Joanne Reid
author : Joanne ReidI live on Prince Edward Island and I love to write about people living in small towns and villages. People are so lovely and entertaining and amazing. And so complicated.My Scots ancestors came to the Island in 1803 and my British ancestors on my mother’s side came here in 1817. The British ancestors on my father’s side arrived sometime around 1765 but that is one of those long rambling stories.About the naming of people by appending their father’s or husband’s name, I was surprised when that happened to me. I sent a rare text to a friend and identified myself simply as Joanne. “Joanne here.”Her reply?“Joanne Gerald?”
author : Joanne ReidI live on Prince Edward Island and I love to write about people living in small towns and villages. People are so lovely and entertaining and amazing. And so complicated.My Scots ancestors came to the Island in 1803 and my British ancestors on my mother’s side came here in 1817. The British ancestors on my father’s side arrived sometime around 1765 but that is one of those long rambling stories.About the naming of people by appending their father’s or husband’s name, I was surprised when that happened to me. I sent a rare text to a friend and identified myself simply as Joanne. “Joanne here.”Her reply?“Joanne Gerald?”