Month: August 2021
Earliest Bredimus Citations
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…
Researching 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…
1915 Poppy and Family in Iowa
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…
Mommy and Poppy
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…
Were Our Ancestors McDonald or McDannald?
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…
Franklin’s Mother – Barbara Brand
I found an unexpected bounty of information on Barbara Virginia Brand, who married Uncle Frank and gave birth to Cousin Franklin. I suppose it was…
Nancys Mother – Mary Louise Doherty
I’m still researching Nancy’s mother but I am struggling to find marriage records, birth records for Nancy, and death records for Mary Louise. When I…
Jack – Pet Dog saves Dad’s Life
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…
Cean at College
The article changed your name to “Jean” again. In the days before automated spelling checks, editors would just guess. I thought you’d like to see…
Robert O. Bredimus
You’ll enjoy reading about Bobby’s sixth birthday. Also, I’ve attached an article about him I had never seen before. It is interesting that he made…
Nancy Bredimus in High School and College
It took awhile to locate these old photos and articles. Nancy graduated from Pompton Lakes HS in 1953. My oldest memories of our sister are…
Yearbooks
I’ve located free digital editions of some yearbooks and clipped a few images. I will need to do some more research on Nancy.Here are links…
Early Childhood of Cousin Franklin
Franklin Brand Bredimus (1936 to 2019) Apparently our Father treated Cean and Nancy very harshly. Mom sometimes mentioned it, but I was too young to…
Brother Mike
On Feb 5, 2021, Today is Mike’s birthday. It is hard to believe he has been gone for four years. You probably remember when he…
Two Bredimus Brothers
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…
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