Ancestor Animation, part 4: Looking out for their own
I can’t remember my Gramma Leta Bertram ever telling me a story about her past, her parents or her sisters.
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Ancestor animation, part 3: The fateful importance of grandparents
This is the only photo I have of my paternal grandfather’s parents, Robert August Bertram and Flona Agnes (“Aggie”) Murphey, together. They look like a fairly sedate older couple, though the light reflecting off their glasses makes their faces hard to read. Yet their meeting was just as unlikely, and required as much daring, as...
Ancestor Animation, part 2: “Mama was a Yankee, and Daddy was a Rebel”
The proud young parents in this photo most likely would never have met were it not for a specific piece of Federal legislation.
Ancestor Animation, part 1: Inevitable
William and Lizzie were destined to meet.