Frances Evelyn Curtis, the first child of James Lee and Bertha Eveland Curtis, was born in Watsonville, California on November 17, 1887. Frances’ parents were…
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In 1939, Marion and Harold took a luxury cruise to Bermuda on board the ocean liner, the Bermuda Monarch. This was just at the end…
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Dorothy Alice Curtis was born August 8, 1896. She was the fourth child of James Lee and Bertha Eveland Curtis. Dorothy was a pretty baby…
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Back in the day a lot of information that would not be considered newsworthy today was in the news. The papers wrote about local events…
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Gold was discovered at Coloma, California in January of 1848. Word reached Morgan County, Ohio later that year. By the spring of 1949, Joel Eveland…
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The bare bones of James Merrick’s life are as follows: He was the grandson of the first of my Merrick branch to settle in North…
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A highlight the Vosti boys remembered for the rest of their lives was a trip to the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939. Lois and…
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On May 23, 1902, the Harrisburg Daily Independent reported that two high school students from McKeesport, PA had drowned in the Youghiogheny River. Six of…
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It seems like every time I look through the newspapers I find a story about my family that I’ve never heard before. In 1923, Henry…
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Elijah Coleman Bridgman and his first cousin, James Granger Bridgman, were born and raised on family farms in Belchertown and Amherst, Massachusetts. They ended their…
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