So, I haven’t really been working too hard to pin down the Cobe's exact origins in Ireland. Mostly because I am just at a loss. So, I joined a British Isle’s Facebook group and made an inquiry to see if there were any other Irish Cobe researchers across the pond (I’m that desperate, I’m down … Continue reading The Cobe Dilemma
Category: Rhoades
Therapy in Writing
This is a post that is mostly not genealogical. It will be the hardest article I have ever written. And I am doing it for my own therapy so bear with me. You don’t have to read it. My grandfather and his younger brother, with their dog c. 1930s I occasionally come across family history prompts involving the … Continue reading Therapy in Writing
Piecing together Eleanor Jane Newell Stockford
Dearest family. I worry that the mechanics of genealogy bore you despite my excitement at being able to extend another line just a little bit further. So, the first part of this post will be to tell the story of Eleanor Cobe's grandmother, Eleanor Jane Newell, and I hope it is interesting. Then I will end it with … Continue reading Piecing together Eleanor Jane Newell Stockford
An Ode to Father
It is Father’s day weekend! What better way to pay homage to my father than to post memories as written by him. The following is an abbreviated autobiography written by my father and slightly edited by me for blogging purposes. He grew up in a small South Dakota village; a place that he’s been known … Continue reading An Ode to Father
Letters Home – Russell Islands 1943
Upon returning to the Pacific, the USS Massachusetts, powered by Fireman First Class Kenney Rhoades (and others) took part in more training while the U.S. beefed up her defensive strategy and finalized plans to transition to an offensive-defensive phase. There are indications that Kenney did write more letters during these months, but these have been lost … Continue reading Letters Home – Russell Islands 1943
