On a spring day in 1929, Helen Cordelia Kewin ran out of her house, screaming at a motorcycle riding by to quit making so much noise. She had just put down her fourteen-month-old baby to sleep, and he desperately needed his rest. Little baby Jack was dying, and Cordelia knew it. Cordelia's daughter, Mona, just … Continue reading I Know How Much You Love Him
Stories
Rainy Mondays and Spilled Milk
“She could ride her bicycle with one hand all right and she could even carry a malted milk in the other, but when Mona Kewin, 12, of 555 Seymour Ave., attempted to do both of these in the rain Monday she came to grief, according to a police report.” So began a newspaper article describing … Continue reading Rainy Mondays and Spilled Milk
Floyd and Lala Banister: Daily Diaries
Floyd and Lala Banister "daily diaries" from 1945 to 1980. Over the years, I have inherited 34 daily diaries kept by my great-grandparents, Floyd and Lala Banister, from 1945 to 1980. I met Floyd and Lala when I was a young child and have a few distinct memories of them. They lived in the house … Continue reading Floyd and Lala Banister: Daily Diaries
Serendipity and Family History 