Broida Family (Click for Family Tree) Rereading the obituary of Buster Broida/ Max Broida, it is sad to think that he ended up mostly alone, selling pari-mutuel tickets at the racetrack in between acting jobs, just to pay the bills. There was a brighter side of Hollywood, however, and Max likely saw some of that in … Continue reading Workday Wednesday: They just don’t make ’em like this anymore…
Broida Family, Springsteen Family (Click for Family Tree) The circus coming to town generated lots of excitement throughout the centuries, even through the first quarter of the 20th century. In times when the major public entertainments were lecturers, singers, some stage theater, and finally silent movies (until 1927 when ‘talkies’ were introduced), the circus brought exotic … Continue reading Wishful Wednesday: The Circus is in Town!
Broida Family Beerbower Family (Click for Family Tree) Today is the ‘blogiversary’ of Heritage Ramblings! We started writing two years ago and have told a whole lot of family stories since then. This has been a good year for our genealogy but challenging to find time to research and write. I know, I should write shorter posts … Continue reading Happy Blogiversary, HeritageRamblings!
Labor Day officially became a federal holiday in the United States in 1894. “The Gilded Age” included the rise of big business, like the railroads and oil companies, but laborers fought- sometimes literally- for their rights in the workplace. Grover Cleveland signed the law to honor the work and contributions, both economic and for society, … Continue reading Labor Day: Celebrating the Labors of Our Ancestors
➡ Broida Family Ancestor Continuing the discussion (see yesterday’s post) of what might be found in The Colorado State Archives, we received the following search result: BROIDA, Theodore D., ID 1248579, Marriage License, (no county listed), 1916-Aug 20 Theodore D. “Dave” Broida was the sixth of Gittel and John Broida’s eight sons, and married Lucy … Continue reading Wedding Wednesday: Theodore “Dave” Broida and Lucy M. Shatzke, 1916
