"Juliet's Legacy of Love" -- An Ancestor's Genealogy Poem and Song Created by Artificial Intelligence

 I've used FREE Artificial Intelligence tools to create biographies, poems and songs about genealogy and family history in the recent past. Today, I want to share a poem and a song about my paternal great-grandmother, Julia E. (White) Richmond (1848-1913).

1) I requested Microsoft CoPilot, Perplexity, Meta, ChatGPT4 and Claude (all FREE AI tools) to create a poem about my paternal great-grandmother, Julia E. (White) Richmond (1848-1913). Here is the Prompt information I used for the poem and the song lyrics:

Julia E. White was born 8 September 1848 in East Killingly CT, the daughter of Henry Arnold White and Amy Frances Oatley.  She was called Juliet for the last 30 years of her life.  Juliet married Thomas Richmond on 20 June 1868 in Killingly CT.  They had 9 children - Anne (1869-1939), Frederic (1870-1875), Everett (1875-1917), Grace (1876-1963), Emily (1879-1966), Charles (1880-1911), Bessie (1882-1962), Edwin (1883-1935), James (1886-1913). They had over 20 grandchildren.  The Richmond family resided in Stonington CT in 1870, in Killingly CT in 1880, in Leominster MA in 1900, in Killingly CT in 1910, and in Putnam CT in 1913. Juliet died 1 October 1913 in Putnam CT of breast cancer. She is buried with her husband in Grove Street Cemetery in Putnam CT. Juliet was a daughter, mother,  grandmother, housewife, friend, Christian and musician.  She played the piano and organ, and sang in the church choir.  She was active in her local Episcopal church.  A lecture Bible was given in her memory at St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Putnam CT in 1913.

Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond Family - 1895 in Leominster, Mass.

 2)  I chose the poem created by Meta AI today.  Here are the stanzas:

JULIET's LEGACY OF LOVE

In East Killingly's gentle breeze,
A life began, full of promise and ease,
Julia E. White, a heart so bright,
Born in 1848 to Henry Arnold White
and Amy Frances Oatley's loving light.

As Juliet, she lived and laughed with glee,
A devoted wife to Thomas Richmond, her love to be,
Together they had nine children, a family so dear,
Anne, Frederic, Everett, Grace, Emily, Charles,
Bessie, Edwin, and James, each one a blessing clear.

With every step, with every song,
Her love for music echoed all day long,
The piano, organ, and choir's sweet refrain,
Reflected her heart, where love and faith did reign.

In Episcopal churches, she found her nest,
A place to worship, serve, and be blessed,
Her community cherished her, and she them too,
A bond of love, forever shining through.

Though cancer's shadow fell, her spirit remained bright,
A testament to faith, that guided her through the night,
She passed in 1913, but her love will never fade,
In Putnam's Grove Street Cemetery,
she rests in peace, her love displayed.

A lecture Bible, a gift in her name,
A legacy lives on, a love that still proclaims,
Julia's life, a harmony of love and light,
A melody that echoes, on this earthly night. 

*In loving memory of Julia E. (White) Richmond

September 8, 1848 - October 1, 1913*

3) Here are the AI created song and lyrics for "Juliet's Legacy of Love" (with song lyrics created on Claude AI used as custom lyrics on Suno.com), using a folk ballad style in a moderate tempo:

JULIET'S LEGACY OF LOVE 

(Verse 1)

In eighteen forty-eight she came

To East Killingly's door

A girl Julia born to White's good name

With music at her core

Her fingers found the ivory keys

While angels stood in awe

Each note a prayer upon the breeze

That autumn nights did draw

(Verse 2)

Young Thomas Richmond claimed her hand

In summer sixty-eight

Nine children blessed their promised land

As love did orchestrate

From town to town their family grew

Through Massachusetts ways

Connecticut stayed strong and true

Through all their changing days

(Chorus)

And the piano plays on

Through the years rolling by

Like her love, like her faith

Reaching up to the sky

Though she's gone, though she's gone

Still her melody flies

In the hearts of her children

The piano plays on

(Verse 3)

The church bells rang on Sunday morn

Her organ filled the air

While twenty grandbabes, newly born

Found shelter in her care

The choir lifted holy praise

Her voice among them sweet

Through all her earthly autumn days

Her song stayed pure, complete

(Chorus)

And the piano plays on

Through the years rolling by

Like her love, like her faith

Reaching up to the sky

Though she's gone, though she's gone

Still her melody flies

In the hearts of her children

The piano plays on

(Bridge)

Time moves like music

Through the chapel halls

Sacred and true

Grace notes falling

Children calling

Her memory carries through

(Verse 4)

October brought the final page

In nineteen-thirteen's fall

But stories of her gentle age

Still echo through them all

The Bible given in her name

Still speaks her faith so clear

The love that lit her lasting flame

Still draws her children near

(Outro)

And the piano plays on

Like a prayer in the night

Like the love of a mother

Like Juliet Richmond

In the halls of our memory

In the psalms that we pray

Though she's gone, though she's gone

Still her music will stay

(Fade)

The piano plays on...

The piano plays on…

The AI tools do this so much better than I could, and weaves the poem and song along a story theme that is true and heartfelt.  Each tool provides a different poem and song from the same prompt --I love fishing in all of the AI streams!!  Frankly, doing the poems and song are the most genealogy fun I have every week!

4)  These stories, told in verse and song, are part of my genealogy and family research.  My hope is that they will be passed down to my grandchildren and their descendants to highlight the importance of sharing stories, memories, admiration, and love of our ancestors.  I will add them to my Google Drive and to my YouTube channel and my FOREVER account.

5)  My blog posts with the AI-created poems and songs to date are on this Artificial Intelligence Posts page.

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