Before the Depression Poppy was the District Manager for Underwood. After he was a salesman both in their store and on the road. He wasn’t…

I vaguely remember a collection of Limoges china at Oak Street. It must have been inherited from Mommy and I assume Nancy has it now….

It is a good idea to ask family questions before the older siblings memories fade. Grandfather McDonald (Emory) died when I was very young. He…

See the attached photo of me standing with my maternal grandmother at our home on Oak Street. I appear to be about 14 years old,…

Dad’s goulash recipe came from his parents kitchen. Remember that Poppy’s family came to Iowa from France and then Egypt. Cloves are used in meat…

I believe the green paint was a bargain. It was Mom’s favorite color too. The only odd bit of information was that our father used…

I found another photo of the Potash Steam Shovel (attached). The file name says 1949, so it was the year of my birth. It appears…

Here is a scan of an actual studio photograph of Dad taken around the time of the Ft. Leonard Wood Construction. The back of the…

An unretouched photo of Mom and Cean I promised (interim low-resolution version). This picture was taken by Dad (Robert L. Bredimus) during the construction of…

The photo is of our father, Robert L, Bredimus, taken at home at 31 Oak Street Oakland New Jersey. The question is who is his…

What we can surmise from the Dec 11, 2019 newspaper article: It was one year later that our father, Robert Bredimus, travelled to France on…

Des Moines Tribune-Capital DES MOINES, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1929 The Story of Ralph Manassa, Cripple, is Story of a Modern Miracle SPEECHLESS, HE IS…

I truly appreciate this bit of family history. Two brothers who chose very different paths. Francis Leslie Bredimus and Robert Leo Bredimus. Our father was…

Our branch of the Bredimus family are McDonald and Hendrix on the maternal side. So, we are from Scotland and Germany. More about the lineage…

Happy Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We have so much sun in Hawaii it doesn’t matter here. In Woodinville, like Oakland, the…