Family Stories I've Found

Lost and Restored Histories and Mysteries of People I Research.

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Frank Debuschewitz – separating fact from fiction

Frank Dewitz was interviewed on the eve of his ‘100th’ birthday. Frank recounted tall tales about his origins and travels. Let’s take a closer look at the stories and see if we can separate fact fr…

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(via The Three Wives of Roscoe Baldwin)

Roscoe Baldwin spent 25 years of his life in the US Navy, between 1919-1945. He experienced 3 distinct life phases, named by the author after his wives: Fleta Ursula Gifford Phase, Helen Jewell Thomas Phase, and Helen Marie Lewis Phase. Here we examine each of these life phases and restore their collective memories.

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(via Atwood Ice Cream Company - a forgotten history restored)

The success of the Atwood Ice Cream Company can be attributed to one person: Ella Atwood-Woolsey. Ella was a pioneer in many ways; woman owner and manager of a manufacturing and retail business, tough competitor, innovator, promotor.

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(via Zacharias Sickels VanWeenen - the Patriarch)

Rarely, in American genealogical research, does one find a single person from whom sprang the sum total of all descendants of a family. Zacharias Sickels Sr is solely responsible for all people in the United States who have a Sickels surnamed ancestor. Here’s his story.

#genealogy #family history #lost and restored history #family stories

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(via Richard Charles Chladek - a forgotten and restored life)

Multi-talented musician, composer, author, editor, landscape architect, choir-master; Richard Chladek was a restless polymath with wide ranging skills and a knack for self promotion.

Sound Samples Included - AI Regenerated - Czecho Slovak Liberty March; Music by Richard Chladek; Words by Andrej Rolik; July 1920

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(via The Grande Nelson Family of Tazewell County)

How many families do you know that had 19 children? None, you say? Well, here’s one of the largest and most incredible families you’ll encounter. William Nelson fathered at least 19 children between 1859 and 1901 – 42 years.

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(via The Widdicombe Children's Odyssey - abandoned by their father in 1904)

In 1904, following the untimely death of his wife, Robert Widdicombe and 10 children began a journey from Kansas City, KS to Galveston, TX. Along the way, Robert abandoned the children and left them to find their way back home.

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(via Lucie Metzdorff and Dewey Baldwin - a whirlwind romance and short-lived marriage)

Pvt. Dewey Baldwin and Nurse Lucie Metzdorff married June, 1919 in Luxembourg. They separated upon arrival in NYC in early Aug 1919. Dewey went home to Ironton, OH. Lucie stayed a year in NYC and then went home to Luxembourg. Here is their story.

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(via Wilhelmina “Minnie” Toeneboehn - Pioneer Woman of the Kansas Prairie)

To the best of my knowledge, Minnie never had a telephone, never had a driver license, never owned a car, never traveled on public transportation, never had a job outside the home, and never had a TV. Yet, she had a most extraordinary life.

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(via Discovering Lemuel Hopper) 

Sometimes, while doing genealogy research, you discover a person who you would have wanted to meet in person. Lemuel Hopper is one of those people. His life was brimming with adventure and self-reinvention. Here is his story.

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(via The True Identity of Delamer Duverus)

“Delamer (real name Earl Aloysius Roberts) was a self-proclaimed prophet who stated he was the ‘voice’ of Duverus. He had written a book called The Golden Reed which outlined his vision of humanity and the future where he predicted the downfall of mankind in the kind of apocalyptic terms usually reserved for science fiction, oracles of doom and madmen.” MAX HIRSHFELD, 2012 

Let’s see who he actually was.

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(via Dearest Dorothy - the Love Letters of Johnny Baldwin)

Between June 1939 and May 1940, with World War II looming, Naval Signalman, John “Johnny” Baldwin carried on a long distance letter writing courtship with Dorothy Lee Dixon. In all, 35 letters were sent to Dorothy. Before they married in May 1940, they had only met twice.

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(via The Curious Life of Edourd Bruno Czaska)

Edourd (Edward) Bruno Czaska lived a short yet adventurous life. In his 44 years he, with his wife Elizabeth, traveled from Germany to Baltimore, MD then westward to San Francisco, CA. We will explore these travels, reveal mysteries, and find that, in the end, it was Edward’s wife Elizabeth who lived long and prospered.