Old genealogy related handouts literally consume six feet of
drawer space in one of my file cabinets. The majority of the the
handouts are old mimeographs of information that someone found
somewhere, retyped and passed on to others who similarly enjoyed
a ‘genealogical’ persuasion. Thus I have no sources that I can
use to attribute the work to the correct original author. That
being the case, I say “Thanks!” to whomever created the original
documents. Some effort has been expended to confirm the accuracy
of the publications but the data should not be considered to be
correct or source-worthy in itself until fully vetted. However,
the documents are great reading, so from they will be included
here from time to time. Theories on where some of our colloquial
expressions originate: Anne Hathaway was the wife of William
Shakespeare. She married at the age of 26. This is really
unusual for the time. Most people married young, like at the age
of 11 or 12. Life was not as romantic as we may picture it. Here
are some