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It’s Grandpa Stuart! Thank you, Ancestry.com

February 9, 2016 Paula Stuart-Warren  Ancestry.com, Railroads, Slaker, Stuart  Leave a comment

I knew that more records from the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway and the Chicago and North Western Railroad were coming to Ancestry.com. Many years ago I had obtained information on great granduncles Louis Frederick Slaker and Frederick Slaker. At that time the Chicago and North Western Railroad Historical Society folks were not […]

A cemetery in California adapts to the 21st century

August 30, 2015 Paula Stuart-Warren  Cemetery, Family, Slaker  1 Comment

The 700 acre Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California, is joining in on saving water. According to an article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Rose Hills once required 293 million gallons of potable water a year, as much used in several cities. The article further states: “On Wednesday, the cemetery put an end […]

Proven: A private railroad car for L. F. Slaker

April 12, 2014November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren  Newspapers, Railroads, Slaker, Stuart  3 Comments

A family story is proven! Many years ago, I was told a similar story by two older relatives. Last night I found the proof of the story. The story was that my Great Granduncle Louis F. Slaker was so important with the Omaha railroad (Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha  Railway) to have his own […]

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories: Christmas Cards

December 5, 2009November 21, 2014 Paula Stuart-Warren  Christmas, Fisher, Rohr, Slaker  Leave a comment

My mother always sent Christmas cards and I loved those that arrived at our house when I was growing up. I loved to look at the return addresses and see where people lived. Very few people included a letter telling about their year and the family. Now when I receive one of those from a […]

Tombstone Tuesday — only because of a kind student

August 19, 2009 Paula Stuart-Warren  Cemetery, Family, Slaker  Leave a comment

Back in the 1990s I was teaching a class at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. That was pre-PowerPoint days! I don’t remember what the class topic was but it included an overhead of a letter from a cemetery I had contacted in the 1980s. It was from Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier, California. […]

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