Popularized in the 1930s, brunch had become a weekend “national habit” for many American families by the 1950s. With the post-war economic boom in full
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Do you have a woman in your family tree whose married surname you know, but you don’t know the one she was born with? If

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Rose Mackenberg in disguise 12 Mar 1939, Sun The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California) Newspapers.com “Hints of Seances at White House; Witness at Capital