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Hi Offspring,Bradley's close friend, Carol Chang, has asked the Aunts for permission to construct a family tree as her closing project for an MFA. See explanation below... I thought you might like to read about what's going on...Love,Mom-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Roberta Buhle
Sent: Sep 20, 2011 12:43 PM
To: Carolina Chang
Cc: Hergott Gerry , Maro Noreen , D'Amato Amy
Subject: Re: King Sisters!
Carol,I'll start the ball rolling with answers starting with #4--off the top of my head. But I think you should hold off until this, Carol, until it gets vetted by both sisters. I'm not famous for my memory...HOWEVER, I'm also copying Amy D'Amato on this because she did some kind of family history a couple of years ago and maybe she can clarify some of this. Amy?Love,Sister Roberta4. Your father's name Francis James King (all of a sudden, I'm blanking on middle name. Is this right?)5. Your mother's name Dorothy Celia King--maiden name is Law6. Names of any other spouses/life partners of your parents, any other children by them (please specify) Rita Ribakowskas (sp?) 7. Your maternal grandmother Celia Schlagal (maiden name is Law)--not sure of middle name...She only went by Law, though...are we sure they were married?8. Your maternal grandfather Frank Schlagal (sp)9. Names of any other spouses/life partners of your maternal grandparents Grandmother never remarried. Frank Schlagal had lots of "liaisons" but not sure whether he married any of them. When he died, our mother got his whole estate and gave it to the mother(s) of some child(ren) he had but my father said, "...she didn't have to..." which suggests to me that he wasn't married to them.10. Your paternal grandmother Josephine King--don't remember maiden name, but it was German, I think11. Your paternal
grandfather John King12. Names of any other spouses/life partners of your paternal grandparents No other spouses about which we know...13. Names of any great grandparents, as far as you can go, actually. I only remember that our mother's maternal grandmother was called Little Gramma (short--hey, is this why I got cheated out of height?). Her maternal grandfather was Law and came here from Scotland before he was 20. Met Little Gramma in a hotel (she was maid, I think) in NY and they eventually came to Chicago. He had a couple of years of college in Edinburgh before emigrating and was a kind of bookkeeper here. Our father's mother lived upstairs from him on Normal, along with our grandfather's (John King's) sister Mae and a "border". When John's mother died, they discovered she had secretly married the border who was living with her and Mae.I know I said 3 generations, but if you can go past your grandparents (easily), then I'd like to have that information (whatever you have).  It'll just make your family tree that much more complete. I'll also try to do some King family history research to see if I can find anything on my own. My church has a huge family history database, so if I find something I'll let you know. I'm going to attach a picture of a family tree I did for my father-in-law over 10 years ago.  It's a conservative version of what I want to do with your tree.  His only has the names of his 3-generation chart, a scripture that's
close to him, and a small note from me.  What I'd like to do with yours is make it a sisters tree, and try and tell the unique story of the King sisters.In case you didn't know, I'm in an MFA program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for Writing.  They very much encourage interdisciplinary work, so I want to tell a story, but through this visual piece. I don't expect your tree to look anything like I did for Doug's dad, but it's a reference for you to conceptualize my "vision."  This is my last class, and my last project, so I wanted to do something grand, so THANK YOU for participating.So let's hit "reply all" to these emails to keep each sister in the loop and the discussion open.  I will email or call you each individually at one point to get some individual perspectives and thoughts, but for now, in the
general info gathering period, let's do it together.THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN! Family history is amazing and I hope this turns out as worthwhile for you as it will be for me.