I asked my family for questions that they would like me to answer on this blog. Questions below. Answers to follow.
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I have a question about our family’s migration north.
Over how many years did family members move from south to north?
Did everyone move to Detroit?
Did everyone leave the south or did some family members stay in the south?
If people stayed in the south were there visits back or were children sent south for the summer?
What happened to Josie’s daughter Bessie after she left George’s house?
Imani has a question: she wants to know if there are certain qualities or patterns that you have noticed in our families across the generations.
Any recurring medical conditions like high blood pressure?
Did we see an increase in life expectancy as more medical treatments where available.
Can you share any more information about John Williams, the man accused of shooting Lillian Louise Shoemaker? Or about his other victims?
Where was Mershell Graham (maternal grandfather) in 1900?
Where were his parents after the 1880 census?
How did he and Clifton Graham end up as “adopted” brothers?
Where is Harjo in the census and other records?
Why was he living such a life that his children died of starvation?