Mourning cards, which first became popular in the early 1800’s, are often little works of art that memorialize a lost loved one (A Grave Interest).…
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It was Monday, February 2, 1931. The United States was at the beginning of the 10 years known as The Great Depression. Unemployment was about…
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John Eveland’s premature death ended up fracturing his family and triggering 10 years of lawsuits that pitted family and friends against one another. When John…
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Family legend always had it that Joseph Richard Skewis was recruited by Andrew Carnegie to emigrate from Scotland to work in the Homestead steel mill…
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Wikidictionary defines a “blind pigger” as someone who operates a ‘blind pig’ or speakeasy. The Modesto Evening News headline “Blind Pigger Pays Big Fine to…
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After Marion Skewis graduated from Cornell University, she moved to Newark, Delaware to claim her promised job as a Dietitian at the Men’s College at…
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The Bridgman family were some of Amherst, Massachusett’s original settlers. Jonathan Bridgman was Harold Merrick’s great-grandfather. A lot is known about Jonathan, mainly thanks to…
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John Eveland was born in 1800 in Washington County, Ohio. He was the seventh child and youngest son of Frederick Jr. and Lois Evans Eveland.…
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Marion and Harold got engaged in January of 1926, and were married in the summer of 1927. During that year, they traveled back and forth…
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Marion Elizabeth Skewis was the first in her family to go to college…and she had to pay for every dime on her own. Marion dated…
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