User:KJHolcomb

Born Kristiana Day, Daughter of Harold Walter and Audre' E., I grew up in a family with more love than money.

Maternally, I am the decedent of Timothy and Patrick Donohue of Negagh, Tipperary, Ireland. Timothy helped settle Dorchester and won the Medal of Honor for Valor, while Patrick fought in the Indian war and won the Victoria Cross, both pulling injured officers off the field during battle. http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NPS_civilwarsoldiers&h=2398342&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7733

My father's side was a mystery to me. I decided on Ancestry.com to start putting the connections in place from living members of the family. I was met with resistance at every turn when it came to my father. When he passed when I was 24. I find when I try to remember the good times, no one seems to have any. I thought to myself, "If it's that easy to tarnish so black what was once brilliant silver, what chance does any of us stand after we pass? If the caliber of person we are is measured in how we live, then the record needs to be set in stone." Even now, going back into the 10th century, I am questioned about my accuracy. Especially now I've found my blood and that of my fathers' is the same blood that coarsed through the veins of Sir Thomas de Holcombe, favorite and knighted by King Richard the Lionheart. http://o.mfcreative.com/f2/exports/b/b1ebba87-8330-433e-a11a-297f4766ee8c/Descendants%20of%20Symon%20de%20Holcom.pdf

I've taken it upon myself to be the family historian, as well as chronicler for those who no longer have a voice, to breathe new life into those who did not go gentle into that good night, and to be factually accurate.