My grandmother Kitty Flanagan suffered many disruptions in her youth, but she remembered the time in Leclaire, Illinois, as the golden years, full of music,
Virtual Séance, 1908
When it comes to family history, I want the story. Filling in the blanks on a family tree has its charms, but then what? Who
Palm Sunday, 1912
St. Louis. 31 March 1912. A cold, rainy start of baseball season. It is Palm Sunday. Tom Barrett goes to Mass with his family. He
Bill Hession
Column: South Loop neighbors stand outside dying man’s condo to pay tribute in his final days By Heidi Stevenschicagotribune.com At noon on Saturday, under gray skies
Elizabeth Dunne Kilmartin
1898 14 Jul. On a summer’s day, 31-year-old Catherine Martin Dunne gives birth to her sixth child and fourth daughter, Elizabeth, known as “Lizzie.” She
Ellen Gibbons Barrett
I got to know Ellen Gibbons–Mrs. Frank Barrett, my great-grandmother–through stories my mother told. The few photos of her show her frowning, her white hair
