Joseph Doll
Posted on June 6, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized
Joseph Doll, son of Alphonse and Leona Pulskamp Doll, died on Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Joseph was born on March 26, 1937 and passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2011.
Joseph was last known to be living in Crescent Springs, Kentucky.
He was preceded in death by his wife Gertrude.
Mass of Christian Burial Monday June 6, 2011, 1:00 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church, Ft. Mitchell.Visitation Monday June 6, 2011, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. at Blessed Sacrament Church, Ft. Mitchell .Reverend AL Ruschman officiating. Entombment at St. Mary Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell.
Donations may be made at any 5/3 Bank.
Posted on December 18, 2010 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today
Clarence Dickman, Jr., 86
I received a letter on December 17, my Dad’s birthday, from the daughter of Junior Dickman. I had corresponded with him regarding the Dickman side of our family and am very sorry I was not able to meet him in person. The weekend we had our World Wide Gathering of the Pulskamps the Dickmans were busy in Tell City celebrating their local history there. Below is the obituary for this cousin of ours.
Clarence E. (Junior) Dickman
TELL CITY – Clarence E. “Junior†Dickman Jr., 86, died at 3:20 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville, after a nine year battle with cancer. His family was at his side.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Clarence A. and Florence (Miles) Dickman; two sisters, Georgia Lee Howland and Marietta Kleeman and a brother-in-law, Martin Kleeman.
Junior was a Tell City High School graduate and a World War II Army veteran. He was married Aug. 16, 1947, to Mary Margaret Bartholet, who survives.
Junior worked for General Electric for 14 years and was the custodian of St. Paul’s Catholic Elementary School and St. Paul’s Catholic Church for 18 years before retiring. He enjoyed walking, dancing, playing euchre, gardening, working crossword puzzles and being with family. He was an avid sports fan of Indiana University, Notre Dame, Indianapolis Colts, St. Louis Cardinals and tennis.
Surviving is his wife of 63 years, Mary Margaret Dickman of Tell City; a son, Marty Lee Dickman and his wife, Donna, of Dale; three daughters, Christie Dickman of Indianapolis, Michaella Sims of Chandler and Marybeth Dickman of Tell City; three grandchildren, Brandon Sims and his wife, Jennifer, and Molly Sims of Chandler and Brianne Hammack and her husband, Shane, of Tell City; a sister-in-law, Junko Bartholet of Paron, Ark.; one great-grandson, Caine Michael Sims of Chandler.
The Mass of the Resurrection to celebrate his life was held Monday, Oct. 18 at St. Paul’s Catholic Church in Tell City. The Rev. Larry Richardts officiated. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Zoercher-Gillick Funeral Home in Tell City was in charge of arrangements.
He will be sadly missed by his family and friends. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, St. Jude’s Children Hospital or The Charlier Hospice Center in Evansville.
Irene F. (Wallpe) Jones
Posted on November 29, 2010 - Filed Under Uncategorized
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind. — Irene F. Jones, age 97, of Cambridge City, Ind., died on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010, at Arbor Trace in Richmond, Ind.
Irene F. Wallpe Jones
She was born in St. Mary’s, Ind., on Aug. 30, 1913, to Jacob and Anna (Pulskamp) Wallpe and had lived in the Cambridge City area since 1939. Irene was a homemaker. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Cambridge City, St. Elizabeth’s Altar Society and the Daughter’s of Isabella in Connersville.
Irene is survived by a daughter, Barbara Ann Jansing Gibson of Brookville, Ind.; two sons, Tom (Joyce) Jones of Riverside, Calif., and Ross (Lan) Jones of Huntington Beach, Calif.; eight grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 65 years, Roscoe T. Jones, who died on July 31, 2001; two sisters, Agnes and Olivia; and six brothers, Joseph, Alvin, Gerhard, Dick, Andrew and Albert.
The Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Cambridge City with Father Joseph Rautenberg officiating. Entombment will follow at Shrine of Memories Mausoleum in Connersville, Ind.
Friends may call from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010, at Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel in Cambridge City, Ind. The Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to a favorite charity.
Online condolences may be made at www.waskoms.com.
From the Valley City Times Record, Valley City, North Dakota
Posted on July 10, 2010 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today, Uncategorized
Sister is last link to story of war
| Tuesday, 06 July 2010 | |
| Is final survivor of Nazi incarceration
By Paul Riemerman Maryvale Sister Eloise Marie Pulskamp has become the last surviving member of a group of seven nuns from The Sisters of Mary of the Presentation who survived incarceration in a Nazi concentration camp in France during World War II. For the complete story, see the July 6, 2010 print edition of the Valley City Times-Record. |
Story about Joseph Pfister, friend of the Pulskamp Family in Celina
Posted on June 29, 2010 - Filed Under Family history
Cousin Daniel Hart wrote recently to tell me about the loss of his mother, Mary Bea Kohnen, granddaughter of J. Henry Pulskamp. She died June 9th 2010 and left Daniel and his siblings with some wonderful pieces of the Pulskamp history. One piece he is sharing with us is the a story from a 1978 History of Mercer County Ohio. The story is a biography of artist Joseph Pfister, who grew up with the large Pulskamp family in Celina, Ohio. He is the artist who did the painting, Dulah in Red which is posted on this website.
Text from story. (Not all the text, just the story part. If you need the entire text, let me know and I will forward the full PDF to you.)
Joseph Pfister, born March 3, 1895 in Newport, Ky. (died August 16, 1952 in Cincinnati, Ohio) received his early education at the Immaculate Conception School in Celina. Then he attended the Art Institute of Chicago and on June 15, 1917 received a certificate of completion of three and one-half years of drawing, antique life, painting and still life.
Pfister enlisted in the US Army September 18, 1917 at Celina. He served in Co. A 308th Engineers in the Aise-Ainse offensive Aug. 18-30, 1918; Ainse-Marne July 28-Aug. 6, 1918, Aesle sect. defensive Aug. 6-30, 1918; Meuse=Argonne offensive Oct. 9-Nov. 11; Chateau Thiery offensive July 12, 1918. Before he was sent overseas he was trained in the Military Trade School, Washington Barracks, D.C. and was awarded a certificate of achievement from the School of Photography. It was his job to sketch or to photograph bridges or other works that were blown up by the Germans. These sketches or photographs, often made from an airplane, were rushed to headquarters where the engineers made plans for restoration so that Allied forces could move ahead. After Armistice, Pfister was assigned to the Army of Occupation. He sketched German military fortifications along the Rhine. Honorable Discharge was received July 14, 1919. Then came two year scholarship at the Beaux Arts Institute in Paris an travel in Europe. At the Versailles Peace Conference he sketched Clemmenceau, the Old Tiger of France, a work that is in France today. Returning to USA, Pfister studied anatomy for a year at Flower Hospital in New York.
His major work was portrait painting. He had his studio in Chicago, in Celina, and after 1938 in Cincinnati. Pfister’s favorite commissions were the two portraits of Don Gentile, the flying ace of World War II who completed three hundred missions, which he did for the Gentile family and for a Piqua, Ohio veterans’ organization. In 1940 he painted the portrait of Pope Pius XII, whom he had never seen. The war prevented his going to Rome, so he resorted to other portraits, photographs, and the descriptions of people who knew the pope. Most Reverent Archbishop John T. McNichols offered many helpful criticism of the work. Another portrait which was received with much publicity an acclaim was that of President Truman done in 1946.
A collection of clippings, exhibition catelogues, photographs of his works, document, by and about Joseph Pfister are in the file of the Cincinnati Art Museum Library donated by Mrs. Donald M. Wood. She is Anna Lee Pfister Wood, daughter of Leo an Margaret Pfister, and she has the following collection of Joseph Pfister’s works in her Cincinnati home. Franklin D. Roosevelt; Federal Judge Frank L. Kloeb of Toledo; President Harry Truman; Governor John W. Bricker; John Francis Beckmeyer (?); John MacGrego (?); Dulah in Red Velvet; Miss Dulah Pulskamp; The Misses Alexandra and Mary; Miss Nathalie Fleish (?); Woman Wearing Orchids; Mrs. Albert Gearson (?); Orchids; Venus de Milo; Football Game; Expulsion; Broadway Chorus Girl (chalk); Hiawatha; Sketch for a Proposed Mural; Charcoal studies of: Josephine Pfister; Pius Pfister; Three watercolors: As You Like It — Roselinda; Falstaff; Midsummer Night’s Dream; One oil cartoon: Dorothy’s Little Boxer.
Biography of Joseph Pfister, friend of Pulskamp Family of Celina
John B. Pulskamp and Rose Pulskamp
Posted on April 28, 2010 - Filed Under Family history
I came across a 1902 Cincinnati City Directory listing the following, and wonder if anyone can clarify for me who these folks are:
Edw. H. Pulskamp, draftsman, 507 E. Pearl res. St. Bernard
George H. Pulskamp, printer, h. 427 Woodward
Henry, elev man, h. 427 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, candymkr, h. 1355 Pendleton
Rose Pulskamp, h. bkbinder 427 Woodward
The folks on Woodward could be Henry Theodore John Pulskamp, who came from Germany at age five and his son George Henry Pulskamp who ended up in the state hospital, and Rose could be Henry Theodore John’s daughter Rose Mary Pulskamp, born 1874, died 1940, never married. Does that sound correct to everyone?
John B. Pulskamp could be Henry Theodore John’s son, but I always thought of him as a furniture maker. He owned Dams and Pulskamp Furniture Mfg Company and was my grandfather’s father.
Edward H. could be the son of Herman Heinrich but he moved to Celina at some point. Does anyone know if he worked as a draftsman in Cincinnati in 1902?
1861 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Herman Pulskamp, plow stocker, wks 10 W 7th
1862 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
H. Pulskamp, plowmkr, wks 10 W. 7th
Hy Pulskamp, chair mkr, bds 13 Bremen
1866 Cincinnati City Directory
Henry Pulskamp, chair mkr wks 166 W 2d
1867 Cincinnati City Directory
H. Pulskamp, chair mkr wks 166 W 2d
1878 Cincinnati City Directory lists Dams & Pulskamp, 247 Sycamore
Henry Pulskamp, (Dams & P) h. 28 Jones
1880 Cincinnati City Directory lists Dams & Pulskamp, 247 Sycamore
Dams, Herman, (D & Pulskamp) h. 170 Pleasant
Dams & Pulskamp, (Herman D & Henry P.) furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
1881 Cincinnati City Directory lists
Dams, Herman, h. 170 Pleasant
Dams & Pulskamp, (Herman D & Henry P.) furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
Dams & Pulskamp, 247 Sycamore
1882 Cincinnati City Directory lists
Dams & Pulskamp, 247 Sycamore
1883 Cincinnati City Directory lists Herman Dams (D & Pulskamp ) h. 170 Pleasant
Dams & Pulskamp (Herman D & Henry P.) furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
Dams & Pulskamp, 247 Sycamore
1884 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Dams & Pulskamp ,247 Sycamore
Henry Pulskamp, (Dams & P) h. 28 Jones
John Pulskamp, wood carver, h. 28 Jones
1885 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Henry Pulskamp, (Dams & P) h. 170 Woodward
John Pulskamp, h. 170 Woodward
John Pulskamp, varnisher, h. 105 David
Herman Dams (D & Pulskamp ) h. 154 Spring
Dams & Pulskamp (Herman D & Henry P.) furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
1886 Cincinnati City Directory lists Herman Dams (D & Pulskamp ) h. 55 Elder
Dams & Pulskamp (Herman D & Henry P.) furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
Henry Pulskamp (Dams & P), h. n e c Spring and Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, 96 Woodward
Jos. L. Pulskamp, upholsterer, 96 Woodward
Lizzie Pulskamp, h. 29 Dandridge
1887 Cincinnati City Directory shows
Henry Pulskamp (Dams & P), h. n e c Spring and Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, 96 Woodward
Jos. L. Pulskamp, upholsterer, 96 Woodward
Herman Dams (D & Pulskamp ) h. 55 Elder
Dams & Pulskamp (Herman D & Henry P.) furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
1888 Cincinnati City Directory shows
Henry Pulskamp pres The Dams & Pulskamp Manuf. Co. 247 Sycamore h. 96 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, h. 96 Woodward
Jos. Pulskamp, Upholsterer, h. 96 Woodward
Dams, Harry, wood carver, h. 55 Elder
Dams, Herman, secy. and treas. The Dams & Pulskamp Manuf. Co. 247 Sycamore, h 55 Elder
Dams & Pulskamp Manuf. Co. (The) Henry Pulskamp, pres; Herman Dams, secy. and treas.; parlor furniture frames, 247 Sycamore
1890 Cincinnati City Directory shows
Henry Pulskamp (The Dams & Pulskamp Manuf. Co.) h. 96 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, h. 96 Woodward
1891 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Henry Pulskamp, pres. The Dams & Pulskamp Manuf Co. 249 Sycamore, h. 96 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, h. 97 Pendleton
Rosa Pulskamp, saleslady 33 Lock h. 96 Woodward
1892 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Henry Pulskamp, pres. The Dams & Pulskamp Manuf Co. 249 Sycamore, h. n w c Spring and Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, h. 97 Pendleton
Rosa Pulskamp, packer, h. 96 Woodward
Dams, Edward, carver, h. 170 Pleasant
Dams, Elizabeth wid. Herman, h. 170 Pleasant
Dams, Harry, carver 170 Pleasant
Dams & Pulskamp Manuf. Co (The) Henry Pulskamp, pres.: Jos. V. Dinger, secy and treas: furniture frames, 249 Sycamore
1893 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Henry T. Pulskamp, 164 Broadway
1894 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Emma Pulskamp, dressmkr, 109 Woodward
Henry T. Pulskamp, chair mkr 109 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, 103 Pendleton
Rosa Pulskamp, labeler, 109 Woodward
1896 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Emma Pulskamp, dressmkr, 427 Woodward
Henry Pulskamp, elevator man, 427 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, wood carver, h. 1355 Pendleton
1897 Cincinnati City Directory lists Dams & Pulskamp, 107 Wade
Geo H. Pulskamp mach h. 427 Woodward
Henry J. Pulskamp, elevator man h. 427 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, 1355 Pendleton
1898 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo. Pulskamp, printer, h. 427 Woodward
Henry J. Pulskamp, elevatorman, h. 427 Woodward
John B. Pulskamp, carver, h. 1355 Pendleton
1901 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Edw.H. Pulskamp, draftsman 507 E Pearo res St. Bernard
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer h. 427 Woodward
Henry J. Pulskamp, elevatorman h. 427 Woodward
John B Pulskamp, carver h 1355 Pendleton
Rose Pulskamp, bkbinder, h. 427 Woodward
1904 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer h. 1047 Rittenhouse
Henry J. Pulskamp, elevatorman h. 427 E 13th
John B. Pulskamp, foreman candymkr 27 W Court h. 1355 Pendleton
1906 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer h. 427 Woodward
Henry J. Pulskamp, elevatorman h. 427 E 13th
John B. Pulskamp, foreman candymkr 27 W Court h. 1355 Pendleton
1907 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
E.H. Pulskamp, draftsman 610 Baymiller res St. Bernard
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer h. 1047 Rittenhouse
Henry J. Pulskamp, elevatorman h. 427 E 13th
John B. Pulskamp, foreman candymkr 27 W Court h. 1355 Pendleton
1909 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer wks s e c 9th and Cutter
Henry Pulskamp, clk 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp elev man h. 427 E 13th
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
1911 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer wks s e c 9th and Cutter
Henry Pulskamp, shoemaker, h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp elev op h. 427 E 13th
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
1912 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer wks s e c 9th and Cutter
Henry, shoemaker, h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp elev op h. 427 E 13th
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
Rosie Pulskamp, bookwkr, 427 E 13th
1913 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer wks n e c 8th and Cutter
Henry, shoemaker, h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp 1334 California
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
Rosie Pulskamp, bookwkr, 427 E 13th
1914 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Geo H. Pulskamp, printer wks n e c 8th and Cutter
Henry, shoemaker, h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp 1334 California
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
1915 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Henry Pulskamp, sole agt h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp 1334 California
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
Rose Pulskamp, bkbinder, h 1334 California Av
1916 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
Janitor Supply (Henry J. Pulskamp & John Menkhaus) 706 Reading Rd
Henry J. Pulskamp, h 1334 California Av
Henry J. Pulskamp (Janitor Supply Co.) 706 Reading Rd h rear 1341 Pendleton
John B Pulskamp foreman candymkr 27 W Court h rear 1341 Pendleton
Rose Pulskamp, bkbinder, h 1334 California Av
1917 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
H. J. Pulskamp, prop Janitors Supply Co 113 E Court h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp h 1334 California Av
John B. Pulskamp forman candymaker 27 W. Court h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Jos H. Pulskamp, clk 216 E. 6th, h rear 1341 Pendleton
Rose Pulskamp, bkbinder, h 1334 California Av
1918 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
H. J. Pulskamp, h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Henry J. Pulskamp, h. 1334 California Av
Henry B. Pulskamp forman candymaker 27 W. Court h. rear 1341 Pendleton
Jos H. Pulskamp, clk 216 E. 6th, h rear 1341 Pendleton
Louise M. Pulskamp, maid, 3424 Mooney Av
Rose Pulskamp, bkbinder, h 1334 California Av
1923 Cincinnati City Directory shows:
John B. Pulskamp 1608 Young
Jos. H. Pulskamp 1608 Young
All interesting questions.
Update on the Original Farmstead
Posted on November 6, 2009 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today
Those of you who were able to attend the World Wide Gathering of the Pulskamps (August 1-3, 2008) probably got a chance to visit the original Pulskamp farmstead. This is the property which Herman H. Pulskamp bought in Indiana just weeks after landing in America. The property was for sale in 2008 and my second cousin, Barry Pulskamp, was happy to purchase it for his family. Barry and his wife had been looking for a property in the country, so it all came together perfectly. They invited the whole family to visit and many of us did, some arriving in hay wagons pulled by cousin Leon’s antique tractors.
Barry has sent me an update on the property. They have removed the old house that was on the property. (It had been built some time after the original homestead had burnt down, so it held no real historical interest.) They are having a lovely home built on the site and they have put in a pond, which is filling up from natural rainfall. Barry sent an aerial view of the property. Notice the trees along the drive on the left of the photo? Those trees were planted by our ancestors and once lined the drive to the original house.
Pulskamp Farm 2009
One Less Pulskamp
Posted on November 5, 2009 - Filed Under Family history, Pulskamps Today
My father’s cousin, Raymond “Footsie” Pulskamp died recently in Cincinnati.
Robert and Raymond "Footsie" Pulskamp
In this photo, Raymond is on the left. The photo was probably taken during a visit to Cincinnati by my Dad’s family but could have been sent to his family from the Cincinnati family.
PULSKAMP Raymond “Footsie” Loving devoted partner for 27yrs. of Antoinette “Toni” Mellett. Dear father of Sue (Steve) Ulmer, Lynn (Dan) Meiners, Ray (Jackie) and David (Teresa) Pulskamp, Tom (Beth) Mellett and Katie (Jonathan) Pillow. Devoted grandpa of 16. Dear brother of Helen “Sis” Cassidy, Jinny and Robert Pulskamp. Also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and friends. Preceeded in death by brother Joseph Pulskamp and grandson Robbie Meiners. Died suddenly Oct. 29, 2009 Age 71yrs. Retired Cinti. Fireman. Visitation Monday 5-8pm at Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home 3155 Harrison Ave., Westwood. Mass of Christian Burial 10:30am Tuesday at St. Catharine Church, Westwood. Burial Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorials to the Cancer Society, 2808 Reading Rd. (45206)neidhardminges.com |
A Very Precious Find
Posted on October 8, 2009 - Filed Under Family history
This afternoon my Mom gave me an old ledger book she found among my aunt’s papers. The book belonged to my grandfather, Henry John Pulskamp, starting in 1918. The first page includes a little table of contents, listing a number of interesting things in it, including a collection of Odd Information starting on page 35. But the item that caught my attention first was Family History Page 75.
On Page 75, my grandfather listed data about his birth and my grandmother’s birth, then their wedding information. The next part was where the fun really started. He wrote a description of the night my father, his first child was born. The text is included here. (I am at my Mom’s at the moment, or I would scan it for you all to see.)
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John Joseph Pulskamp (Son)
On Thur. evening, Dec 16th, Agnes and myself retired at the usual time. (10 P.M.) Both slept sound until 1 A.M. Dec 17th, when Agnes complained of intense pains in certain organic regions. I at once, diagnosed them as the beginning of things important, so I dressed and left the house at 2 A.M. to notify Mrs. S– an old maternity nurse. She not being at home, went to Agnes’ Ma’s house and requested her to come to our home at once. She agreed, so I left and very hastily returned home to Agnes, to find her resting easily. Then I phoned for Dr. Cubbison at 3 A.M., and he arrived at 3:45 A.M. , shortly after Mrs. O’Keefe and Julia arrived.
After a brief consultation, the Doctor decided to wait a few hours, so we sat in the kitchen speaking of general topics.
About 7 A.M. we again went in to see Agnes, to ascertain the intensity of her pain, and after learning of them, the Doctor decided to begin work. From 7 to 7:45 A.M. he coaxed and tenderly urged Agnes to put forth her best efforts, and after about a dozen attempts, she was successful.
The dear child, John, was born at 7:45 A.M., and entered the world with a lusty yell. Agnes, my dear wife, bore it all so bravely and patiently, then when the crisis was past, she seemed quite weakened and tired.
I, the daddy, was the first one to hold the child after he was born, and too I was the first one to kiss Agnes, after the difficulties were over.
The weather was fair and about 30º above zero. Snow was on the ground, and at the time the boy was born, it was already daylight. The new moon was in the first quarter.
Baptized Sunday Dec 26th 1920 2 P.M. St. James Church, Wilkinsburg, Pa by Fr. Stephen Walsh, the same priest who married us, and also the one who baptized Agnes, at St. Agnes Church in 1894. Sponsors Geo. W. Scott, and his wife Kath O’Keefe Scott.
Received First Holy Comm. Sund Apr. 14th 1929. Sacred Heart Church Los Angeles. Rev. Geo. Donahue Msgr.
Some photos of my Dad’s family
Posted on September 3, 2009 - Filed Under Family history
I heard that my aunt had thrown out all the photos when she cleaned the house after Grandma Agnes Pulskamp died so I was surprised to find these two photos from my Dad’s childhood. The kids are John Joseph Pulskamp (my Dad), Thomas H. Pulskamp, and Anna Mary Pulskamp. Pretty cute kids, if you ask me!
JJ, Tommy, and Anna Mary in a row