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Remembering Wally Boag at the Disneyland Resort, and a Tribute From Steve Martin by George Savvas , Public Relations Director, Disneyland Resort Last week we lost Disney Legend Wally Boag at the age of 90. Disneyland Resort President George A. Kalogridis spoke for all of us when he said, “The world’s stage has experienced a great loss in the passing of Disney Legend Wally Boag. Wally was instrumental in the development of live entertainment during the early years of both...

Wally Boag Born:  Wallace Vincent Boag September 13, 1920 Portland, Oregon , U.S. Died: June 3, 2011 (aged 90) Santa Monica, California , U.S. Occupation: Actor, Comedian Years Active: 1945-1982 Spouse: Frances Ellen Morgan (1943-2011; his death) (2 children) Wallace Vincent "Wally" Boag (September 13, 1920 – June 3, 2011) [1] [2] was an American performer known for his starring role in Disney 's long-running stage show the Golden Horseshoe Revue ....

     Here is a culmination of what we've found in our research:      Joyce's maiden name was Baker, from her marriage record to Nicholas Butler. (1)(2)  Her father's name was Richard, and most books cite that he was a miller of Ashford and his wife's name was Margaret.  (1) Administration of Richard's will speaks of children: Thomas, Joane, Joyce, and Mary Baker.  Thomas supposedly mentioned his sister Joyce in a will, to which Nicholas Butler was a witness. (20)  Joyce's mother's maiden...

BIOGRAPHY: William Sterling of Haverhill, Mass., and of Lyme, Connecticut, and His Descendants.       William Sterling was born presumably not far from London, England, in 1637. From the inscription on his grave-stone in Sterling City, Lyme, Conn., it would appear that he was born in 1632, as it states taht he died 1719 "in the 87th year of his age." However, as William gave his age as 30 in 1667, and again as 35 in 1672, (New England Reg., 8-53), we may safely assume that the grave recrod...

Phyllis MacGillivray, 85, died of a stroke Nov. 18 after battling diabetes for 30 years. Phyllis was born May 26, 1924, in St. Petersburg, Penn., to John Guy Miller and Cecilia Mary (Hall) Miller. Her childhood and young adult years were spent in Pennsylvania. She ventured west to Seattle with a girlfriend, where she met and later became engaged to the love of her life, Robert MacGillivray. The couple married in Oil City, Penn., on May 7, 1949. Phyllis worked for Dr. Forrest Bump in Forest...

     Susanna Singletary of Haverhill was born September 19th 1681, the daughter of Nathaniel Singletary and Sarah Belknap (1).  The New England Historical and Genealogical Register has her as having been taken captive by American Indians with Mrs. Dunston in 1697, although this is only listed by some sources (2)(3).  Previously, on August 13 1689, her father Nathaniel had been shot and killed by American Indians while working in the fields with his son John, who managed to escape the ambush...

A memorial of the town of Hampstead, New Hampshire. Historic and genealogic sketches. Proceedings of the centennial celebration, July 4th, 1849. Proceedings of the 150th anniversary of the town's incorporation, July 4th, 1899 (Volume 2) online: Starting page 348: Edmund Eastman, b. in Salisbury, Mass., May 21, 1715, a son of Edmund and Susanna Singletaiy, who married, fora second husband, Richard Bartlett, Dec. 8, 1720. She had three children by Mr. Eastman, of whom Edmund was thesecond...

The second document deals with Walter Ker of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey and traces his emigration from Scotland. This document was prepared by William C. Armstrong and published by the Shawyer Publishing Company, Morrison, Illinois, 1931. _____________________________________________________ "The Kerrs constituted a clan in Scotland. They were Highlanders; their domain was in the west and bordered on the Atlantic. When the clan system of local government was broken up by the...