As kids in the mid-late 1960s, during visits to Ontario, California, our grandmother Margaret would sometimes send us to visit Cousin Mary. A short walk down the alley, left on Flora Street and down a couple of houses, these visits were win-win-win propositions–the elderly Cousin Mary got company for 45 minutes or so, grandma gotContinue reading “Linked Memories: Who Was “Cousin Mary”?”
Monthly Archives: March 2021
A Photo of Elizabeth
We have previously discussed our grand aunt Elizabeth Hynes, the older sister of our grandfather Gordon Hynes. Newly digitized newspaper records reveal a photograph of Elizabeth. This may have been about the happiest time in Elizabeth’s life, who spent much of her youth fending off improper advances from her father, spending some of her teenageContinue reading “A Photo of Elizabeth”
Searching for Crossing Paths in the Civil War
Great grandfather Edward Sandford was not our only ancestor to fight in the United States Civil War. Our second great grandfather Aaron Sechler, the father of our great grandfather George Sechler, served in the war for three years. Although they were a generation apart, Aaron Sechler was only three years older than Edward. The 1860Continue reading “Searching for Crossing Paths in the Civil War”
Bridging the Silences 