Saturday, January 16, 2016

Snippets, Bullets, and Notes . . .

Chasing the Alabaman's has produced one roadblock after another. I remain undeterred, though. In the process of researching, I've made a few other discoveries.
  • Photograph of Matilda "Minnie" Penzkofer. She's a relative by marriage to Great Grandfather Robert McKittrick.
    Minnie Penzkofer
Job Application for Robert McKittrick, 1913.
          • Speaking of Robert McKittrick. I've located a job application for him for the Northern Pacific Railway. He applied for a switchman position in Billings, Montana in May 1913. He records his marital status as "Married". Interesting because his first wife, Minnie, died in 1911; yet, on the application he shows his wife as "Meltie" McKittrick residing in Alberta, Canada. In the same year, his second wife, Mamie, is still using the name Skidmore (her first husband) in the Denver City Directory. More to follow . . .