Who is Grandma Appleton? Saturday, July 18, 2009

This question came from looking at a picture handed down by my maternal grandmother. Its a photo capturing three generations of her family, her grandmother "Grandma Appleton", her father Charles Victor Fish , her mother Sarah Ann Appleton, and herself Verne, in about 1904.

What we didn't know was Grandma Appleton's first and maiden names, and other details of her life.

Through wonderful connections on the web, I was able to meet several other Appleton descendants, Jay Wilpolt, Scott, and Ambert. All expert genealogists. Jay has a wonderful website, Jay's Genealogy of the Fox Valley Cities area of Wisconsin, and RootsWeb database for Fox River Valley. Great job Jay! I've kept in touch with Scott and Ambert .. and have invited them to be a writers on this blog.

Through these contacts, I found out some amazing information!