Category Archives: LaSenius Family Photos

Future Generations Will Treasure Your Words

You may feel called to record your life story for future generations. But you might wonder sometimes whether anyone will want to read that story. I have struggled with those same thoughts.  On the flip side, as someone who is researching my family’s history, I can assure you there will be family members in futureContinueContinue reading “Future Generations Will Treasure Your Words”

How My Mom and Dad Met

I always enjoyed hearing how my mom, Joy Washburn Gillis, met my dad, William Gillis, Jr. My mom’s first encounter with my dad actually happened when she was two years old. They lived on the same street in Little River, in Miami, Florida. She would stand at the window and watch this 13-year-old boy walkContinueContinue reading “How My Mom and Dad Met”

How Our Family Experienced World War II

I was born in the late ’60s, so obviously I was not around during World War II. But my parents were. My dad, Bill Gillis, never talked with me about the war, although I know he served in the Coast Guard in Miami. He was 26 years old when America entered the war. My mom, JoyContinueContinue reading “How Our Family Experienced World War II”

Aunt Elwy’s Nursing Career

I decided to search Newspapers.com for any references to Aunt Elwy in West Palm Beach. I was delighted to find so many articles that captured her role as head nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, along with her activities as district president and a delegate at the state nursing conventions. There were also articles spanning theContinueContinue reading “Aunt Elwy’s Nursing Career”

How I Remember Aunt Elwy

Elwy LaSenius Rousseau was my great-aunt. She and my grandmother (Eunice) were sisters, just four years apart. My grandmother was the oldest of their siblings, and Elwy was second oldest. Three more sisters and one brother would be born after they were. When remembering life events from the 20th century, it’s easy to figure outContinueContinue reading “How I Remember Aunt Elwy”