Leo and Margaret Picnic with the In-laws
Hello, People. I hope you all had a satisfying Halloween. I costumed up as an accordion-playing gypsy and relaxed by my new Campfire-in-a-Can (so great) to serenade the trick-or-treaters walking by, and hand out … Continue reading
Scanner, Accordion, and Cousins: Welcome to 2015
Hello, People. I hope that your holidays were glorious, and that your new year is off to a happy, healthy start. At our house, a nasty cold has been knocking … Continue reading
Leonor, the Littlest Spielmann
I came across a few more images of my great-grand-aunt Leonor Spielmann/Spellman, the youngest of the Herman and Fanny Spielmann’s eight children. I’m sharing these new finds as well as re-publishing (in rough … Continue reading
1921 Was A Good Year for Babies
In my Sisyphean effort to sort, scan, and identify the hundreds and hundreds of pictures I dragged home from my grandmother’s house, I came across another image of my great-grand-aunt Hilda Spielmann/Spellman … Continue reading
Spielmanns at the Beach
Happy Friday, People! Here are an assortment of pictures of Spielmann family members at the beach — I hope your upcoming weekend includes something fun and relaxing too.
What Happened to Hilda?
My great-grandmother Margaret had many pictures of her younger sister, Hilda. They seemed to have a lot of fun together as young women, and Hilda clearly enjoyed posing for photos. She … Continue reading
Decades of Clues
Margaret Madness continues! The Spielmann family arrived in the United States in 1897 on the SS Trave out of Bremen, Germany. Most of what I know about the family prior to Margaret’s … Continue reading
The People of Pancho 