Keeping Grandma Alive...and all the others, too (including yourself)
As you know, historical newspapers fascinate me. The article I’m sharing today was fascinating and jaw-dropping at the same time. It’s from the Greenville Daily News (Greenville, South Carolina), dated 7 January 1920. This execution took place on 2 January 1920 – 100 years ago today. From an article in the Chicago Tribune, I learned that Raffaelo Durrage was the…
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The post cards in this blog post are from the collection of Myrtle HILLARD BURROUGHS (1903-1977). She was my first cousin, twice removed – the first cousin of my grandmother, Goldie PRICE HEISER (1893-1919). First up is one is from Sallie PYLES PRICE (1862-1940) to Gertrude ‘Gertie’ PRICE HILLARD (1874-1953). This is one of the few things I have written…
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When I closed out my first blog post about my brick wall 3rd GGF Joseph CUSHING this was my plan: <Next steps in this mystery… First, the only library in the country that holds the Frederick-Town Herald archives is the University of Delaware. I am pursuing a copy of the newspaper article about the name change. Perhaps that will give…
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The prompt this week for 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks is Trick or Treat. I am treating you with my small collection of vintage Halloween post cards. Where did they come from? These post cards belonged to my first cousin, twice removed Myrtle Virginia HILLARD BURROUGHS (5 July 1903-24 Sept 1977). Myrtle was the first cousin of my grandmother, Goldie…
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This week’s 52 Ancestors prompt is Transportation. My entry this week is an updated version of a blog post I wrote in 2015 about William Kenneth HEISER Sr., my first cousin, once removed. Ordinary Beginning William was born 19 Feb 1916 in Frederick County, Maryland. He was the oldest of the three children born to Joseph Henry HEISER Jr. and…
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This week’s prompt for 52 Ancestors in 52 Week is: Harvest. I’m writing about my 2nd cousin, twice removed William Hinson Goff. Early years William Hinson GOFF, known as Willie, was born 12 Sept 1874 in Kershaw County, South Carolina. He was the firstborn child of Eli Hinson GOFF (1849-1910) and Nancy HENDRIX GOFF (1851-1938). Eli, called Hinson, was a…
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