#52Ancestorsin52weeks Week13/52 - Sisters
Ethel Eileen CONNER (nee CARRETT) 1904-1996 Ahnentafel Number 5 Context for discovery: This biography was written as part of the 52 ancestors in 52 weeks exercise devised by Amy Johnson Crow. You can join in too here. The theme for this month is women and the theme for this week is Sisters. Ethel was my paternal grandmother. This will be a bit of a meandering story I’m afraid. I have written about my grandmother on several occasions and knew her very well. But did I really? Don’t get excited. I’m not going to reveal anything scandalous. What I am just amazed at during this process of writing biographies, is going back over documents and reading them again, how new knowledge emerges. I’m afraid this really only happens over a long period of time and with the benefit of hindsight. What do I mean? Well, for one thing, our memory is unreliable. And for another, people tell you their stories or memories ...