My Great-Aunt "Millie" According to the Primas family Bible, Amelia O. Primas was born 22 January 1891 in Chicago, Illinois. She was the third child and only daughter born to Paul and Emma (Stroschein) Primas. It is possible that she was named for Paul’s mother Amalia. The Chicago City Directory [...]

Marion Elizabeth Brennan was born on 1 Oct 1917 in Chicago, Illinois as youngest child and the only daughter of Stephen Francis Brennan and Anna Elizabeth Marcusen. She had two older brothers: Clarence Francis, who died as an infant, and Charles Joseph.  She grew up in a two-flat at 4242 Wilcox Street in [...]

“How many uncles do you have?” my high school boyfriend once asked.I thought about it and counted 17 men I called “Uncle” who lived within a 20-mile radius of my childhood home. He laughed, assuming I was joking — I wasn’t. In truth, I had only two biological uncles, full brothers of my mother and [...]