The newspapers of the early 1900s often reported on the social lives of their local residents. Thank goodness, for researchers today, that they did. There’s so much to glean about these family members – sometimes by what IS said, and … Continue reading
My grandmother, Edith Barbara Lore was born on August 2, 1888 and died on January 4, 1960. Today, I’m celebrating what I feel is a landmark aspect of her life on this, the 59th anniversary of her passing over. Life … Continue reading
Edith was my grandmother, my mother’s mother. I knew her as a buxom, heavy-set woman who always wore dresses, usually dark, that buttoned up the front, an apron, and black lace-up shoes. With her grey hair, she was the consummate … Continue reading
I didn’t know much about my great-grandmother, Nora Kirsch when I was growing up, or when I first started researching my genealogy. She passed away in 1949, long before I was born. I knew that Nora was an amazingly talented … Continue reading
Seriously, I don’t know. This man is a mystery. Why can’t I let this go? This man is like a ghost slipping in and out of the periphery of the Lore family story, popping up here and there shouting “Boo” … Continue reading
According to the Rushville, Indiana newspaper, Curt Lore, my great-grandfather, had been sick for at least a year before he died in November of 1909. According to his death certificate, he had been ill for three years. Curt had escaped … Continue reading
1908 ended in Rushville, Indiana with Edith Lore marrying John Ferverda in November, “quietly,” the same day as they obtained their license, in the home of the Presbyterian minister. For socialites, Nora Kirsch Lore and Curt Lore, this turn of … Continue reading
In the article, Outside the Pale: The Lore Family’s “Remarkable” Life Revealed Through the Newspaper, we discovered details about the life of Curt Lore, known as C. B. Lore, in Rushville, Indiana. One article stated that he lived in Greenburg, … Continue reading
Recently, I renewed a previously lapsed subscription to Newspapers.com (get 7 days free, here) in order to search for one particular event surrounding one specific ancestor. But then, as things do with genealogy, one thing led to another, and another, … Continue reading
Anthony Lore, or more accurately Antoine Lore, who was actually baptized Antoine Lord was one of the toughest genealogical nuts I’ve ever had to crack. Of course, it didn’t help any that he also moved from one country to another, … Continue reading
