Orphaned Siblings Reunited 75 Years Later

Here’s a story from the Grand Rapids [Michigan] Press that’s both a heartwarmer and a tearjerker. In 1932, a destitute father dropped off six of his children at St. John’s Home, an orphanage in Grandville, Kent County, Michigan. On Saturday, the last of the children reunited. Some of the siblings have passed [...]

Orphaned Siblings Reunited 75 Years Later

Here’s a story from the Grand Rapids [Michigan] Press that’s both a heartwarmer and a tearjerker. In 1932, a destitute father dropped off six of his children at St. John’s Home, an orphanage in Grandville, Kent County, Michigan. On Saturday, the last of the children reunited. Some of the siblings have passed [...]

This and That

Reading through my e-mail this morning, I came across these little snippets of interesting items to share with my readers:

*The Dowagiac [Michigan] Daily News has a fascinating article about Verge Hawkins, who is lecturing on African-American history at the Museum at Southwestern Michigan College’s spring lecture series. He encourages families to study genealogy together [...]

This and That

Reading through my e-mail this morning, I came across these little snippets of interesting items to share with my readers:

*The Dowagiac [Michigan] Daily News has a fascinating article about Verge Hawkins, who is lecturing on African-American history at the Museum at Southwestern Michigan College’s spring lecture series. He encourages families to study genealogy together [...]

Adoptee Reunites with Biological Sisters

From the Muskegon [Michigan] Chronicle:

As a child, Joyanne Converse used to look in the mirror and wish she looked like somebody — anybody — in her family.
Someone with the same color hair. The same eyes.
The same smile.
The same nose.
But as the youngest of Ed and Lucille Bell’s five children growing up in Muskegon, all of [...]

Adoptee Reunites with Biological Sisters

From the Muskegon [Michigan] Chronicle:

As a child, Joyanne Converse used to look in the mirror and wish she looked like somebody — anybody — in her family.
Someone with the same color hair. The same eyes.
The same smile.
The same nose.
But as the youngest of Ed and Lucille Bell’s five children growing up in Muskegon, all of [...]

Adopted Son Finds Birth Mom…at Work

Both the Grand Rapids Press and the Muskegon Chronicle–newspapers from my ancestral cities in Michigan–carried this story, and no wonder! It’s one of those “truth is stranger than fiction” stories, and does it ever have an ending that will warm your heart!
For years, Steve Flaigg, an adoptee, had searched for his birth mother. [...]

Adopted Son Finds Birth Mom…at Work

Both the Grand Rapids Press and the Muskegon Chronicle–newspapers from my ancestral cities in Michigan–carried this story, and no wonder! It’s one of those “truth is stranger than fiction” stories, and does it ever have an ending that will warm your heart!
For years, Steve Flaigg, an adoptee, had searched for his birth mother. [...]

Robbins Reunion 2007

Sunday, November 4th was our annual Robbins Reunion/Thanksgiving Dinner/Fall Birthday Celebration that usually takes place at a buffet house in Spokane on the last Sunday of October. This year, due to scheduling conflicts for some of our family members, we moved it forward one week.
This tradition was started 14 years ago, when my son [...]

Robbins Reunion 2007

Sunday, November 4th was our annual Robbins Reunion/Thanksgiving Dinner/Fall Birthday Celebration that usually takes place at a buffet house in Spokane on the last Sunday of October. This year, due to scheduling conflicts for some of our family members, we moved it forward one week.
This tradition was started 14 years ago, when my son [...]