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Saturday, June 30, 2012

102 Years Ago Today ~

If my Grandfather Edward J. Wagner were alive today . . .
He would have turned 102 Years Old!
His name was Edward Joseph Wagner, born on 30 June 1910
In Chicago, Illinois.
He passes away on 09 February 1976, in Santa Barbara, California.
He married my Grandmother Frances Elinore Siwinski.
Marriage date unknown, assuming between 1930 & 1934
in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois.
Father's name is Joseph, born in Germany
& Mother's name is Helen Radlow, born in Illinois.
(Info. from Death Certificate).
He was also married to Margaret Aileen Sullivan
in Davenport, Scott, Iowa in August 1940 and
was married to Stella Hall-Wagner at the time of his death.
This is pretty much all I know of him.
How sad is it that he lived only 3 hours from his grandchildren,
five of us, and we never met him!
I'm hoping that maybe - someone will read this and see a
connection and I can get answers for my family tree.
Or possibly, find some cousins!
Edward Joseph Wagner
1910 - 1976

Thursday, June 28, 2012

On June 28, 1903 ~ 109 Years Ago Today ~

109 Years Ago Today ~
on June 28, 1903
Ester Cervantes was Born in El Paso, Texas.
Ester's Father is Ysento Cervantes  b. 1875 - d. Unknown
& her Mother is Felicitias Anderson  b. 1882 - d. Unknown

Ester Married Robert Ybarra on {Unknown}
Robert Ybarra  b. 1905, SeƱora, Mexico - d. 1965,

Ester & Robert's Children:
   Armida Ybarra 1926 – Living (My Grandmother-in-Law)
Ernestine Ybarra   1928 – Living
Cecilia Ybarra   1942 – Living
Robert Ybarra   1946 – Living

Sunday, June 24, 2012

It was such a "Bee-autiful" Day!

Today I walked over to Starbucks at the Marriott -
for my Chai of course!
It was such a "Bee-autiful" Day!
I thought I would sit on the patio & read a chapter or two in
one of my new books I bought at the SCGS 2012 Jamboree!
"Psychic Roots Serendipity & Intuition in Genealogy"
by Henry "Hank" Z. Jones, Jr.
&
of course, just 10 minutes or so after I start reading . . 
"BEE"
and, if you really, really, know me . . .
{Yes! I Screamed!}

Saturday, June 23, 2012

69 Years Ago Today . . .

69 Years Ago Today ~
My Grandparents Were Married!
Frances Elinore Siwinski &
John "Jack" George Klukaczynski-Klecka
Were married on June 23, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois.
Their Certificate of Marriage was signed by
Judge Loyd M. Bradley,
Judge of 1st Judicial Circuit
Carbondale, Illinois
(My Grandmother & Grandfather - Frances' 2nd Marriage)
Original Certificate of Marriage
Original Provided by my 1st Cousin, Betsy Britt
&