Tag: Iowa
Posted in Before 1900
Francois Bredimus Died at Age 43
Francois (Frank) Bredimus was our great-grandfather. I wondered why he died young at the age of 43 and our branch of the family had no…
Luxembourg then and now
If our Bredimus ancestors living in nineteenth-century Luxembourg were well-off, there might not be an American branch of the family. This was my thought when…
Posted in 1931 to 1960
Marriage License of Dad and Nancy’s Mom
I was delighted to discover the marriage license of Nancy’s parents. It is signed by Robert Leo and Mary Louise. They were married by a…
Earliest Bredimus Citations
I have nearly exhausted all the free genealogy sites plus my paid membership at newspapers dot com. I’ll use the resources of ancestry dot com…
Posted in 1900 to 1930
1915 Poppy and Family in Iowa
I wrote about Poppy earning $2,700 per year. That amounts to $70,000 in 2021 dollars. Not bad for someone who dropped out of school after…
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