Genealogy society hears story about WWI

Posted 5/11/23

Tony LeGrow gave an interesting program on “World War I, A Story of Heroism and The Boston-Halifax Connection” for the Wood County Genealogy Society April 17.

On Dec. 6, 1917 at …

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Genealogy society hears story about WWI

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Tony LeGrow gave an interesting program on “World War I, A Story of Heroism and The Boston-Halifax Connection” for the Wood County Genealogy Society April 17.

On Dec. 6, 1917 at 9:04:35 am, two ships collided in Halifax Harbor in Nova Scotia, Canada, severely destroyed much of the city by the largest non-nuclear explosion of all time. Boston authorities learned of the disaster by telegraph and quickly organized and dispatched a relief train and began distributing food, water and medical supplies. Boston was one of the first responders. Every year, Nova Scotia sends the City of Boston a Christmas tree to thank them for the help they provided after the Halifax Explosion. Nova Scotia’s.

The next meeting will be Monday, May 15 at 5 p.m. at the Quitman Public Library, 202 E. Goode. Speaker will be Judy Taylor, “Stirring the Pot, Benjamin Franklin as Gourmand”

Taylor is a native Texan, born in Fort Worth. She is a former nurse by education, commercial real estate broker by profession and a classically trained French chef by avocation. 

She is a graduate of L’Academie de Cuisine in Bethesda, Md., La Varenne in Paris, France, and did post graduate studies at Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, Cal. She was also the owner and culinary director of the Dallas Culinary Academy. 

She is a former DAR registrar, chapter regent, and Arizona state chair of lineage research and volunteer genealogists. She is also the Arizona 2021 volunteer genealogist of the year. She is a national DAR vice chair of volunteer genealogists for the South-Central Division and Texas chair for specialty research. 

She lives in Grand Saline with husband, Glen.