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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Pseudo family trees
Our family tree is maintained at Ancestry.com and I’ll be glad to share it if you ask me. There is no charge to explore it. The intricacies of a family tree are far more complicated than can be managed with … Continue reading
Simon Ghertner Obituary & Birth Date Inconsistencies
Birth years that I’ve found for my grandfather are 1882, 1884, 1885 and 1887. The correct year may never be determined. The evidence leads to me to conclude that Simon Ghertner was born in Roman, Roumania on 25 August 1882.
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The founding of Cullom & Ghertner
I’m reposting this because I just received a picture of J.A. (John) Cullom Joseph Alexander Cullom (name updated based on his death notice here) , co-founder of the printing company and have information about the date of the founding. Simon … Continue reading
Tracye’s photo contribution
These individuals are my “mother’s side” of my family. Elizabeth M. Pfeifer, who married Emanuel Gabe “EG” Levy, Jr. was called “Bush”; this came from her childhood during which her brother, Eugene M. Pfeifer had called her ‘Elizabush’. The children … Continue reading
The Pine Bluff connection
The family of my maternal grandfather, John Rhine Bloom (1864-1935) had been in Pine Bluff since the 1850s. His wife was Emma Marie Block (1895-1980). John and Emma were married in Pine Bluff on 17 December 1917. Their daughter was … Continue reading
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More ‘lost’ pictures, circa 1950
.. which I think are also priceless. These are from our Nashville house at 1702 Ashwood.
The ‘new’ Levy branch of my family tree
When we were young, my brother and I and our ‘1st cousins‘ visited Em & Pappy’s (grandparents) house in Little Rock, that city being ‘ground-zero’ for the maternal side of my family. My memories of those fun times during … Continue reading