Evelyn and Jane were star guests at the opening of ‘Jantzen, 100 Years of Timeless Glamour’ at the Art Institute of Portland earlier this year. Kendra was kind enough to send me some pictures from the event, and I have included them here (look for the 100 Years of Janzten file toward the bottom). Here’s a couple representative ones:

I was looking for some clarification on kinship terminology e.g. 2nd cousin, once removed and found this interesting graphic in Wikipedia:



Here’s the definition they give for degrees:

The degree (first, second, third cousin, et cetera) indicates one less than the minimum number of generations between both cousins and the nearest common ancestor. For example, a person with whom one shares a grandparent (but not a parent) is a first cousin; someone with whom one shares a great-grandparent (but not a grandparent) is a second cousin; and someone with whom one shares a great-great-grandparent (but not a great-grandparent) is a third cousin; and so on.

And removes:

The remove (once removed, twice removed, etc.) indicates the number of generations, if any, separating the two cousins from each other. The child of one's first cousin is one's first cousin once removed because the one generation separation represents one remove. Oneself and the child are still considered first cousins, as one's grandparent (this child's great-grandparent), as the most recent common ancestor, represents one degree. Equally the child of one's great-aunt not GRAND-AUNT or uncle (one's parent's cousin) is one's first cousin once removed because their grandparent (one's own great-grandparent) is the most recent common ancestor.

So there it is...

I’ve made a few more corrections and changes to the Cormack side of the family tree, based on the diligent efforts of Ann and Fred, this included a number of date and name corrections and changes, and some nice photos. At the moment, the family tree is set to not show ‘events’ for people that are still alive (for privacy and security reasons); of course, this includes various ancestors from the mid-19th century, since we don’t have date of death for them. I’ll keep working on this.

One new(ish) feature is a few ‘charts’, including this one:



More of them here:

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I’d added and updated some information to the Cormack side of the family tree, based on information provided by Ann Bennett. Thank you, Ann!

Here’s a sample including the parents of James Eunson Cormack and Ann Peace Shearer:

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Just a quick news item: Kate Evelyn Lundgren was born on the 13th in San Francisco!

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