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S5E27 S5E27 - Stockton State
A finish to the story of my great‑grandfather, Thomas O’Connor — a man whose life began hopefully in Ireland, endured immigration, hard work, three marriages, and ended during the Great Depression in…
S5E26 S5E26 - A Baseball Life
This episode centers on the baseball life of my grandfather Gerald Desmond and the baseball scrapbook he kept as a child from 1906 to about 1914. http://oconnor.home.blog
S4E25 S4E25 - Marble and Stained Glass
A statue and windows in our parish church in Sacramento make a connection to ancestors on both sides of my family.Episode link
S4E24 S4E24 - Ghosted
My great-grandfather migrates from Nebraska to Colorado and on to California during the 1920s, leaving a great deal behind in his wake.Episode Link
S3E23 S3E23 - On This Christmas Day
I thought it would be worth remembering my great-grandfather on this 100th anniversary of his passing. Episode Link
S3E22 S3E22 - The Victim
In 1898, my 2X great-grandfather Baldwin Gardiner was shot and killed after a botched robbery and a daring chase over San Francisco rooftops. Episode Link
S2E21 S2E21 - Working on the Railroad
In this episode, I take a look at my family’s relationship to one of the major industries that employed several of my ancestors – the railroads. Episode link
S1E20 S1E20 - The Cure
With COVID raging and the current occupant of the White House suggesting wild cures, I look back into my family tree where a not-so-reliable treatment scam figured into the life of one of my third…
S1E19 S1E19 - Pandemic
In this episode, as I shelter-in-place under the coronavirus epidemic, I look into how some of my ancestors endured the Influenza Epidemic of 1918. Episode link
S1E18 S1E18 - The Worst Season
In this episode, a great-uncle endures drought and hardship on a Dakota farm once part of the territory of the Lakota Sioux that was broken up and sold under the Dawes Act of 1887. Episode link
S1E17 S1E17 - The Absconder
In this post, I continue the story of Baldwin Gardiner, who over the course of his life appears to have been a name borrower, a home-wrecker, and a financial absconder in 19th-century San Francisco.…
S1E16 S1E16 - Thomas and Rose
In this episode, I pick up the saga of the O’Connor family after settling in Nebraska, particularly the story of my great-grandparents Thomas O’Connor and Rose Burry. Episode link
S1E15 S1E15 - Prisoner of Rock Island
In this episode, I introduce a 2x great-grandfather on my mother’s side who, among other things, was a Confederate POW during the Civil War and an early settler of the town of Fresno. Episode link
S1E14 S1E14 - Homestead
In this episode, we continue Michael O'Connor's journey from Ireland in 1884 to a homestead outside of Grand Island, Nebraska. Episode link
S1E13 S1E13 - Clerk Stories
In this episode, I take a look at the long public service career of my great-grandfather, Michael Desmond, who held municipal offices during the Progressive Era of the early 20th century. Episode link
S1E12 S1E12 - Their Guilty Union
In this episode, my second great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Ward, gets divorced, then marries, and dies – all on the same day. Episode link
S1E11 S1E11 - Push and Pull
In this episode, we visit a non-Irish branch of my family tree and explore what brought them from a little village in Switzerland into the heartland of America. Episode link
S1E10 S1E10 - Pretty Houses
This episode started out as an attempt to find out more about a duplex that I own in East Sacramento, but I ended up learning more about the people who built it. Episode link
S1E9 S1E9 - Off to California 1851
In this episode, we take a closer look at the first Baldwin Gardiner from New York and his journey to California during the Gold Rush. Episode link
S1E8 S1E8 - The First Boycott
In this episode, my great-great grandfather Michael O'Connor participates in the very first boycott, and in a way, initiates his own. Episode link
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