Monthly Archives: June 2025

Fathers without fathers

So if you’re following along, you know I have been looking at my matriarchs. But Father’s Day and all the lovely posts my friends shared about their own fathers stirred me up enough to change the progression of these posts, … Continue reading

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Mothers without mothers

In the last chapter, I introduced you to Violet Chrudimsky, my maternal grandmother, a woman who rose from humble beginnings to become a 1920s socialite in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Today I’m moving to her mother-in-law, my great-grandmother Alice Louise Button Sellmer, … Continue reading

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