1923 Metropolitan Street, Pittsburgh
The odd thing is the house at 1923 Metropolitan Avenue in Pittsburgh that my great-grandparents owned was listed in her name on town plot maps I found. I found out the deed was given to her, not both of them. It was the nicest house on the street and had two other small rental houses.. read more →
The curious case of Helen Z. (or S.)
While I knew my great-grandfather when I was young, I never met his wife, my great-grandmother Helen. She died three years before I was born and I’ve never seen a photo of her (2015 update – I have now!). There are few family memories as the relationship between my grandfather and his parents was strained.. read more →
Genealogy note
This is one of my favorite genealogy finds. My grandfather’s senior yearbook photo and info. I really need to be logging my work for more efficient research so I’m going to be posting it all under the Genealogy section on the right side. I’m not going to have it show up on the front page.. read more →
End of October Genealogy
I’ve decided to start posting about my genealogy stuff in the hopes of keep better track of it and that someone else might come along and find it. –Reviewing Tyler PA 1910 census docs looking for Helen Zurawiec, my great-grandmother. –Reading this interesting Rutgers oral history transcript from John Pino whose father was born in.. read more →
Doolin
A friend of mine (in fact my former HS Brit Lit teacher) has been in Ireland the past few weeks and I was stunned to see she ended up in the town some of my family was from, Doolin in County Clare. Doolin is a lovely small town on the western coast of Ireland and.. read more →
She Answers The Call Beyond Duty
This is a wonderful old article about my grandmother Jeannette from the 1962 Chapel Hill Weekly. She and my granddad Jim were really remarkable people. I love the last quote in the story, “If there are two patients at the hospital needing extra care at night, Jim may be with one and Jeannette with the.. read more →
Bradford Township and Oman Hillison
From the Dixon Evening Telegraph October 29, 1948 Bradford township is another subdivision of Inlet and it was in this township that the best and sturdiest of Lee county’s population was started – the Norwegians, now so populous and prosperous; the Germans too started in Bradford. John Hotzell came here about 1842, and he and.. read more →
Catherine (Reinhart) Hillison Aschenbrenner Biography
From the 1892 Portrait and Biographical Record Lee Co Pg 224 Catherine (Reinhart) Hillison Aschenbrenner, Brandford Township This lady, who is the owner of one of the finest places in Bradford Township, and which is situated on section 30, is an old settler in this county, and is highly esteemed in the community in which.. read more →
Photos: Michelle’s maternal grandparents young
I took photos of photos of my grandparents when I was at my mom and aunt’s houses recently. These two of them young made me smile. Grandma Falconer’s graduation from nursing school Granddad Falconer’s Navy photo read more →
Hillison descendant line
The Hillison line from when his ancestor Oman arrived in the US from Norway to Hayley. Oman, born in 1814, arrived in the US and settled in IL. We visited his grave this summer. Father-mother, child that line came from: Halge Digranes and Britta Maakestad, parents of Oman Hillison, who came to America from Norway… read more →