"Sometimes it's not about the journey or the destination ... but about the people you meet along the way". -- Nishan Panwar
Before Charlie and Theresa started their journey over the Atlantic for their Grand European Adventure, they visited their friend Hazel Wilson in New York. I remembered hearing the name Hazel Wilson when I was a child. Wondering if Hazel and my grandparents were just friends or actually related, I did some research.
Hazel Anderson married John Wilson in 1920. They knew each other 4 weeks when they eloped. Based on the ancestry of Hazel Anderson, it seems most likely that she was a friend and not a blood relative of Theresa and Charles.
Based on my research, Hazel sounds like she was a very interesting woman. According to a newspaper article, She had traveled all over the world, except for Greenland, Iceland and Australia. Hazel also traveled all over the United States, visiting every state except for Maine and Washington. Perhaps she even visited those before her death.
Disclaimer: the photo above shows Grandma Theresa (2nd from the left). I have no idea who the other people are in the photo. It was taken in 1953.
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