The ever amazing 3rd cousin found another piece of cool family history. It was a New York passenger list for the SS Orizaba that left Havana, Cuba on September 7, 1929 and arrived in New York on September 10, 1929. My great grandfather, John Joseph Mahler, apparently went my his son, John M Mahler, who was 18 at the time. I just realized that this was about a month and a half before the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday, and it was slightly over a year before my great grandfather died. He was only 49 when he died.
John M Mahler, the 18 year old, was the half brother of my grandfather, Richard John (usually referred to as RJ) Mahler. As I mentioned before, John Joseph’s first wife, Lovina Fremouw, died giving birth to my grandfather, RJ. John M Mahler’s mother was John Joseph’s second wife, Margaret Sadie McIntyre.
I have been in contact with Ellen, John’s daughter. As I figure it, she is my half first cousin once removed. I wanted to send her the info that Dale, my 3rd cousin, sent as I thought it was pretty cool.
Oddly enough, I was chatting with someone earlier this evening, and we wandered into talking about history and genealogy. It’s a small world.
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