Renegade Ancestors: The Evans Generations
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In the three generations of one family between the early 1860s and the 1960s three wives were left without a husband and with four children to raise on their own. This book explores why that happened. What choices did the Evans men of this generation make that left their women bereft and their children fatherless? And how did the Evans women and progeny cope with this repeated generational trauma? Along the way we'll meet a courageous Civil War soldier who defied his community to fight on the opposite side, a "Mountain Mama" in West Virginia with seven sons, a man with an artificial leg who somehow still managed to farm, a mother of 10 children who didn't raise any of them to adulthood, a man who kept volunteering for war to get away from his family, the sad woman who was buried beside the father she never met, a man who was still having children at 74, one of the last soldiers to die in World War I, and a host of other fascinating characters. Their stories are told against the backdrop of what was going on in their communities, and in their nation, as they were living their lives. These people may not be your own ancestors, but you'll find their story fascinating, frustrating, and even inspiring.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:B09XT423X8
ISBN13:9798800217032
Release Date:April 2022
Publisher:Independently Published
Length:74 Pages
Weight:0.43 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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