On this St. Patrick’s Day, I’d like to take a moment to tell you about my father’s mother — my Irish grandmother, Ellen. Irish Ellen’s people were from County Cork in Ireland. She was the youngest of 10. I am not sure if all the things she was came from her Irish blood, but I [...]
According to the handwriting on the back of this photograph it was taken in July of 1944 somewhere in Toledo, Ohio. The beautiful young woman in the photograph is Mrs. Robert L. Gorrell and she is 23 years old. The apple cheeked baby is Robert L. Gorrell, Jr. or Bobby. He is 14 months old. [...]
