Category: Women’s History
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Discovering Lemuel Hopper
Sometimes, while doing genealogy research, you discover a person who you would have wanted to meet in person. Lemuel Hopper is one of those people. His life was brimming with adventure and self-reinvention. Here is his story.
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The Curious Life of Edourd Bruno Czaska
Edourd (Edward) Bruno Czaska lived a short yet adventurous life. In his 44 years he, with his wife Elizabeth, traveled from Germany to Baltimore, MD then westward to San Francisco, CA. We will explore these travels, reveal mysteries, and find that, in the end, it was Edward’s wife Elizabeth who lived long and prospered.
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Redd Family Children – Parent Mystery Discussion
The Red family were thought to be Cherokee. That story is partially true in that the Redd family settled on land in Habersham County, GA not long after the Cherokee’s had been removed. In fact, the Redd family are named Red because two Redd sisters named their children as such. Here’s how that happened.
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Favorite Family Recipes
About 1988, Cinda Baldwin gathered all her favourite recipes and used an early word processor program on an IBM 286/386 home computer to create a recipe booklet. She printed the booklet and made multiple spiral bound copies at a Kinko’s Printing Center. These recipe booklets were distributed as Christmas gifts to friends and family.
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Atwood Ice Cream Company – a forgotten history restored
The success of the Atwood Ice Cream Company can be attributed to one person: Ella Atwood-Woolsey. Ella was a pioneer in many ways; woman owner and manager of a manufacturing and retail business, tough competitor, innovator, promotor.
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Lola F Purtee Donahue Interview – growing up along the Kansas River
“… I don’t know how, why, but I was in the car with them, and the police were stopping and inspecting cars. And Paul Lee turned to Irma Craighead (I was in the back seat), Paul Lee turned to Irma Craighead and said, “Get your Bible out, get your Bible out and show ‘em!”
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Elaine Beatrice Zarobsky-Profant – an unexpected life
For all of us, there seems to always be a few people who have an outsize influence on us; introducing new and exotic experiences, expanding the cultural horizon, and opening a fresh view of the world. For me, Elaine Baldwin was one of those rare individuals.
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Ruth Alta Wendt Meyn – a fortuitous life
Little was known of the wife of Fred Wendt Jr (1892-1957). All trees had her listed only as “Alta” with no maiden name and only a smattering of public information. I set about to see if I could find more details about her life. What I found was an extraordinary story.
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Lucie Metzdorff and Dewey Baldwin – a whirlwind romance and short-lived marriage
Pvt. Dewey Baldwin and Nurse Lucie Metzdorff married June, 1919 in Luxembourg. They separated upon arrival in NYC in early Aug 1919. Dewey went home to Ironton, OH. Lucie stayed a year in NYC and then went home to Luxembourg. Here is their story.
Family Stories I've Found 