Thousands of times my dad sang “Old Green River” to us kids, popping the “cork” with his thumb inside his cheek, to our giddy delight.
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When Curly Met Kathleen
My dad Walter Price (known as Curly) told me that he first met Kathleen Barrett at a bar in Castlewood during Labor Day weekend, 1942.
Dunne descendant fan charts
Fan charts are fun because they are both legible and mind-boggling, able to carry a ton of information in a compact format. I try to
Curly at St. Edward’s, Part 2: SOCCER!
As a city saturated with European immigrants in scores of Catholic parishes, St. Louis was always a big soccer town. In the 1930s, my dad
Curly at St. Edward’s, Part 1
Above is a photo of my dad’s first-grade class. What a sad-looking bunch of Irish-American ragamuffins. They were obviously just scolded to keep their hands
Passage: WJ Price family
Why the English Prices moved to St. Louis in the late 19th century is a mystery. Our Irish ancestors emigrated as part of a phenomenon
Old Green River 