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Priceless photo found

Posted on March 18, 2013 by gsghert01

While visiting Nashville for a Bar Mitzvah, I had a chance to see this rare photo. It was taken about 1937-1938. This is the only image of Lewis Cooper I’ve seen; and only the third image of my grandmother, Dora. … Continue reading →

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Here are photos from the Raymond Block Sr. family

Posted on February 10, 2013 by gsghert01

I recently scanned these photo copies from Raymond Emile Block’s family.

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‘Bompa’ bankrupted (?) by his embezzling brother

Posted on January 29, 2013 by gsghert01

Solomon Block was a merchant and had tobacco and wholesale liquor businesses in Camden and other nearby towns. His elder sons, John Edward  Block (1856-1929) and Joseph Friedman “Bompa” Block (1860-1953), moved to Dallas, Texas and they manufactured cigars. (see … Continue reading →

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Simon & Dora Ghertner lived at … (not what you may think)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by gsghert01

In 1914 and 1915, Simon and Dora Ghertner were listed in the Nashville city directory as living at 706 Shirley Street. Baby Alven came home to Shirley Street and likely so did newborn Gerald. The move to 1702 Ashwood Avenue … Continue reading →

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Maj. Leslie Gruber, sketch by James O. Brumley, and humble pie for me

Posted on November 14, 2012 by gsghert01

I had convinced myself I had pieced together the story of Leslie Gruber’s World War II unit along with some surviving members, photographs and a story of their service by one of the members. Much of my ‘proof’ that he … Continue reading →

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Pappy’s note regarding the death of his father, Eduard Scharff

Posted on October 24, 2012 by gsghert01

Here is a page from Pappy’s notebook in which he writes about the death of his father, Eduard Scharff. I recall Pappy’s handwriting, as I’m sure many of you do too. Recall in this post that Eduard succumbed on 18 … Continue reading →

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Pappy was a pilot, a hunter and a sailor.

Posted on October 3, 2012 by gsghert01

This Luscome airplane was Pappy’s first; he bought it in the late 1940s. The story goes that Pappy had started the engine to warm it up, set the branches and got out. But the brakes let loose, Pappy grabbed a wing … Continue reading →

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Education & Work – Ghertner’s in 1940

Posted on August 29, 2012 by gsghert01

Education Simon Ghertner had completed 8 years of school Dora Ghertner had completed 2 years of high school Lenoard Ghertner had completed 3 years of College, and he became the first of us Ghertner’s to graduate from college Alven & … Continue reading →

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