Annie Florence Jolley was born Annie Florence Stuart in Prince Edward Island, Canada, to Emeline Buchanon Zwicker and Charles Malcolm Stuart. She and her elder sister Agnes were their only children, born before Charles followed the gold rush out to western Canada. For some time, we know the family followed him to Washington state, only to return to PEI, then Charles reportedly disappeared after finally making his strike. Rumour has it that he was indeed murdered by his partner, but this has never been proven. My grgrgrandmother moved to Rawlins, Wyoming, to live with her Buchanon cousins in ranch country , and be a little closer to the search for her husband. There my Nana met William Albert Jolley, who had resently obtained his medical lisence and had enlisted as part of the Army reserves. They married, helped close the frontire, then she followed him through his career and many states- California, PA, waited for him to come home from 2 overseas tours, buried an infant daughter and welcolmed a son. Will died while assigned in Arkansas, where upon she moved her family to PA, Wayne, where she lived until her death. On the way, she raised her 2 grandchildren- left motherless at a young age from the death of their mother due to to TB.
Nana was a lovely, wonderful relic of 'those days', who never, ever complained and always gave us her best at all times. She was an amazing example of the dignity she expected of everyone else, was very proud of her Scottish family, which was so close she grew up speaking Gaelic around the house,and we miss her as much today as we did when she died decades ago.
Nana was a lovely, wonderful relic of 'those days', who never, ever complained and always gave us her best at all times. She was an amazing example of the dignity she expected of everyone else, was very proud of her Scottish family, which was so close she grew up speaking Gaelic around the house,and we miss her as much today as we did when she died decades ago.
Annie Florence Jolley was born Annie Florence Stuart in Prince Edward Island, Canada, to Emeline Buchanon Zwicker and Charles Malcolm Stuart. She and her elder sister Agnes were their only children, born before Charles followed the gold rush out to western Canada. For some time, we know the family followed him to Washington state, only to return to PEI, then Charles reportedly disappeared after finally making his strike. Rumour has it that he was indeed murdered by his partner, but this has never been proven. My grgrgrandmother moved to Rawlins, Wyoming, to live with her Buchanon cousins in ranch country , and be a little closer to the search for her husband. There my Nana met William Albert Jolley, who had resently obtained his medical lisence and had enlisted as part of the Army reserves. They married, helped close the frontire, then she followed him through his career and many states- California, PA, waited for him to come home from 2 overseas tours, buried an infant daughter and welcolmed a son. Will died while assigned in Arkansas, where upon she moved her family to PA, Wayne, where she lived until her death. On the way, she raised her 2 grandchildren- left motherless at a young age from the death of their mother due to to TB.
Nana was a lovely, wonderful relic of 'those days', who never, ever complained and always gave us her best at all times. She was an amazing example of the dignity she expected of everyone else, was very proud of her Scottish family, which was so close she grew up speaking Gaelic around the house,and we miss her as much today as we did when she died decades ago.
Nana was a lovely, wonderful relic of 'those days', who never, ever complained and always gave us her best at all times. She was an amazing example of the dignity she expected of everyone else, was very proud of her Scottish family, which was so close she grew up speaking Gaelic around the house,and we miss her as much today as we did when she died decades ago.
