The Two Jessie Martins
There were two Jessie Martins, one was a flesh and blood woman born in October of 1873 and the other was a Great Lakes schooner built in Muskegon, Michigan in 1881. This is their story. The Martins were Scotch-Irish. They …
Month: February 2010
Where in the World is Sarah Riddner (in 1910)?
She should be in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with her mother. She was only 2 at the time of the 1910 federal population census. This family has been most elusive in the 1910 census. Over the years I have tried every variation …
A Civil War Story
This is another vignette from my grandfather’s memory. Lyle M. Denman (my grandfather) was 89 or 90 at the time my mother interviewed him for these stories. It turns out that his memory was pretty good but not perfect (surprised?) …
Little Bit 3
Friends Pat and I are going to Newport, RI tomorrow. Newport in February I hear you say? Place selection is part of a longer story, but we’re going to meet our other two best friends. We live all over the …
Stories Not Written
On a recent trip to Tucson we were taking a desert jeep tour with a local man who was interested in most everything about his area. At one point, after seeing some petroglyphs, we got to talking about what happened …