Tag: Family Mystery
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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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Buel C Robinson – an exceptional life
The Robinson and Johnson families knew that Lt. Buel Robinson had been shot down and taken prisoner in July, 1944. But, the details of that event, before and after, have been shrouded in mystery. Let’s rewind the years and open this forgotten page of history and see exactly what happened.
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Alonzo Hunt – a wrongful death investigation gone wrong
Alonzo Hunt was struck and killed by an automobile in May, 1925, in Marion, OH. His death sparked a wrongful death investigation that quickly and quietly ended. Did someone get away with murder?
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Solomon Maness-Baldwin – a discovered history restored
Who were the biological parents of Solomon Baldwin, the author’s paternal 2nd grandfather? For over 200 years, no one knew. It took the author four decades of patience and perseverance plus advancing technology to determine the answer.
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The Disappearance of Earl Tobias
On or about Dec 15, 1894 Earl Tobias deserted his wife and their two children in Kansas City, KS. He wrote his wife, stating: “…he had too many mouths to feed and was getting in debt.” Earl then disappeared from all public records. 125+ years later, we found Earl.
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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.
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William A Bauswell – Fraud Uncovered! – 100+ year old alias with a fake family
I’m sure ‘Buck’ Bauswell never considered that his elaborate 1923 fraud would be unraveled and revealed 100 years after the fact.
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Charles Francis Bull Family – adultery, arrests, prison, exoneration, missing persons, fraud, aliases – the complete story
This is the incredibly complicated, multi-layered, almost implausible story of a San Francisco family at the turn of the 20th century.
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