James W. Wallace, one of my brickwalls, has driven me mad nearly ten years. James was the grandfather of maternal grandmother [Marideth (Stanley) Blickhahn] on her mother's side. I guess I'm not the only one he has caused some madness. I have been searching for James for quite some time. Things I know about James are: He was born in Ohio about 1861 (who only knows where in Ohio), he married Georgia Briggs on 4 Jan 1888. G
I recently came across a genealogy blog (GeneaBloggers) that would give ideas for topics for bloggers to use. Coming up with ideas of what to blog about is my biggest challenge. With the suggestions from Thomas MacEntee, owner of the GeneaBloggers, I am going to try to keep up with blogging at least once or twice a week. The theme I chose today was "Monday Madness." Monday Madness could either be a post about an ancestor with mental illness, or about an ancestor who drives you mad!
James W. Wallace, one of my brickwalls, has driven me mad nearly ten years. James was the grandfather of maternal grandmother [Marideth (Stanley) Blickhahn] on her mother's side. I guess I'm not the only one he has caused some madness. I have been searching for James for quite some time. Things I know about James are: He was born in Ohio about 1861 (who only knows where in Ohio), he married Georgia Briggs on 4 Jan 1888. G
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It's amazing what you can stumble across on the internet. I stumbled across the Forest Park Historical Society website. Although I never really lived in Forest Park, I felt I knew Forest Park better than any other place. It must have been from the many trips around Forest Park with my Grandpa (Edward Stange). As a young child, we loved walking up to Madison with Grandpa to get fresh bread from the bakery, to the bank, or to Des Plaines to Calcagano's (I'm sure I'm misspelling this). Boy did we ever love our walks with Grandpa!
Grandpa never drove, so everywhere he went was either on foot or on his Cadillac (what he called his bikes). I also remember walking to St. Peter's Lutheran Church for Sunday School and church services, especially for Christmas Eve services (more about our Christmas traditions closer to Christmas). |
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Author - Dr. Kathryn M. WattsI live in Orange, California with my husband Bill, and my service dog Timber. Genealogy is one of my favorite past times. Archives
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