This might be thanked later.
When one asks what is the point of knowing our ancestors?, someone might say to connect with them, one might ask what is the point of connecting to them, one might answer to know them.
To family: the following are some brief sketches that might be helpful in different ways on your journeys.
Occupations
Frank Hill - used to work as 'clerk' on Commerce St in downtown Montgomery, Alabama - @1910
Frank Knight - Real estate Chicago, Il - @ 1990 and before
Khalil - writer, editor, DC - @ 2023 and before
LTC James Thornton - dentist (and LTC) Manhattan NY - @ 1965 and before
Locations
Mr. W. Ten Eyck - where he lived in NY about 1906 is now a another building
U St in DC was once called You St in about the 1950s
Harlem NY was not always called Harlem. There is a Harlem in the Netherlands. New York was not always called New York. Prior to it may have been referred to as New Amsterdam. There is a city named Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
Gulfport, Handsboro, Mississippi City, underwent changes while generations were there.