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MALE FACES ON OUR SON'S ANCESTRAL TREE

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  Our son as a happy, carefree lad in his early 20s . . . . . . all grown up with a wife & 3 grown children. His paternal great grandfather, Harry Edgar Brasier, was a new car salesman who kept the family driving nice new cars. His paternal grandfather, Francis Anthony (Tony) Hoffman, in 1944.  Tony was an aeronautical engineer. Tony in 1960 Our son’s father, my husband, Tony’s son, in 1968 at our wedding . . . . . . and today at age 86. Our son’s maternal 4xs great grandfather, Col. Jotham Sewell Chase His maternal 3xs great grandfather, Frederick William Taylor, M.D. was a doctor administering to gold miners in the field and also ran an apothecary shop in Sacramento, CA during the Gold Rush era. His other maternal 3xs great grandfather, Jeffrey Smedley.  I have no idea what his line of work was.  He had four sons – Issac, John Kinsey , Jeffrey, and Charles. His maternal great great grandfather, John Kinsey Smedley at age 23 or 24.  He was a naval engineer ...