A few weeks back I connected with my third cousin, once removed, Sue Jacobson. Sue is the granddaughter of Milton Goldsmith, and I had been hoping to connect with her for a long time.
Some of you may remember the long series of posts I wrote about my cousin Milton Goldsmith, the author. Milton, the son of Abraham Goldsmith, was my great-grandmother Hilda Katzenstein’s first cousin; both were the grandchildren of Seligmann Goldschmidt and Hinka Alexander. And my father recalled meeting Milton when he was growing up, remembering him as the author of children’s books. So I was fascinated by Milton and his life for many reasons, and finding Sue has been a true gift.
Not only has Sue answered some of my lingering questions and commented on my blog posts to update and respond to those questions, she has shared with me an incredible album that her grandfather Milton compiled in 1936 when he was 75 years old. It includes biographical information, some photographs, and family trees created by Milton. Sue has generously given me permission to post images from this album, and I have decided to add a third day a week to my blogging schedule to post this wonderful material a page or two at a time. I plan to post these each Monday, keeping my regular posts on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Today I am posting the cover of the album and its inside cover, which is a beautiful rendition of Abraham Goldsmith’s family tree, showing all his children and grandchildren from both his first marriage to Celia Adler and his second marriage to Frances Spanier.
I am very curious about the illustrations. Did Milton buy this album with the illustrations already printed on the cover and on the pages that follow? Or did he have someone do these illustrations? They look not dissimilar to some that appeared in his books. Has anyone ever seen an album like this before?
Next time I will post the page that follows these in the album where Milton reported on the children of Seligmann Goldschmidt, his father’s father. I was delighted that Milton’s report corroborated the research I had done on Seligmann’s family. But I was even more delighted when I learned about a cousin I had not known about before. I am excited to share that discovery next week. Stay tuned.
I am looking forward to this series. It should be fascinating. Amy, do you know who was Rose Superior was? Illustrator of his book above? Is she connected to the family in any way?
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I don’t think so, Sharon. I had researched her back when I first wrote about Milton, but could not find anything connecting her to the family.
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Woohoo! It is amazing to see the names you’ve written about in the family tree. It’s wonderful of Sue to share with you and allow you to share with us.
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I agree! So happy to have connected with her. 🙂
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Let the family album of Milton Goldsmith be an inspiration to all of us family chroniclers to keep writing the colourful history of our families. An excellent idea to publish these precious pages from Milton’s photo album, Amy! Have a great week! Peter
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You’re so right, Peter. We all should be doing this in some form or another. I am better at keeping the old family history than telling that of my own life, my parents, and my children. Thank you!
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This is a fabulous find and so glad your cousin shared. I am also drawn to the illustrations. I recognize many of the names in that wonderful chart. I’m staying tuned for the next installments. Have you been able to verify some of your work because of this album?
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Thanks, Karen! Yes, I’ve been able to confirm and to supplement some of my work, as you will see in the next post about this album next week.
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It’s so exciting to find real documentation. Looking forward to more. 🙂
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Thanks, Karen.
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What a treasure Sue shared with us all.
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I agree! Thanks, GP!
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I’m so happy for you in connecting with Sue and allt hat flows from this. The album is such a treasure.
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Thanks, Su!
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What a gift! You know I love scrapbooks/albums – you can learn so much from them. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Thanks, Debi! You’re right!
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What a great idea to share the album week by week. It is a tribute to Milton’s memory. Perhaps new readers will seek out his books.
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Thanks, Emily. I am so happy to be able to do this.
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Wow! I sure do remember him. How lovely!
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Thanks!
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Wow! What a treasure. Looking forward to following these posts, Amy.
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Thanks, Michael. Next one is tomorrow!
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