Five generations of women in my family are portrayed here, with their fiction, autobiographies, and court records. Although related, their paths in life varied dramatically. My mother (Rosemary Morris Yaco) was raised in Michigan but writes about her years in West Africa. Her mother (Edith Fox Morris), grandmothers (Gratia Fox and Nora Morris), and a great-great aunt (lived in small towns in Michigan and Colorado, and rarely traveled. Her grand-aunt (Lydia Fox) was raised in New York and became a successful business woman in Washington D. C and a world traveler. Her great-grand mother (Amanda Bowerman) came from a pioneer family that moved from New York state to the wilds of Ohio and Michigan. Their stories are told below.
Sonia Yaco 2023
Rosemary Morris Yaco (1930-2023)
Generation one
Lynne Lewis West Africa Murder Mysteries 2004- 2013
Edith Fox Morris (1902-1965)
Generation two: Rosemary’s mother
Fiction ca 1940-1965
Gratia Housler Fox (1882-1950)
Generation three: Rosemary’s maternal grandmother
Autobiographical pieces ca 1930 – 1954
Lydia Mantle Fox (1861-1958)
Generation three: Rosemary’s maternal great-aunt
Washington, D. C. business woman
Malvina Bowerman Anderson (1839-1909)
Generation four: Rosemary’s maternal great-great aunt
Civil War widow
Amanda Hastings Bowerman (1815-1891)
Generation five: Rosemary’s maternal great-grandmother
Civil War widow and mother of nine children
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