Person/Place/Thing |
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Anna Mae Paquette |
Geneva's childhood friend
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Aunt Anna Hartwell |
Naomi's aunt; Geneva's great aunt
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Aunt Grace Cahow |
Fergie's aunt; Ben Cahow's wife; Nellie Ferguson's cousin
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Aunt Laura McArthur |
Laura; Aunt L.; Naomi's aunt; Tom William's sister; Geneva's great aunt;
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Aunt Minnie |
Letter from Geneva to Fergie 02/14/43, in Reading came with Grandma Webster
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Aunt Tressie |
Naomi's great aunt Tressie Baker married to Park Williams, Laben Williams brother
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Beth Corbin |
Geneva's pre College neighbor and childhood friend
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Betty Keeker Miller |
Geneva's childhood friend, had a 4 month old boy on 04/30/1944
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Betty Ledergurber |
Geneva's childhood friend
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Betty Sheets |
Geneva and Kay Charlefour's childhood friend
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Betty Weed |
Someone that Uncle Elmer hired at his lawyer office
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Bill |
Letter from Kay
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Bill Upright |
Laban & Dorothy's friend; on occasional weekends Geneva or Jeanette would stay with Lillian and Bill in the county
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Bob Miller |
Geneva and Kay Charlefour's childhood friend
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C.A.P |
Civil Air Patrol
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Carolyn Williams |
Leo's Adopted daughter
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Charles Anson Ferguson |
Fergie's Grandfather on father's side; married to Edna Maude Ferguson
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Charles Burns |
Lester's cousin; Edith Burns Children
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Clifton Williams |
Naomi's brother; Geneva's uncle
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Colleen |
Letter from Geneva to Fergie 02/14/43, in Reading Colleen was listening to records
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Cressel |
Leona's husband
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Dora |
Naomi sent $1 for her birthday on 03/10/1942
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Dorothy Williams |
Laben's wife; Geneva's aunt by marriage
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Dr. Vance |
The Ward Family Dentist in Lansing, MI.
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Edith Burns |
Uncle John Burns's wife; Nellie Ferguson's aunt by marriage; Fergie's great aunt
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Edna Maude Ferguson |
Fergie's grandmother on father's side; married to Charles Anson Ferguson
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E.R. |
Eaton Rapids, Michigan
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Esther Williams |
Clifton's wife; Geneva's aunt by marriage
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Evelyn |
Geneva's cousin
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Fergie Ferguson |
Ferg; Harold Ferguson; married to Geneva Ferguson
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Freddie Jackson |
Mildred Town's boyfriend (as of 01/28/43) and eventual husband
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Geneva Ward Ferguson |
Nena; Nea, Ginny; married to Fergie
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Glen Mar |
Geneva's childhood school friend; made her an Easter egg; died in WWII battle
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Grandma Webster |
Fergie's grandmother on mother's side
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Hallowell |
1st Sergeant in 338 Fighter Squadron; Fergie didn't like him
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Heintz |
Letter from Geneva to Fergie 02/07/43, Geneva, Lillian and Bill "went up to Heintz's for a short while"
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Helen Clark Beglin |
Geneva's friend at Cleary College
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Hilda |
Letter from Kenneth
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Janet |
Geneva and Kay Charlefour's childhood friend
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J.B. |
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
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Jean Osburn |
Geneva's friend at Cleary College
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Jenette Ward |
Nette; J; Net; Sis; Geneva's sister
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Jerry Williams |
Gereldine; Leo's wife; Geneva's aunt by marriage
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Kathleen Gordier |
Geneva's childhood friend
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Kay Charlefour |
Kathleen; Geneva's friend
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Kay Holloway |
Friend of Geneva's on 01/28/43
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Kenneth Ward |
Geneva's brother
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Laben Williams |
Naomi's brother; Geneva's uncle
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Laura Schultz Ferguson |
Neil Ferguson's wife
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Leona |
Naomi's friend
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Leo Williams |
Naomi's brother; Geneva's uncle
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Lester Ward |
Geneva's father
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Lillian Upright |
Laban & Dorothy's friend; on occasional weekends Geneva or Jeanette would stay with Lillian and Bill in the county
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Lolo |
Fergie's aunt; Nellie Ferguson's sister
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Mac & Joyce |
Letter from Geneva to Fergie 02/02/43, Fergie's mom says they want to get married the 1st of March 1943
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Manton Ferguson |
Fergie; Fergie's brother
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Margaret |
Geneva and Kay Charlefour's childhood friend
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Marjorie & Jake Starky |
Geneva's room mate from Cleary College (Jake is Marjorie's husband)
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Marlin Scholl |
Fergie's friend who often took Geneva to movies, Etc.
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McClures |
Lester and Naomi Ward's neighbor
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Mildred Towns |
Kay's sister
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Milly Corbett |
Doug Corbett's wife; Doug was a buddy of Fergie's at McChord Field, Washington. The two couples shared one house in July 1943
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Minister Ronald Rice |
Rice; Reading, Michigan. Baptist Minister, married Fergie and Geneva. His wife played piano at the wedding
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Mrs. Gruber |
Lester and Naomi Ward's neighbor
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Mrs. Sanders |
Geneva's Grandfather's house keeper
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Naomi Ward |
Mother; N.W; Geneva's mother
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Neil Ferguson |
Fergie's brother
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Neil Ward |
Geneva's brother
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Nellie Ferguson |
Mom; Fergie's mother
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Norm Frielich |
Geneva's Co-Worker at Bomber Plant
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Paul Ferguson |
Dad; Pop; Fergie's father
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Peggy Burns |
Lester's cousin; Edith Burns Children
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Phyllis Charlefour |
Richard's sister
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Pinky |
VFW Boy (kids with no parents lived in a house with one house mother)
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Richard Charlefour |
Kay's husband (lived next door to Lester and Geneva Ward)
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Ruth Towns |
Related to Kay
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The Rouge |
The Rouge or Ford River Rouge Complex, a Ford factory in the state of Michigan
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Tom Williams |
Naomi's father; Geneva's grandfather
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Uncle Ben Cahow |
Fergie's uncle; Grace Cahow's husband
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Uncle Charley |
Aunt Anna's husband; Naomi's uncle by marriage; Geneva's great uncle (a very funny man)
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Uncle Ed Lutz |
Letter from Kenneth; Uncle Ed Lutz passed away in 1942
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Uncle Elmer McArthur |
Uncle E; Lawyer; Laura's husband; Naomi's uncle by marriage; Geneva's great uncle (full name George Elmer Mcarthur)
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Uncle John Burns |
Nellie Ferguson's uncle; Fergie's great uncle
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William Garrett |
Billy; Fergie's friend met in army boot camp
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