Sarah's Family Story

Silver Plate The monogram on the front of plate is my grandmother’s Sarah Charlotte Clement or SCC.  The back of the plate includes two inscriptions.  The first reads “Sarah Salome Clement, To her dear little granddaughter Sarah Charlotte Clement, Christmas 1897”.  The second reads “To her dear little granddaughter, Sarah Carmel Pease, Christmas 1959”.   I received this silverplate from my grandmother, Sallie, on my 2 nd  Christmas.  As a child, my parents insisted that I eat my desserts off it.  We treated this and all the other sterling silver as any other dish.  It was used every day, thrown in the dishwasher, etc.  Hence it is dented and worn, but now it has character. Sarah Salome 1880 Sarah Salome Clement was my 2 nd  great grandmother.  This portrait of her was painted by W.R. Wheeler in 1880.  She was born in Sherburne, VT on August 13, 1832.  She died in Rutland, V...

Introduction Convergence 2007   Over the last several years, I have studied my family’s genealogy using other’s research, artifacts I have, and Ancestry.com.  There are many stories to tell so I decided to create this blog.  I intend to reveal what I have learned through a series of “posts”.  In this format, others can comment.  This is great because I may not have the facts straight.  Others may know the story better than I do. The content can be preserved and passed on.   This blog will include both of my parents’ backgrounds.  It will not be in any order.  It will be more like a story that struck me and my documentation of it. Please hit the Subscribe in the upper left corner to be notified of updates.  (Must click the 3 bars first.)