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Category Archives: Do You Know These People?
Nishimura, Sannomiya, Kobe, Japan
On the first pages of the old photograph ablum of my grandfather, Howard W. West, and his time in the Marines and military, much of which was spent on the USS Arizona during the 1920s, I found a lovely signed … Continue reading
Soap Opera Life: Louella Brunner Pinder Parrett, Mystery Ancestor
Faked marriage. Many marriages. Divorce. Adultry. Drugs and alcohol. Mental illness. Abandoned children. Orphanages. All this soap opera material adds up to our major mystery ancestor: Louella Brunner Pinder West Moorhause Parrett. It’s really tough when much of the information … Continue reading
Posted in Do You Know These People?, Family, West
Tagged brunner, bud west, howard west, louella, mystery, oregon, parrett, pinder, portland, unknown, washington, west
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Searching for the Lost Grave of Raymond Anderson, Monroe, Washington
The IOOF cemetery in Monroe, Washington, has lost my Grandfather Anderson. Raymond E. Anderson (1905-1974) was buried there in 1974. As far as we can tell from the family notes, his tombstone was paid for. But there is no tombstone … Continue reading
Posted in Anderson, Do You Know These People?, Family
Tagged anderson, cemetery, hans anderson, ioof cemetery, johan anderson, john anderson, lesser, lost, monroe, mystery, raymond anderson, unkown, washington, wisconson
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Searching for Grandfather Hans Anderson of Manitowoc, Wisconsin
The past two weeks has found me searching for Grandfather Anderson. All of them. Well, some I’ve found, but a lot I haven’t. Let me tell you about the first of two Grandfather Andersons we’re looking for. Hans Anderson from … Continue reading
Posted in Anderson, Do You Know These People?, Family, Family News
Tagged anderson, blickfelt, cicero, door county, hans anderson, immigrant, immigration, knapp, la crosse, lessor, manitowoc, mystery, norway, outagamie county, shawano, south dakota, svendsen, swendsen, unknown, wisconsin
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