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Family Is Always First....The Rest Are Just Strangers!!!

DEDICATION PAGE 2 This part of my website is dedicated to those family members on my Mother's extended side of the family that have passed before us. A family has more than one side, it has many branches. In this part of my site, I plan to document the Broughtons and Ghiselins who build my ancestry.

Here's to my 2nd Great GrandmotherElizabeth Agnes Pollard Ghiselin: Elizabeth was born in 1823 in Virginia, where she met and married John Dyson Ghiselin on 18 January 1849. Together they had four (4) children: Charles Ghiselin in 1853; Mary Gilbert Ghiselin in 1856; Rebekah Bagley Ghiselin Broughton in 1858 and finally William Nimmo Ghiselin in 1862. William Nimmo Ghiselin was our Great Grandfather. Elizabeth Agnes Pollard Ghiselin

John Dyson Ghiselin

Here's to my 2nd Great Grandfather, John Dyson Ghiselin. John was born on 16 December 1820 in Norfolk, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Agnes Pollard on 18 January 1849. He passed away on 28 April 1906, also in Norfolk, Virginia and is buried at Elmwood/Cedar Grove Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia off of Princess Ann Road. During the War of Northern Oppression, John Dyson Ghiselin was at the age of 41 years, when he enlisted in Company C, 54th Virinia Malitia.

Here's to my Great GrandfatherWilliam Nimmo Ghiselin: William was born on 18 February 1862 in Norfolk, Virginia, where he met and married Martha Shelbourne Broughton in 1896. Together they had six (6) children: William Nimmo Ghiselin Jr. in 1897; Matsie Ghiselin in 1899; Elizabeth Agnes Ghiselin (our Grandmother) in 1900; Thomas B. Ghiselin in 1902; Rebekah B. Ghiselin in 1903; and Lindsay "Buddy" Ghiselin in 1907.

William Nimmo Ghiselin

Martha Shelbourne Broughton Ghiselin

Here's to our Great Grandmother, Martha Shelbourne Broughton Ghiselin. Martha was born on 19 May 1867 in Norfolk, Virginia. She married William Nimmo Ghiselin in 1896. She passed away on 01 August 1922, also in Norfolk, Virginia.