Category: 1931 to 1960
Bredimus Home Movie
Nancy moving to Oakland was a big and welcome change in our family. I thought I would remind everyone of this home movie: A historian…
Bredimus Secret
The year that Dad’s Uncle Raymond Horace Bredimus died, Dad got into some trouble of his own (1926 vandals article). The punishment he received probably…
Bredimus Nose
The large nose must be a Bredimus trait. Our father was very sensitive about his own nose. He claimed it was Roman. He also convinced…
Cousin Harriette
Here is my promised delivery of information and material related to Cousin Harriette. My recollection of Harriette was only two things: she wrote the only…
More comments on Poppy and Mommy
It appears the photo of Mommy and Poppy is a montage. The shot of Cean, Bobby, and Nancy is priceless. Our Mom said Poppy was…
Researching Ancestry dot com
I received a Bredimus Family Tree created on the website, Ancestry dot com. The tree was incomplete. It is a paid site and I am…
Mommy and Poppy
Mary Mayme Emma Coyle (Mommy) and Franklin Arthur Bredimus (Poppy) Mommy died in 1948, the year before I was born. Poppy died in 1954 when…
Were Our Ancestors McDonald or McDannald?
Actually, both spellings were used. In some cases our family name was McDannald. See the attached 1930 census and the zoom to the lines for…
Franklin’s Mother – Barbara Brand
I found an unexpected bounty of information on Barbara Virginia Brand, who married Uncle Frank and gave birth to Cousin Franklin. I suppose it was…
Nancys Mother – Mary Louise Doherty
I’m still researching Nancy’s mother but I am struggling to find marriage records, birth records for Nancy, and death records for Mary Louise. When I…
Cean at College
The article changed your name to “Jean” again. In the days before automated spelling checks, editors would just guess. I thought you’d like to see…
Robert O. Bredimus
You’ll enjoy reading about Bobby’s sixth birthday. Also, I’ve attached an article about him I had never seen before. It is interesting that he made…
Nancy Bredimus in High School and College
It took awhile to locate these old photos and articles. Nancy graduated from Pompton Lakes HS in 1953. My oldest memories of our sister are…
Yearbooks
I’ve located free digital editions of some yearbooks and clipped a few images. I will need to do some more research on Nancy.Here are links…
Early Childhood of Cousin Franklin
Franklin Brand Bredimus (1936 to 2019) Apparently our Father treated Cean and Nancy very harshly. Mom sometimes mentioned it, but I was too young to…
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