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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jivvy, post: 571282, member: 8184&quot;]Well, it may take a few days.&nbsp; Patience&#039;s family is an old one (in the US) and I&#039;m into years with little documentation, so it takes some sorting (and whatever I end up would not qualify as &quot;real&quot; genealogical research -- because that takes years).</p><p><br /></p><p>What I know about Patience (in a nutshell and assuming I have the right person) is that she was born in 1843 (Rhode Island) and died in 1879 (Connecticut). She married Leonard Bartlett and they had two children.&nbsp; I believe twins -- Clara and Clarence, as best I can tell both born in March 1879.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Patience was deaf and attended the American School for the deaf.&nbsp; Her husband was also deaf (and he also attended the American School for the Deaf, where he trained as a shoemaker). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_for_the_Deaf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_for_the_Deaf" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_School_for_the_Deaf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>SIDEBAR: In 2017, the Connecticut Historical Society had an exhibit: &quot;200 years of Impact by the American School for the Deaf&quot; Included in the exhibit: Ambrotype portrait of ASD student and shoemaker Leonard Bartlett of East Killingly, about 1850 <i>(JIVVY comment: that&#039;s Patience&#039;s husband)</i> . Also, certificate presented to Leonard Bartlett by ASD, signed by school principal Lewis Weld, 1853. </p><p><br /></p><p>Patience died in 1879 -- same year the children were born.&nbsp; With the children born in March and Patience died in May, it would not be a surprise if she died from complications from the birth, but no evidence of that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Patience&#039;s father died in Jan 1872 and I suspect Patience married in 1872... still working on that one, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s possible there&#039;s family history here (being an old family) that will add value to the bible.&nbsp; It&#039;s also possible that it will add nothing. It&#039;s possible the Connecticut Historical Society would love a gift of the bible. Maybe not.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I&#039;m having fun, so there&#039;s that. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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