In this lovely photo taken one hundred years ago for the Barnard College yearbook, The Mortarboard, Cornelia "Nina" Heal Dakin (1888-1963), class of 1912, is wearing her graduation cap and gown. She attended Barnard College in NYC from 1908 through 1911, but left school shortly after announcing her engagement to be married. What fascinates me … Continue reading Cornelia Dakin’s college years (1908-1911)
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Prayer card – Theresa Mosch Vespera
An often overlooked source of genealogical information are funeral prayer cards. The kind you pick up at the funeral home and maybe after a while you tuck it away in your bible or prayer book. At least that’s what our mother used to do with the prayer cards she saved. As she read the bible … Continue reading Prayer card – Theresa Mosch Vespera
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