tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post3692514827529007015..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Why We Save What We SaveJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-41233088699871169162012-09-05T19:59:23.510-07:002012-09-05T19:59:23.510-07:00I wish, Jana! That's a once-a-year kind of tri...I wish, Jana! That's a once-a-year kind of trip for us. Guess where we just went this past August?! We've got lots of long distance communication going on, though. Of course, it's not just about the trunk--so much more to consider. But if I ever coveted anything...Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-68350994150926092272012-09-05T13:14:39.701-07:002012-09-05T13:14:39.701-07:00It's now Wednesday as I'm writing this com...It's now Wednesday as I'm writing this comment. I hope you are at your aunt's home helping to sort through the contents of her basement before anything is thrown away.Jana Iverson Lasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687969613629975601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-23250960287223807152012-09-05T12:38:42.398-07:002012-09-05T12:38:42.398-07:00Yes, I guess I should consider myself fortunate. T...Yes, I guess I should consider myself fortunate. That's amazing that your grandmother's boxes survived intact for all those years. I wish there was an official way that we could have ourselves declared the go-to family archivists for our own families. Just end the doubt and and cut to the chase: "I <b>want</b> all your papers!"Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-87264944944070870752012-09-05T12:35:40.309-07:002012-09-05T12:35:40.309-07:00That's interesting that she had so many mentio...That's interesting that she had so many mentions in that neighborhood paper for a city the size of Chicago. I'll have to take a look. Maybe she was active as an amateur in other local performances.Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-74484424003818053912012-09-05T06:14:05.962-07:002012-09-05T06:14:05.962-07:00Well at least you heard about it before it happene...Well at least you heard about it before it happened! Too often we learn that they were sorting way after the fact and much too late to save some things. About eight years after my grandmother died I received a call from someone wanting to know if I wanted her boxes of "stuff". Grandma lived in a different state and ten boxes had been floating from one person to the next, trying to find someone that was willing to sift through the papers and memorabilia and someone that would see value in what they held. I was only too glad to be that someone. Michelle Taggarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01190457324521018834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-43885656705817246692012-09-04T18:12:12.224-07:002012-09-04T18:12:12.224-07:00Wendy, the situation is being monitored closely ;)...Wendy, the situation is being monitored closely ;)Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-38040426124802554352012-09-04T18:11:40.197-07:002012-09-04T18:11:40.197-07:00Ah, then this must be a case of neighbors and frie...Ah, then this must be a case of neighbors and friends. Very <i>close</i> friends, considering the near-one-hundred years this paper has been saved. Wonder what Agnes had in mind...<br /><br />Thanks for the find, Iggy, and for the well-wishes concerning the truck. I may well have to rent a covered wagon ;)Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-37696032177813722552012-09-04T06:44:22.171-07:002012-09-04T06:44:22.171-07:00I hope that trunk finds it way to your place!!
Ma...I hope that trunk finds it way to your place!!<br /><br />Martha W Gubbins (b. abt 1897), daughter of Robert B. Gubbins worked as a cashier for an electrical company (surprise!) She later marries W. L. Britt and moves to Delavan, Wisconsin.<br /><br />They lived a couple blocks from the Tully-Stevens "ranch" on Garfield. Robert Gubbin and his wife's parents were both from Ireland.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-44654796509366879012012-09-04T05:46:03.510-07:002012-09-04T05:46:03.510-07:00I hope your aunt was offering you first crack at t...I hope your aunt was offering you first crack at that basement!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-66036304969087758552012-09-04T04:28:14.370-07:002012-09-04T04:28:14.370-07:00Martha Gubbins meant something to someone. Her na...Martha Gubbins meant something to someone. Her name appears fairly frequently in the Suburbanite Economist.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com