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Until we meet again
We celebrated Mom’s 90th birthday on January 1 with a rose bowl, a nod to her long-time desire to go to the game in Pasadena. Two months ago we celebrated my birthday with…
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Birds of a feather
When the S.S. Belgenland sailed from Antwerp to Philadelphia in April 1890, several families aboard were from Buggenhout in East Flanders (Oost-Vlaanderen), Belgium. I speculated in Seeking the Verest connection about possible relationships among these…
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Merry Christmas!
Greetings from Sheridan As we close another year and anticipate a new one, take time to reflect on the heritage we have been given and the promise of hope for a better future.
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Happy anniversary, Aden and Verda!
Aden Loyal Springsteen and Goldie Verda Case were married one hundred years ago today on her nineteenth birthday. They were married at her family home in Titus.
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Road trip
Yesterday was a beautiful day for a road trip. As an extra incentive for Dee, there were stops for quilting material along the way. I’ve been wanting to find a couple of family…
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Seeking the Verest connection
Some time ago I wrote an article titled Those baffling Belgians. At that time, I noted an apparent connection between my wife Dee’s Van Zandt ancestors and the Chicago family of Alphonse and…
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Carrying on
Members of Verda Case Springsteen Olsen’s family shared a bit of time together again on Sunday at our annual family reunion in Belding. We missed many who have been among us in the…
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John L.D. Springsteen, 1919-1934
Aden and Verda Springsteen’s oldest child, John L.D., died at the age of fourteen after a farming accident. I was tempted to title this article Johnny, we hardly knew ye, which is probably…
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Plan now for the Case and Springsteen reunion
Verda Case Springsteen Olsen started an annual gathering of the clan in the 1950s if not before. This year, for the first time, none of her sons and daughters are with us in…
