created by Stella Kinghorn Dennison’s daughter Dianne Dennison Duncan – December 2018
HOW TO USE A BLOG: after you have read a chapter you must back out of that chapter, then select the next chapter. You can always use the link at the end of each chapter but they are not necessarily in the proper order.
Hello family members
Have you ever wondered about your ancestors, particularly Grandma and Grandpa Kinghorn…..
When I decided to do a blog of my beloved Grandparents, Allen and Laura, I had no idea it would become such a HUGE project. Six chapters turned into sixteen, because of the size they were becoming I had “crashing issues” that became very frustrating. I decided, in my wisdom, this was happening because I had 534 pictures in the media storage, so why not delete them. OH NO, I tested this out before I deleted them all, then I get a call from my sister, who was doing some proof reading for me, saying “where did the pictures go”. OMG, are you kidding me, what you are seeing is different than the source that I create. Yes, you guessed it, I had to insert all the pictures back into all 6 chapters. Then it dawned on me the chapters were too big so I had to do a lot of maneuvering to get it right…
Doing this blog I have learnt a few things, Jean Gilchrist has 32 great grandchildren (with a spreadsheet to keep track of everyone), the ladies are very busy on Facebook (you might be wondering where I got so many pictures from), there are 1,310 photos I have taken a screenshot of, edited and included, Marian had a huge collection of old pictures she had put together in a collogue with very small pictures and writing all over the place!, some of you were very quick in responding to my requests for pictures and family history while others, well, what can I say…
I hope you enjoy a trip down memory lane and for those cousins that don’t see other family members very often I hope you will get to meet and know them through my blog.
This is my gift to my cousins and their extended families. If you have any photos you would like to add to this blog please send them to me (ddad@telus.net) with an explanation and I will be happy to update the blog for you.
All the best to all of you in 2019, take care of each other, be kind to each other and may the journey of life be kind to you.
Love to all of you
CUZ Dianne
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♦️ When I talk about Generations this is my assumption ♦️
1st – Allen and Laura
2nd – Emma, Austin, Kathleen and Stella
3rd – Allen, Marian, Jean, Myrna, Hazel, Lorne, Garnet, Earl, Don, Dianne, Jane and Gary
4th – Using Jeans family as an example: Lana
5th – Lana’s daughter Bailey
6th – Bailey’s daughter Emma
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between a first cousin and a first cousin once removed means????
If I use the example above, Jean and I are 1st cousins. Jeans daughter Lana is my 1st cousin once removed, similarly Bailey is my 1st cousin twice removed.
If that really confused you, check out this chart. Fill in the spaces with your names and you will see how it all makes sense.
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♦️Index♦️
Chapter 1 My Kinghorn Ancestors, Allen and Laura
Chapter 2 Emma Kinghorn Valleau plus Allen and Marian
Chapter 2.1 Emma’s Family – Jean Gilchrist
Chapter 2.2 Jean Gilchrist’s Family – Graham and Lorrie
Chapter 2.2.1 Jean Gilchrist’s Family – Lana and Michele
Chapter 2.3 Emma’s Family – Myrna and Hazel
Chapter 3 Austin Allen Kinghorn
Chapter 3.1 Lorne
Chapter 3.2 Garnet
Chapter 3.3 Earl
Chapter 3.4 Donald
Chapter 3.4.1 Don’s daughters
Chapter 4 Kathleen Kinghorn Garrard
Chapter 5 Stella Kinghorn Dennison
Chapter 5.1 Stella’s Family
Chapter 6 Kinghorn
♦️THE GINGERS♦️
♦️♦️ How many of you belong to the “Ginger Group” ? ♦️♦️
🔻 A few facts about the Ginger person in your family.
1. According to some studies, redheads have more sensitive teeth. Redheads also bruise more easily than those who have any other hair color.
2. Redheads are good at detecting changes in temperature than a person having any other hair color so, we can call them Temperature sensor.
3. Families can carry the redhead gene for generations without knowing it. So, it is possible that there could be some redhead gene inside you that can surprise you for being a redhead’s parent.
4. Redheads are more resistant to pain blocker. Redhead gene releases a chemical called pheomelanin, which is the cause of blocking the brain’s receptivity/acceptance to pain.
5. They are more efficient at making Vitamin D. Redheads have a low amount of eumelanin in their body, that is why they cannot absorb the required level of Vitamin D. In any case, they compensate for this by creating their particular Vitamin D when they are present in low-light condition. So, they do not need as much sunlight to get what they need.
6. In surgeries, it’s been recommended that a few redheads require 20 percent larger doses of anesthesia as compared to a regular patient. Research proved this that a redhead needs more anesthesia than people having other hair colors.
7. To be a redhead is beneficial for men because according to some studies red headed men are 54 percent less likely to create prostate cancer. It means a lot for ginger men.
8. According to a study, it is proved that Red is the hardest shade to dye your hair and also difficult to maintain it.
9. According to some studies bees are more attracted to redheads than any other hair color, probably it’s because they seem like sweet red flowers because of their red crown of hair.
10. According to some studies, a side effect for redheads is that they are more sensitive to hot and cold pain than any other hair color.
11. Red hair will never turn grey; it simply fades to white via rose gold when the time comes.
12. Red heads are ROYALS – Elizabeth I of England & Queen Victoria were redheaded. Nowadays, Prince Harry is also a natural redhead.
13. Redheads are incredibly rare. Just 2% of the world’s population has red hair which comes to around 140 million. Scotland boasts the highest percentage of natural redheads, with 13% (40% might carry the gene there) while Ireland comes in second with 10%.
14. Blue eyes and red hair forms the rarest combo on earth. Most (natural) redheads will have brown eyes, followed by hazel or green shades.
15. Each strand of red hair is generally thicker than other shades which compensates for the fact that redheads have less hair. Apparently they have – on average – 90,000 strands while blondes have 110,000, and brunettes have 140,000.
🎈🎈 Hope you learn something about your heritage. This is a WIP (work in progress) so please return for more updates. 🎈🎈
Kinghorn History 