Letters from Wallie illustrates a beautiful courtship, romance and marriage with wife Mabel via mail by rail from Wausau to Milwaukee in 1930s Wisconsin before and during the Great Depression.
“My Grandmother”-Central High School – West Allis, WI I suppose it seems strange that I should write about someone whom I have never seen, my Grandmother (my Father’s Mother). But for about as far back as I can remember I’ve been told that she is the one I closely resemble and the one I take after … Continue reading “My Grandmother”
“Shaking My Family Tree”-10A English 2nd Period ~ Central High School – West Allis, WI April 12, 1946 My great-grandparents are the first ones able to be traced on my Mother’s side of the family. My grandmother’s mother and father, Henry and Albertina [Caroline] Passehl, left the province of Mecklenburg, Germany, in 1884 [1873] in order that my … Continue reading “Shaking My Family Tree”
“My Grandmother” - Central High School – West Allis, WI I suppose it seems strange that I should write about someone whom I have never seen, my Grandmother (my Father’s Mother). But for about as far back as I can remember I’ve been told that she is the one I closely resemble and the one I take after … Continue reading “My Grandmother”
With a Carload of Love... 