There are multiple meanings for a “Broken Branch” family member. I am claiming it as “life cut short.” “Broken Branch” means a child could have lived a day or up to 16 years of age. Due to the loss of records for births under 10, I don’t have many children identified. Continue Reading
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2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 20 – Textile
This week’s theme is “Textile.” Clothing, quilts, weaving — there are so many ways to talk about textiles in our family history! Be creative with this week’s theme! My father was living with his mother and grandmother in 1930. His grandmother Lillie was a dressmaker. She was also listed in Continue Reading
2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 19 – FOOD & DRINK
My grand uncle, Frank Miller, owned and operated the Chick-n-Roast Restaurant and Tavern at 126th and Kinsman Roads in Cleveland, Ohio, from abt. 1956 until 1976. It was a popular place in Cleveland where celebrities and civic leaders liked to hang out.The U.S. City Directories (1822 – 1995), on Ancestry.com, Continue Reading
2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 16 – Negative
When I think of “negative” genealogy, I think of the 1992 movie “A Few Good Men” with Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, and Demi Moore. Remember when Jack said, “You can’t handle the truth?” I can’t handle it when someone in my family has done something terrible (or negative) to someone Continue Reading
2022 – #52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 11 – Flowers
We have at least a half dozen Lillies and Rosa’s and one Violet in our family, but this theme makes me think of my father’s Aunt Lillie. Did you know that lilies come in white, yellow, pink, red, and orange, and each color means something different? My Aunt Lillie is Continue Reading
2022 – 52 Ancestors Challenge – Week 06 – Map
I generated this map on ArcGIS. It is an OpenStreetMap (OSM) collaboration project of volunteers and is available to ArcGIS users and developers. The datapoints A-F are the locations in Cleveland, Ohio, where my Paternal Grandmother and her siblings were living during the 1930’s – (A) Daisy[1], (B) Mattie[2] (5804), Continue Reading
2022 – 52 ANCESTORS CHALLENGE – WEEK 03 – Favorite Photo
My favorite photo is a picture of the Miller Family, taken about 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio. The lady in the white blouse is my paternal grandmother, Anna Miller (1908-1946). Unfortunately, I never met her because she died the week before I was born. The chart above lists the family members Continue Reading