Saturday, July 21, 2007

John and Edith McCollom

Well, now that we know the mystery woman is my grandmother, I guess I should get her stats out there. Edith was married to John McCollom.
John Thomas McCollom
Born:
4 Aug 1908
Kentucky, USA
Died: 12 Apr 1959
(I believe) Indiana, USA)
Married
about 1925
Edith L. Gee
Born:
22 Dec 1908
Illinois, USA
Died: 23 May 1989
(I believe) Clinton
Indiana, USA

John and Edith had seven children:
  • Wayne, born 22 May 1927
  • (living) daughter, born 9 Dec 1929
  • Shirley, born 14 Aug 1932
  • John, born 8 Mar 1937
  • (living) daughter, born 27 May 1940
  • Kenneth, born 20 May 1941
  • (living) daughter, born 3 Sept 1950
Of their seven children, four have passed away, including my father, John.
Unfortunately, I don't have many memories of my grandmother since she lived so far away. When I knew her, she was blind from glaucoma. (I believe that happened in the 70's.) She also had really nice handwriting. (You'd think, seeing as I rarely throw away anything, that I'd have a letter or a card from her but no...not that I've discovered so far.) I believe she lived out in California when I was a baby (late 60's). (Or maybe she was just visiting? I'll have to ask my Aunt for more details on that.) But the latter part of her life was spent in Indiana.
Even more unfortunate is the fact that I never met my grandfather as he died well before I was born.