Raymond had some problems with drunkenness, vagrancy, and lawlessness. He died in Chicago at age 40, apparently single. See the attached articles. I’m guessing that…

Before I introduce two Bredimus sisters, a word about their father. Our father’s Uncle Maurice was Poppy’s older brother. Didn’t our dad call him “Morris”?…

Here is my promised delivery of information and material related to Cousin Harriette. My recollection of Harriette was only two things: she wrote the only…

Our great-grandmother, Henriette Anita Bloom Bredimus, was born in 1853 in Paris and died in 1930 in Des Moines. Cousin Harriett spelled her grandmother’s name…

I have nearly exhausted all the free genealogy sites plus my paid membership at newspapers dot com. I’ll use the resources of ancestry dot com…

I received a Bredimus Family Tree created on the website, Ancestry dot com. The tree was incomplete. It is a paid site and I am…

I wrote about Poppy earning $2,700 per year. That amounts to $70,000 in 2021 dollars. Not bad for someone who dropped out of school after…

Mary Mayme Emma Coyle (Mommy) and Franklin Arthur Bredimus (Poppy) Mommy died in 1948, the year before I was born. Poppy died in 1954 when…

Actually, both spellings were used. In some cases our family name was McDannald. See the attached 1930 census and the zoom to the lines for…

The attached news story from 1914 is a gem. It says our father (Robert Bredimus), at four years old, was attacked by a bull dog…

My father, Robert Leo Bredimus (1909-1980) and my Uncle Frank, Francis Leslie Bredimus (1907-1979) The Bredimus brothers were born almost exactly two years apart (May…

I have searched Newspaper archives for any stories mentioning the Bredimus family name. Here are a few examples Here is a strange story of Uncle…

I never stopped to consider that our Father was born in the time of the horse and buggy. The attached article from 1909 grabbed my…

Delightful Family Reunion Held at Bredimus Home. An interesting family reunion was held Sunday at the suburban home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bredimus, Twenty-fourth…