svanderschaaffMay 4, 20212 minThe WestMy great-grandfather Andrew Adair Cummins was born in Cawker City, Kansas on October 20, 1887. Like the other three great-grandparents...
svanderschaaffApr 27, 20212 minHarvard with the RooseveltsA few posts ago I wrote about my great-grandfather Wallace Brockman Porter, the son of a railroad tallyman who won a scholarship at age...
svanderschaaffApr 25, 20212 min...And She Became a WidowI've traced two out of four great-grandfathers so far, identifying where my relatives where in comparison to The Judge's children. I know...
svanderschaaffApr 22, 20211 minMy Own Family: When Opportunity KnockedMy great-grandfather on my mother's side was born in 1892--part of the same generation as The Judge's children. His father worked for the...