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Verda’s reunion is on!
Verda Case Springsteen Olsen was gathering her clan for reunions back in the 1950s. After a hiatus in the past few years her family tradition is alive again. Margaret Cranmer has reserved the…
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The genesis of Springsteens?
I don’t know when and where the Springsteen family surname originated. It might have been in Groningen, in the northern Netherlands. Otherwise, it might have been adopted after the family arrived in New…
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A remembrance of Grandma Van
Dorothy Lorraine Dlouhy was born one hundred years ago into a world that would change more than anyone could imagine. She overcame many challenges and looked out for her family with love. She…
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Greetings from Our Heritage, 2022
The years just fly, a reminder that time is insignificant in the eternal scheme of things. After dodging the Covid bullet for so long, we finally got it in April. Fortunately, immunizations kept…
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Thomas Green’s story, 1830-1910
I have written previously about Thomas M. Green, my great-great grandfather. Grandma Olsen knew her Grandpa Green when she was a young girl. I would like to share more that I have learned…
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Visiting with the Sovereigns
At the turn of the year from 1973 to 1974, Harold and Marie Sovereign compiled a tape-recorded message for Don and Suzanne, their son and daughter-in-law. A few relatives made guest appearances in…
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Oh, Morgan, we miss you!
How quickly a bright light has left us! Our niece Morgan took her last breath while loved ones spontaneously filled her hospital room with song. She lived fully in her thirty-five years with…
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A brief glimpse in time
This is just for a little fun. Sovereign correspondence Here is a tidbit from my files. In January 1947 my future Aunt Nancy would have been in the third grade and her brother…
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Bica beckons
Uncle Richard, who were your parents? Joseph? Bica? Who were they? And was your father possibly Barbora Dlouhy’s brother Josef? Family connections are a fascinating and never-ending puzzle. One mystery that hung like…
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Fare thee well, Don Sovereign
We called him Unca Don. I guess my brothers and I were Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Don Sovereign was born in Belding, Michigan the son of Harold and Marie Sovereign. He was Mom’s…
