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Category Archives: genealogy
Betts: A Mother’s Memoir, 1923-1964 Part VIII: Betts, Ben, and J.B., 1940-1944
[NOTE: Almost a year ago, I put up what I thought would be the final installment of the series, “Betts: A Mother’s Memoir, 1923-1964.” But I hadn’t considered my “Historical Pack Rat” gene. . . . In the middle of … Continue reading
BETTS, A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part VII: After Words–Betts on Family, History, and Family History
[NOTE: When I posted Part VI of this series, I thought it was the concluding installment. And then I returned to a notion advanced in Part I: Betts had been a “late-blooming historian.” I still wondered about her decision to undertake … Continue reading
Posted in American History, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Retirement, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged family, family history, history, women's history
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BETTS: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part VI: An Independent Woman, 1964-2013
[For earlier posts in this series, see Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, and Part V.] Betts’ work as family historian and memoirist ended in 1995, with the completion of her memoir, which carried the story of her life … Continue reading
BETTS: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part V: Trying to Make It in Postwar America
[Note: This segment of Betts’ memoir carries her family’s story from the late 1940s through the mid-1960s. For earlier installments, go here, here, here, and here.] * * * * * Shortly after our second son, Rick, was born, on … Continue reading
Posted in American History, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged Baltimore (Maryland), Newark (Delaware), Post World War II United States, Post-World War II American family life, soap operas, television
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BETTS: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part IV: World War II
[Note: This installment of Betts’ memoir takes her from the 1930s through the Second World War. (For previous posts, go here, here, and here.)] * * * * * I spent a lot of summer vacations with my grandfather and grandmother [Dobson] … Continue reading
BETTS: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part III: A Depression-Era Childhood
[Note: This installment of Betts’ story is drawn from her memoir, “Slub of Slife.” Parts I and II .] * * * * * We had no bathroom in the house [in Wilmington, Delaware], so we had an “outhouse” (enclosed “piddle palace”), … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil War, family history, genealogy, Historical Reflection, History, memoir, Popular Culture, Research, Retirement, Uncategorized, WP Long Read
Tagged Camden (New Jersey), family history, genealogy, Great Depression, memoir as historical source, Newark (Delaware), Wilmington (Delaware)
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BETTS: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part II: Grandparents, Parents, and Siblings
[Note: This is the second in a series of posts based on a family history and a memoir written by my mother, Betts Lamplugh. (For Part I, go here.) This installment is taken mostly from her “Dobson-Knighton Family History,” supplemented with some … Continue reading
BETTS: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR, 1923-1964, Part I: Late-Blooming Historian
[NOTE: This is the first in a series of posts drawing on a family history and a memoir compiled by my mother, Elsie Elizabeth Knighton Lamplugh (1923-2013). Mom, known as “Betts,” lavished upon her kids what we would later describe … Continue reading
