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J G Uren & family, ca 1906
Mary Frances Doty
Dick Blackwell

Meet the Blackwells

I actually know quite a bit about my father’s family, the Blackwells, as well as the various branches that are not Blackwells. I have been

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My Mother Anne – Part 2

It wasn’t intentional, but we arrived in Taipei just in time for the “Quemoy Matsu Crisis” of August, 1958. Briefly, “Red” China was shelling off-shore

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My Mother Anne – Part 1

I write this with some trepidation – how do you write about your mother? Of course I knew her well, and loved her dearly, but trying to tell her story is daunting.

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GG Uren; Telegraphy Part 2

My great grandfather, George Gilbert Uren (later Wren), was born in Falmouth in 1862, and died in Bournemouth in 1954. I don’t know much about

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Meet My Family

Welcome to my family blog! What I hope to do here is to bring people in my family to life, so that the materials and

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