Dear Mother and Daddy, Well, your big recital was over, and how did it go? Did you have a big crowd? Was it a nice day? I know that you must be relieved now. Did all the kids come? What time did you have it? How long did it last? It has been so nice [...]
Archive for March, 2007
From Pat Sherman, June 7th, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Pat Sherman on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Lileksian Trove
Posted in Day family, Images, postcards on March 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
By happy coincidence, my mother, while researching our family, came across a post written at a genealogy website from someone looking for the family of Lillian Bradley. It turns out that this gentleman’s family bought Grandma Bradley’s house after Grandpa Bradley died, and she moved into a house two doors down. The house seems to [...]
From Pat Sherman, May 25th, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Pat Sherman on March 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Dear Mother and Daddy, Your nice letter with the money and Express slip came yesterday, and we were so glad to hear from you. I wanted you to keep the rest of that money for the phone call. Dale says that he doesn’t know how long he talked, so I don’t know how much it [...]
From Pat Sherman, May 16th, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Pat Sherman on March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mother and Daddy, Just a few lines to let you know I am fine and so is the baby. We are going home tomorrow (Tuesday). We have named her Karen Lynne. She isn’t nearly as red as she was. The nursery nurse says she has the loudest voice in the nursery. Dale said that [...]
From Pat Sherman, May 14th, 1955; Surprise!
Posted in 1950s, Images, letters, Pat Sherman on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mother and Daddy, Just a few lines to let you know the baby and I are fine. She was born April 13*. She is quite fat and red like Elyce was. She also has coal black hair. She is going to be a cutie. I am in the same room that I was in [...]
From Pat Sherman, May 12, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Pat Sherman on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mother and daddy, Here it is a beautiful Thursday morning, although it is a bit chilly. It has been raining here for 2 days, and the sun looks good for a change. Everything is so green and nice. Diane and Cindy have gone to school, and Mark and Elyce are champing at the bit [...]
From Pat Sherman, April 5, 1955
Posted in 1950s, letters, Pat Sherman on March 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mother and Daddy; It is a beautiful Spring day here, and I must have the fever. I don’t feel very ambitious. I have been cleaning out drawers and things. Mark and the rest of the kids are outside. He likes to be out, but I have to watch that he doesn’t fall out of [...]
Benjamin and Lillian Bradley, early 1920s
Posted in 1920s, Images on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
from Benjamin Bradley, Ypsilanti, Michigan, May 5, 1954
Posted in 1950s, letters on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Patricia and Dale and all the kids, I hope you will forgive me for not writing sooner, but it seems that so many things have happened since you kids went away that I just haven’t got to writing. I came home from the hospital Easter A.M. Mr. Coleman came up and got me, I [...]
A Better Life?
Posted in 1950s, Images on March 12, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Things were very strange when I was growing up. The secret in our family, was our race. We grew up without knowing our extended family. We saw our Grandmother every summer, but she was the only one. There were no aunts, uncles, cousins, or a Grandpa. My parents moved from Ypsilanti Michigan, to Seattle Washington when [...]
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