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My Grandparent’s House on E. 25th Street
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been using Google Street View to view the house’s my relatives lived in on E. 25th Street in Oakland. the Pacheco’s and de Braga’s began moving to E. 25th Street...
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Footnote Friday: The Jackson’s
Not to be confused with the Jackson Five. This week I went back to adding family members to Footnote.com. This time I worked on the Jackson family. I’m a little bit frustrated with Footnote.com’s...
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I’m Related to a Nobel Laureate
I have a confession to make. For the longest time I have been jealous of Randy Seaver because he seems to always find connections to Presidents. He wrote about his connections to Barack Obama with...
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Wordless Wednesday: Back to School
My Grandma Shellabarger, Manzanita School 1924. My Grandma was in 6th grade, 12 years old. Anna (Jackson) Shellabarger
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Before He Became a Painter and Writer
Another entry in my Labor Day photo series… Frank Milton Shellabarger was my grandmother’s third husband. My software’s relationship calculator says that we are not related by blood. I will always...
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My Grandma Was a Working Woman
Long before women burned their bras, my Grandma Shellabarger was a working woman. In fact, she worked most of her life. At first it was because her family couldn’t survive during the Depression on...
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My Grandma Made the Best Toast
[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women’s History Month, March 7th: Share a recipe…this is a repeat from last year] Oh, I know what you were expecting. My Grandma’s secret recipe for pound cake or corned...
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Fearless Females: Grandma Was A Radical!
[Fearless Females, 17th of March, Social Organizations and Groups…a report from 2011 Not really. But it makes for a great headline. LOL I don’t know what organizations my Grandma Shellabarger...
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Book of Me, Prompt 7: My Maternal Grandparents
[Part two of prompt 7 of the Book of Me Written by You…] Writing about my Grandparents on my Mom’s side is a little more complicated. My Grandma was born in 1912 in Oakland, California as Anna Hazel...
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52 Ancestors, Week 27: My Grandma Shellabarger was a Single Parent
There are no American Revolutionaries in my tree. My people came to America after 1840. Most showed up after 1880. So, I’ll turn to an ancestor who exemplifies the independent spirit. Although I’ve...
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