The Narrow Line

We walk a lonely road
Or so I have been told
That life's a lonely journey for us all
But here I'd like to say, somewhere along the way
We choose how we stand and how we fall

For to walk upon this earth, there's a price I have to pay
For all you do and say, and all you hope and pray
And all that you oppose and obey

And all that you believe, and all you laugh and grieve
and what you have become today

And to think the way I do, there's a price I have to pay

Walk the narrow line, walk the narrow line
Walk the narrow line back home
I'll walk until I find, my truth and piece of mind
I will walk the narrow line

Peace will come, your peace will come
When all is said and done
It's only a memory away

And when you find peace, and all your angers cease
Then you'll make some sense of it all
Then the promises of truth, that shone so bright in youth
Give way to greater knowledge as they fall

To be truthful to myself, there's a price I have to pay

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

The Blog Is Back
First off, Welcome back.  I have taken my web site ( goodirishstock.com) off line.  The site needed a major update and I wasn't going to have the time at present to get it done anytime in the next half year.  Aside from the data needing to be converted from the Linux machine I had created it in and then converted to use for FTP to windows plus the format changes I so much want to do I decided not to waste the hundreds of dollars spent to just have it sit dormant for my own amusement.  That being said my research into the Ferris Family History and Genealogy continues.  What I will do until maybe the fall is each week focus on another branch of the family and research them the entire week posting my findings here and on Facebook.  I continue to amass names in the Family Tree Maker in Windows but have discontinued the GRAMPS software I used in Linux deciding to just use the one most people would be most able to identify with.  As always in my research I invite you the reader to participate by adding, subtracting or even just commenting on my data and research.  I will not post information about live family members without their express permission of course.  I hope to share my collection of old family pictures as I focus on that branch of the family.  I also will include occasionally some of the records and documents used to gather this data.  So once again feel free to comment, compliment, correct, or castigate as you feel the need.  


This week until Saturday evening I am focusing on Mary Catherine Maloney (Ferris) my Paternal Grandmother.  The above record is from the 1927 Somerville, MA directory showing Thomas and Mary Ferris living at 91b Boston Ave and showing their business "Ferris Used Car Exchange" working out of the rear of 291 Broadway.  Above is a picture of this garage with what I believe is a young Thomas Ferris. The Ferris family seems to have deep roots in transportation as Thomas has worked as a chauffeur and mechanic.  His father for many years was a horse trader and dealer.  Mary worked as a bookkeeper before marrying Thomas and no doubt was a great help in assisting in keeping the books of the business current.  Tomorrow using Federal Census Records and State Vital Records I will start to spread the branch of Mary and her immediate family.  




The above picture is for the address Thomas and Mary lived in during 1927. 




Thanks for checking in.  Be sure to leave your comments here or on Facebook about this project ~!
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  1. ARTHURMay 16, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    John, I've said it before, You are awesome to have done all this work.

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