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26. Through newspapers.com I found about 100 articles about the uncle

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Sep 7, 2017, 07:50 AM

Sep 2017

of my friend who died at 24 as a hero. His uncle was the "houseboy" of the Hotel Plaza, the largest hotel in Jersey City in 1937 then a fire broke out. His uncle died a "hero" according to the papers all over the country, knocking on the doors of rooms until he succumbed to the smoke and couldn't be resuscitated.

My friend only heard sketchy stories from his mother who couldn't talk much about her lost brother as it was too upsetting for her.

Now we have a portfolio of the articles and my friend feels a great pride in his family.

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As a young child my grand aunt often told me stories about her youth. She was in her seventies at [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 OP

I find this extremely moving. LisaM Sep 2017 #1

I shared the story with my daughter over the weekend. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #8

My grandmother had 4 sisters and one brother, Sammie. He went sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #2

A really long shot, but some counties have a monument with WWI names on them. Lars39 Sep 2017 #3

Perhaps something here: Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #9

PMs sent. I found Sammie with the info from your PM. Thor_MN Sep 2017 #23

Maybe he didn't perish in the war Saboburns Sep 2017 #37

My mother had 8 brothers and sisters. After the yellow fever epidemic hit, she and Nay Sep 2017 #4

Isn't it terrible what families had to go through? TeapotInATempest Sep 2017 #6

i like cemeteries. and see things like that. more children + younger women. one i saw was a multiple pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #10

Very sad. My maternal grandmother had fifteen children. Only seven survived childhood. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #11

That happened back then, I don't know how people coped Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #24

And now they aren't forgotten TeapotInATempest Sep 2017 #5

Thank you. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #12

She was about 28 when Geronimo died, she sure came from a different world. braddy Sep 2017 #7

Even sixty plus years ago it was difficult to relate. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #13

My husband's family still owns murielm99 Sep 2017 #14

My mother grew up on a farm with a family plot. I know the general area but not the exact Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #15

it's such a sad story, but it's so touching... renate Sep 2017 #16

A couple of my grandmother's siblings died in the Spanish Flu epidemic. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #17

Everyone in my mother's family fell ill with the Spanish Flu in 1918 Glorfindel Sep 2017 #19

My grandmother lost her first husband and two baby sons in the Flu epidemic. femmocrat Sep 2017 #29

Terrible episode! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #30

You should write this down for your descendants Louis1895 Sep 2017 #18

That's an excellent resource! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #25

I have discovered the graves of my great grandparents, grandparents, and no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #27

Indeed. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #31

That is love world wide wally Sep 2017 #20

Indeed! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #32

Wonderful that you were able to find their graves LeftInTX Sep 2017 #21

Very sad. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #33

that is good news and great story... handmade34 Sep 2017 #22

Interesting! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #34

Through newspapers.com I found about 100 articles about the uncle no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #26

Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #35

Wisconsin Death Trip cyclonefence Sep 2017 #28

Thanks for the lead! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #36