USS Bush
Thursday, May 29 2014 10:02 AM
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Larksfield Place Resident Dan Tontz was an officer aboard the USS Bush (DD 529) from 1944 to 1945. A native Kansan, he joined the destroyer shortly before the invasion of the Philippines, and stayed aboard until the USS Bush was s…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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WW II Years - Leone Bare
Thursday, May 29 2014 10:02 AM
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“Not that date,” I wailed.
“Yes, I have to be in Kansas City on that date to be inducted into the army,” answered my husband, Corwin. “That date” was August 17, 1943, which hap…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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The Nunemachers: They came and stayed and lived
Thursday, May 29 2014 10:01 AM
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Sixty-three years ago, Monday, September 15, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, W. R. Nunemacher and his father, Captain C. B. Nunemacher, arrived in Ashland...
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The Life and Times of William Peyton Browning
Thursday, May 29 2014 10:00 AM
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Back in the earlier part of the twentieth century there seemed to be such great interest in our country's history. Especially was this true of the then more recent American history, much of which had to do with the American Civil …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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The Bronze Sculpture Life of Dorothy Koelling
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:59 AM
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The Chapters of our Lives - Wendell D. Waldie
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:59 AM
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My father was born in Minden, Missouri, across the state line from Pittsburg, Kansas. His parents were full blood Scots. They moved to the Pittsburg, Kansas area where Granddad worked in the coal mines...
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Stampless Letters and Stampless Covers - Boulton B. Miller Ph.D.
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:58 AM
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The title makes a distinction between stampless letters and stampless covers. The term stampless covers is well recognized by the American Philatelic Society and by philatelists the world over...
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The American Peoples' College Abroad---Oetz, Austria
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:58 AM
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The train ride through Switzerland into Austria was one of the most beautiful I have ever enjoyed. The Swiss Alps raised their jagged teeth up from fields of grain, grasses, and colorful wild flowers. Many lakes dotted the country…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Say Cheese Please: Family Portraits - Nelda Kell
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:57 AM
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"This is the place to be." How often I heard that from friends who lived at Larksfield Place in Wichita, Kansas! Even in the early years when everything was just getting started...
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Sailing to Europe on the White Star Line in 1936
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:56 AM
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They say getting there is half the fun. And so it was. In those days traveling to Europe was only possible by ship. In 1936, when I made the trip to do graduate study for two months and to see the Olympic Games in Berlin...
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Random Thoughts About Growing Up - Verne Laing
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:55 AM
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There was something nice, even pleasant, about being born and raised in a small town in northwestern Nebraska early in the 20th Century. Alliance, Box Butte County, Nebraska, probably had a population of 2,500...
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Oral History By Nelda Kell
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:54 AM
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Today is Wednesday, October 22, 1997. The time is 2:25 p.m. I am Rita Pearce, a graduate student of the Elliott School of Communication at Wichita State University. This afternoon I am interviewing Mrs. Nelda Kell...
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Our Sojourn - Phyllis E. Breckbill
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:54 AM
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Louis Percy Latimer was born April 28, 1884, in Industry, Clay County, Kansas to Louis Napoleon Latimer and Marie Berger Latimer. In May 1892, L.N. Latimer moved his family to a 640-acre ranch...
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Oral History By Kenneth Thompson
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:53 AM
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Today is June 30, 1998. The time is about 2:15. I’m Rita Pearce, a graduate student in the Elliott School of Communication at the Wichita State University. This afternoon, I’m interviewing Kenneth Thompson...
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Oral History By Esther Wenzel
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:52 AM
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Today is Thursday, July 9, 1998. The time is 2:15 p.m. I am Rita Pearce, a graduate student at the Elliott School of Communication at the Wichita State University. This afternoon I am interviewing Esther Wenzel...
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Oral History By Faye Bertholf McCoy
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:52 AM
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Today is Friday, November 12, 1997. The time is 1:45 PM. I am Shakila Saifullah, a graduate student of the Elliott School of Communication at the Wichita State University. This afternoon, I am interviewing Mrs. Faye Berthoff …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Oral History By Dorothy Koelling
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:51 AM
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Today is Monday, December 1st, 1997. The time is 2:52 p.m. I am Rita Pearce, a graduate student of the Elliott School of Communication at The Wichita State University. This afternoon I am interviewing Dorothy Koelling...
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Oral History - Ruth Clow
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:50 AM
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It is May 14, 1998. The time is 3:30 p.m. I am Shakila Saifullah, a graduate student of the Elliot School of Communication at Wichita State University. This afternoon I am interviewing Ruth Clow...
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Oral history - Shannon Yust
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:50 AM
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Today is Wednesday, November 9, 1998. The time is about 12:35. I am a graduate student of the Elliott School of Communications. My name is Shannon Yust. This afternoon I am interviewing Mrs. Mary Clark...
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Oral History - Herman "Ike" Crawford
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:49 AM
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Today is Thursday, July 2nd, 1998. The time is 2:30 p.m. I am Rita Pearce, a graduate student of the Elliott School of Communication at the Wichita State University. This afternoon, I am interviewing Herman Crawford, otherwise kno…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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On the Move - Mary Clark
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:48 AM
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I was born in Tonganoxie, Kansas, which is about 40 miles from Kansas City. I went to many different schools, almost a different school every year. My schoolteachers never knew how to spell Tonganoxie...
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My First 83 Years - Ernest W. Crow
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:47 AM
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I was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1920. We lived on Hiram Street directly across from Friends University where my father taught. I spent much of my early childhood playing on the campus...
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My Memory Lane
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:47 AM
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I hope that it’s not too soon, after this fine breakfast and at this relatively early hour in the day, for you to be receptive to the suggestion of taking a short trip with me. It’s the kind of trip we all take, no dou…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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My Family - Frances Linde
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:46 AM
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My family had many branches on both sides. My father’s mother was a lovely lady, aristocratic, with nice antecedents. Her husband died early. I never saw him. She had two sons and two daughters. One daughte…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Memories of My Dream - Glenn Samuel Baltzley
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:35 AM
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The Baltzleys moved from the Rhine Valley of Switzerland and Germany and settled in Pennsylvania in the 1800's. The exact locations in Pennsylvania are lost to memory because they represented my family's temporary homes...
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Memoirs of a World War II Army Surgeon - Robert L. Kasha, M.D.
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:34 AM
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It's hard to believe it has been sixty years since I heeded my country's call and turned in my surgeon's greens for olive drab. I certified thousands of young men for service in the early years of that long-ago war. Later, I cared…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Intergenerational Interview - Elinor Brownlee
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:33 AM
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On January 22, 1918, Elinor Brownlee was born. At the time she had an older brother named James Albert who was three and soon two more siblings Dorothy and Lawrence.
When she was four, she attended first grade in a one…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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I Remember When...Stories and Embroidery - Eula May Nunemacher
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:32 AM
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People nowadays talk about parents who spank their children. Well, Robert and I got spanked-sometimes it was a swat with a hand on the seat of our pants-sometimes with a yardstick. I don't think we ever got hurt. Oh, our feelings …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Ike Crawford - Julie Schurman, Van Winter, Spencer Fast
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:32 AM
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Herman Crawford known as "Ike" was born December 15, 1912, in Summer County, Kansas. He is married to Pauline Crawford and has no children but many other relatives. As a child he had no siblings but was very close to his cousin. H…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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I Like Friends... I Like People - Melinda L. Banks
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:31 AM
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I don't know a lot about my grandparents. Both of my grandmothers were dead before I was born. When my mother was eighteen, her mother died. My dad's mother died when he was four years old. Both of my grandmothers...
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Honest Ike - Herman "Ike" Crawford
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:30 AM
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I was born in Sumner County, Kansas. That's the adjoining county, just south of Wichita. The doctor didn't really get there on time, but when he did, he said that my grandmother did a great job. My early childhood was on the …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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How I Played the Game - Elinor B. Amstutz
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:30 AM
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In 1997, a charming student interviewer from Wichita State University came to our home at Larksfield Place with her tape recorder to chat with me about the subjects on a questionnaire I had received earlier. The time went fast and…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Greetings from the Past: Antique Post Cards - Sylvia Dewey Muse
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:29 AM
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I was born on Valentine's Day, 1911. The following picture postal cards were sent to me between the years 1912 and 1924. I share them with you and hope they will give you just as much pleasure as they have given me...
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Hello From Home - Pat Taylor
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:29 AM
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WHITEHORSE, Y.T., Oct. 16- (Delayed)- First contingent of the Woman’s Army corps to be sent north by the Alaskan division, air transport command, has arrived at the Whitehorse army air base. The final flight arrived here at …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Gandy Dancing & Salt Mines - Ralph E. Copher, Jr.
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:23 AM
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I’m Ralph Eugene Copher, Jr. and I was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 26, 1924. My parents were living in Troy, Missouri, which is the county seat of Lincoln County. It is the second county north of St. Louis C…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Fred Murfin - Gerry Chang, Michael Estivo, Bilal Hassan
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:22 AM
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Fred Murfin was born on February 18, 1919. He was born in El Dorado, Kansas. He moved to Wichita and attended Robinson Elementary School. He went to College Hill Middle School. When he got to high school he attended East High. He …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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From One of the Carroll Avenue Gang - Mary Louise Meyer Webster
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:22 AM
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I had a happy childhood, but my father died when I was nine years old. That was a terribly traumatic event that took place, and I think it must have colored my outlook on things...
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Felix Asla: F-86 Fighter Pilot - Roy Wenzl
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:21 AM
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Mist fell gray through the glare of depot lights. In the passenger shelter the family huddled close - Dad, Mom and their two "little stinkers," as Dad called them. Terry could feel the Oregon damp on his face. In the hard shadows,…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Faye McCoy
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:20 AM
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Faye McCoy was born on October 3, 1913, near Spivey, Co. Kingman, Kansas. She grew up in a new farmhouse, along with her parents, Lin and Mable (Haden) Bertholf, a brother, Lloyd, and a sister...
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Faye Bertholf McCoy: Childhood in South-Central Kansas
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:19 AM
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The memories of my childhood are a collage of pleasant experiences. I was born in our farm home, which had just been completed. I have often wondered, in later years, if my advent was somewhat of a surprise, and perhaps even a sma…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Eula May Nunemacher - Cana Wilson, Katie Futo, Asher Fusco, Scot
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:16 AM
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Eula May Nunemacher had a very interesting early life with many highlights in it. She lived in the small town of Ashland, Kansas, about fifty miles south of Dodge City. She lived about one and a half blocks...
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Ethel Sloan Burke - Spencer Sherman, Holly Messamore, Jeff Wood
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:12 AM
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There were six people in Ethel Sloan's family. Her father John built a house out of cement blocks. All of the girls slept in one room. The oldest one was Irene, then Martha and Jessie, and finally Ethel. Ethel was born on October …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Ernest Crow
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:11 AM
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Earnest W. Crow was born on January 6,1920 in Wichita Kansas. He was born at Wesley hospital in Wichita. His parents H. Earnest Crow and Lena Whitaker raised him to be a very good man. He had a brother named James F. Crow who was …Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Echoes of Yesterday - Joseph M. Smith
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:10 AM
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My parents named me Josephus Smith, but I changed it later on down the line because I didn't like the "Sephus." When I went to school, most of the kids would always be singing.
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Dorothy Koelling - Tanner Anderson, William Patterson, Sarah Wil
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:09 AM
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Dorothy Koelling was born on October 16, 1913, in Caldwell, Kansas. In her middle and high school years nothing of great importance happened in the United States as a whole, but her rural life was much to be accounted for...
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Don Moore: Back in the Day - Christian Corrigan, Will Barrier, A
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:05 AM
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In the seventh grade Don Moore made average grades but still was a good student. In the town of Eldon, Missouri, he had only one schoolteacher who taught mathematics, English, and music. He remembers gym class, but since the…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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By The Way - Charles Henry Gray
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:04 AM
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I was born on August 2, 1910 in Red River, Oklahoma. There was nine chil’ren in my family—three boys and six girls. We were raised on the farm, and we was poor farmers, but we were on our own farm..…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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Beauty in the Sanctuary - Elinor B. Amstutz
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:02 AM
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In 1972 Dorothy Paynter, a long time member of this church, asked if I would talk to a tour group from the Art Association about the stained glass windows in our church. I said, “yes” thinking I would go to t…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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A Story For You - Faye Bertholf McCoy
Thursday, May 29 2014 9:00 AM
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When I was but a tiny girl, my Daddy used to say: "I'll tell you a story About Old Mother Morey, And now my story's begun; Then I'll tell you another...\
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A Regular Boy - Robert Starke
Thursday, May 29 2014 8:59 AM
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I was born May 2, 1906 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a textile mill town, about 255 miles north of Boston. In our family, we had my father, my mother, and five children. One of the children actually lived and died before I was born.…Categorized In I, Witness To History
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A Journey Through Life - Theodore K. Sharp
Thursday, May 29 2014 8:58 AM
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I was born in the state of Idaho in 1909, where my father was in the Indian service. He was stationed at a deactivated military post called Fort Lapwai, which was about fifteen miles from the town...
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A Fair Adventure: A Tribute to My Parents
Thursday, May 29 2014 8:51 AM
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My parents, James P. and Margaret Brennan, were products of the western movement. Their grandparents had emigrated from Ireland and Scotland, settling in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada...
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