THE PACIFIC NW CORNISH SOCIETY PRESENTS AUDREY ROLEY

 On March 6, 2010 at our meeting in Puyallup we will hear a presentation by Audrey Roley from Eatonville.  In August 1992 Audrey Roley retired from 27 years of teaching 7th graders in the Franklin Pierce School District . Along the way she helped establish a pre-school in her area and helped establish an English-as-a-Second Language program in the Franklin Pierce District. Upon retiring it was her turn to do her “thing.”  GENEALOGY was calling!  

When she was ready to travel, she told her husband that he could come but he couldn’t ask “How much longer are you going to be” when she was deep in a library or lost in a cemetery.  

Audrey has attended meetings at the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society for years and served as the Society President, and she has volunteered at the Stakes Family History Center for 10 years. In addition she volunteers at the South Pierce County Historical Society and is director of the Stage Stop Museum .

Her presentation will be:   

“The Whirlwind of Immigration". She says the 17th century was a time when many groups were looking for a better life, and were willing to risk everything.  There were seven distinct groups that came to America before the Revolutionary War. As a result of their presence in America they created a new nation, and their better qualities became our national character.