From the Great Migration to the Greatest Generation

"From the Great Migration to the Greatest Generation" provides biographical sketches of the Blanchard men who share the same y-DNA profile as George Blanchard, and the women who share the mtDNA sequence of Norma Ordway. Both were part of the "Greatest Generation" who survived World War II, and their ancestry can be traced to the Great Migration of English immigrants who created New England in the 1630's. The biographical portraits cover the following people along with their spouses and children. The women in Norma Ordway's genetic line include: Ava Lewis; Florence French; Serena Stanley; Salome Stacy; Sally Libby; Mary Knowles; Mary Blake; Jemima Locke; Hanna Knowles; Jemima Asten; Isabella Bland; Isabel Drake; and Joan Merylls. The men in George Blanchard's direct ancestry include: John E Blanchard; Charles W Blanchard; Charles E Blanchard; Edwin T Blanchard; Abner Blanchard; Benjamin Blanchard; Josiah Blanchard; Thomas Blanchard; Samuel Blanchard; Thomas & Elizabeth Blanchard.