JR. were married 07 Nov 1857 in the Methodist Congregation of the Circuit of St. Armands, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada. He was buried at the Philipsburg Protestant Cemetery, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

Generation No. 2

2. MALANCTON DWIGHT OLDS (WILLARD) was born 26 Jun 1827 in the Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 21 Mar 1897 in Methodist Church at Philipsburg East, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. He and LOUISA ELMIRA STIMS were married. She died 18 Jan 1908 in Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was buried 19 Jan 1908 in the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.
Children of MELANCTION DWIGHT OLDS and LOUISA ELMIRA STIMS are:

i. SIRENA OLDS was born about 1849 in Canada East, Province of Canada.
ii. EMILY JANE OLDS was born 09 Jul 1869 in the Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

3. MARYETTE OLDS (WILLARD) was born 13 May 1833 in the Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 18 Nov 1866 in the Wesleyan Methodist Congregation, Circuit of Saint Armand, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada. She died 14 Aug 1895 in Sheldon, Franklin Co., Vermont, USA. She and CLARK GIBSON, son of JOHN GIBSON and SARAH WATERS, were married 04 Nov 1851 in the Baptist Church in Stanbridge, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada.
Children of MARYETTE OLDS and CLARK GIBSON are:

i. WILLARD OLDS GIBSON was born 09 Nov 1852 in Morrisville, Madison Co., New York, USA, and died 19 Oct 1931.
ii. HANNAH GIBSON was born about 1853-1854 in Canada East, Province of Québec.
iii. EMILY GIBSON was born about 1855-1856 in the USA.
iv. EMMA GIBSON was born about 1857? in Frelighsburgh, Canada East, Province of Canada. She and NELSON W. LAKE were married 16 Jul 1879 in Highgate, Franklin Co., Vermont, USA.
v. ADA MAY GIBSON was born 04 Aug 1859 in Québec, New France and was baptized 21 Mar 1881 in Methodist Church of Canada, Frelighsburg Circuit, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada, and died 12 Jan 1955 in Auburn, Placer Co., California, USA.
vi. ARNOLD R. GIBSON was born 17 Aug 1862 in Alburg, Grand Isle Co., Vermont, USA, and died 14 Mar 1928 in Worcester, Washington Co., Vermont, USA.
vii. HATTIE GIBSON was born about 1865 in Philipsburg, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada. She and HARLEY R. RICE were married 06 Dec 1885 in Highgate, Franklin Co., Vermont, USA.
viii. MARTHA GIBSON was born about 1869.
ix. LEWIS DWIGHT GIBSON was born 24 Jan 1874 in Philipsburg, Missisquoi Co., Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, and died about 1930.
x. JOHN FRANK GIBSON was born about 1875-1876 in the Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. He died 17 Jan 1878 in St. Armand West, Missisquoi Co., Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, and was buried 18 Jan 1878 in Philipsburg, Missisquoi Co., Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

4. LORETTA FIDELIA OLDS (WILLARD) was born 01 Oct 1840 in the Province of Lower Canada and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. She was buried at the Philipsburg Protestant Cemetery, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. She and WILLIAM SYMMS, JR. were married 07 Nov 1857 in the Methodist Congregation of the Circuit of St. Armands, Missisquoi Co., Canada East, Province of Canada. He was buried at the Philipsburg Protestant Cemetery, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.
Children of LORETTA FIDELIA OLDS and WILLIAM SYMMS are:

i. CORA CAPTOLIA SYMMS was born 02 Feb 1867 in the Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.
ii. LOUISA MAY SYMMS was born 12 Jan 1872 in the Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.
iii. WILLIAM ARTHER SYMMS was born 11 Aug 1876 in the Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada. He died 20 May 1891 and was buried at the Philipsburg Protestant Cemetery, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.
iv. LILLIAN BERTHA SYMMS was born 11 Aug 1876 in the Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada and was baptized 06 May 1880 in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

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The Birth and Baptism of Loretta Fidelia Olds – 1880

On 01 Oct 1840, Loretta Fidelia Olds, daughter of Willard Olds and Hannah Elizabeth Shults, was born. On 06 May 1880, she was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

PDF Copy of the Birth and Baptismal Record of Loretta Fidelia Olds - 1880

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Loretta Fidelia Olds – 1880

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Loretta Fidelia Olds, recto folio 7.

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folio seven

On this sixth day of May
A.D. eighteen hundred and
eighty – Loretta Fidelia daughter
of Willard Olds of the State of
New York U.S.A. and of his
wife Hannah Elizabeth Schults
born the first – of October Eighteen
hundred and forty A.D was
baptized in the presence of
subscribing witnesses by me
          [signed] Wm Westover
                          Minister Officiating
[signed] [V.E.Gestimer?]
[signed] M. A. Whitwell

This record can be found as image 7/25 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1880. The record appears on recto folio 7 (the front of folio 7).

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The Birth and Baptism of Emily Jane Olds – 1880

On 09 Jul 1869, Emily Jane Olds, daughter of Melancton Dwight Olds and Louisa Elmira Stims [Symms?], was born. On 06 May 1880, she was baptized in the Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada.

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Emily Jane Olds - 1880

The Birth and Baptismal Record of Emily Jane Olds – 1880

SOURCE: Gabriel Drouin, comp. Drouin Collection. Montréal, Québec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin. Church of England at Philipsburg at the Parish of St. Armand West, Philipsburg, Missisquoi County, Province of Québec, Dominion of Canada, 1880. Birth and Baptismal Record of Emily Jane Olds, recto folio 15.

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folio fifteen

On this sixth day of May A.D.
eighteen hundred and eighty;
Emily Jane daughter of
Melancton Dwight – Olds of
the Parish of St. Armand
West – and of his wife Louisa
Elmira Stims, born the ninth
of July eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine was baptized
in the presence of sub-
scribing witnesses by
me
            [signed] William Westover
                          Minister Officiating
[signed] [V.E.Gestimer?]
[signed] M. A. Whitwell

This record can be found as image 15/25 in the Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967 on Ancestry.com in the records for Philipsburg (Anglican Church) 1880. The record appears on recto folio 15 (the front of folio 15).

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The Family Cat

For many years, my family never had pets other than goldfish and turtles. Although my sisters and I often asked for a pet (a cat, a dog, a pony) my parents were always insistent that we were not getting a pet.

That all changed one sunny afternoon when my mother was home alone. On that day, my mother was hanging the laundry on the clothesline that extended from our back porch to a tall post in the yard when she was startled by a black cat that jumped from the ground to the porch railing (a good six feet) and introduced himself.

By the time the rest of the family had returned home, my mother had served the cat a nice meal of tuna, and set up a place for the cat to sleep. We were utterly astounded that my mother had let a stray cat into the house.

We knew that we had to name the cat, but couldn’t settle on a suitable moniker. We decided to let the cat, itself, decide. My sisters and I called out all sorts of suitable cat names (Puff, Fluffy, Blackie) but the cat simply ignored us. Finally, we tried “Smokey” and the cat looked up. And so, we named the cat Smokey, even though the name was decidedly inappropriate for a jet black cat.

The next day, my mother let Smokey out of the house, thinking that he would find his way back to wherever he came from . He was probably less than a year old and in seemingly good health, so he must have had a home somewhere. Smokey, however, had decided to adopt us. Whenever my mother would let him outside, Smokey would faithfully return to our house when his wanderings were over.

And then, one day, Smokey didn’t return. We searched the neighborhood. No Smokey. We called his name. Still no Smokey. We posted notices of a lost cat. And still no Smokey. After he was gone for three whole days, we concluded that Smokey was either dead or injured, or perhaps he had simply moved on to a new home.

Another day dawned and my mother went out to the back porch to once again hang laundry. Smokey reappeared, jumping from the ground to the porch railing. He was a bit thinner, but still full of energy and ready for his lunch.

Years later, my parents told us that Smokey really hadn’t run away . Our parents had decided that they couldn’t afford to keep a cat, what with expenses for cat food, kitty litter, and vet bills. So, my father had carried Smokey to the car, drove some 10 miles from our house, and let the cat go. Somehow, Smokey managed to find his way back to our house.

Smokey

Smokey

SOURCE: Smokey (Albany, Albany Co., New York). Photographed by Jane Danko about 1975.

In the following years, my parents adopted a number of cats, usually strays. Smokey, however, was the first, and he always had a special place in my family’s heart.

Written for the Carnival of Genealogy.

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