Letters My Grandfather Wrote Me: Family Origins

The Douglases are traced from 100 A.D. with ancestral background in Ireland around 300 B.C. There is an American branch from the 18th century with connections to the U.S. war of independence and the anti-slave movement. The Crawfords are shown in their early history around the 12th century, then since the early 19th Century in Scotland Ireland and New Zealand. The Clarks are shown since the mid 19thcentury but with strong Huguenot roots in the 17th century. The Gagens are traced from Germany in the 17th century to Canada and America in the 19th, where Dan Gagen married into the Chippewa tribe. The book is written by Cyril Gagen's grandson who settked in New Zealand with his mid-wife mother in the early 20th century. The last chapter is autobiographical with an in-depth discussion on Social Control and the ethics of its use in modern Britain and New Zealand.