the new Ottley Courier A gathering place for the descendants and family of Edward Ottley and Harriet Mills

Willow Pattern Plate Verse
Everybody seems to half-remember this, and they wonder how it really runs, so it seems a good idea to record it again :

“Two pigeons flying high,
Chinese vessel sailing by,
Weeping willow hanging o’er,
Bridge with three men – if not four,
Chinese temple, there it stands,
Seems to cover all the land,
Apple tree with apples on,
A pretty fence to end my song.”

I am Julia Lee (Bruesch) Olsen. My lineage is Thirza (Hull) Bruesch (mother); Etta Francis (Ottley) Hull McBride (grandmother); Fred H. & Abigail Ottley (great-grandparents); Edward & Harriet Ottley (great-great-grandparents).

I have two sisters: Karen Jan Bruesch and Laura Ann (Bruesch) Hunton. We all live in central Virginia with our families.