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Anne Stratton
Anne Gannet Stratton Miller Holden (April 17, 1887 - October 1, 1977) was an American composer who is best remembered today for her song “Boats of Mine,” which was widely performed and recorded during her lifetime. She published her music under the name Anne Stratton. Stratton was born in Cleburne, Texas, Cleburne, Texas, to Mary Louise Baker and William H. Stratton. She married Robert Gardner Miller in 1909, then married Thomas Steele Holden in 1922. She and Holden had one son. Stratton studied music at the University of Texas System, University of Texas and the Damrosch Conservatory (today the Juilliard School) with Howard Brockway and Etta Wilson. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). In addition to composing, Stratton recorded music for piano rolls. Her songs were published by Harold Flammer (today Shawnee Press/Hal Leonard LLC, Hal Leonard) and the Boston Music Company. They included: *“Ah, Love, How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancestry
An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited." Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Some research suggests that the average person has twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. This might have been due to the past prevalence of polygynous relations and female hypergamy. Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2''n'' ancestors in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |