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    1. [ARMSTRONG-L] Re: ARMSTRONG-D Digest V02 #333
    2. Hi, Armstrong Cousins, I just realized last night that I have yet another Armstrong that I've never asked about. Although I already have what I think are three different A* lines, i think this one is probably the same line as my maternal grandmother. She was Charlotte Armstrong, and although she was one of my Godmothers, I have no idea how she was connected to the family. I think she was related to my grandmother, Allie Armstrong Gregory, who was b 1866 in Davenport, Iowa (although her parents were from New York State, and the family returned to NYC about 1873.) She (my g'mother, had an older sister who died in about her twenties, and a younger brother who died at the age of eighteen (and of course, never married). I only remember "Aunt Charlotte" from when I was a pretty little, so I guess she must have died about then. I don't remember there being any talk about it, though. I'm almost positive that she had never married. She could have been a cousin of my grandmother's, as her grandfather had eight children, and numerous grandchildren. But...none were named Charlotte, unless there were some grandchildren of her grandfather's that I'm unaware of. I do know she must have been a very upstanding and moral lady, or my parents wouldn't have chosen her as a Godmother for me. One of my few memories of her is of a nice, rather plain, "sensible" woman who, to me (at age 6 or so), seemed "old", maybe in her forties. (My outlook, by the way, on who is "old" and who's "young had changed drastically since I was 6 years old!) If any of you out there have a stray "Cousin" Charlotte floating about, in or about New York City, please let me know, OK? Why I never asked about her while there was someone to ask, I'll never know. I don't believe I've thought of her in years, which doesn't speak too well of me, I know. I wish I 'd asked a million questions of all my "elders", but I never did. And I had three of my four grandparents around until I was 19, married, and about to have my first baby. What a dunce I turned out to be... Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out, on the remote chance that someone will know something about Aunt Charlotte. Thanks for listening! Barbara in MO

    10/27/2002 07:33:40