Category Archives: Gotcher Family Research and Stories

Tombstone Tuesday – Rusler Tombstone through the years

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Rusler Tombstone long ago. Council Cemetery, York, Nebraska

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Amanuensis Monday – From Mabel to “Friend”

Posted on April 22, 2013 by

I found this letter mixed in with a box of letters written by Manuel Martinez to my Grandma Mabel.  Mabel and Manuel were college sweethearts who wrote letters back and forth for over a year after teacher’s college ended.  Manuel … Continue reading →

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Sunday’s Obituary – Mary Artlysia Boblett Tracy Forbes

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

This is my great great grandmother Tracy’s obituary.  I love the last couple sentences here and hope someday people can say this about me. “To her death had no terrors, and with a strong faith in Him she had served … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Faces from the Past

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Here is a picture of my Grandpa Leo Gotcher’s class.  They lived Omaha, Nebraska and from the ages of the children I think it was probably taken about 1923.  My guess is that grandpa is 5th from the left on … Continue reading →

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Thankful Thursday – Digitized Photos

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

Today I would like to express my thanks to those that digitize and share their old pictures.  After my Grandma Gotcher died in 1998, I wondered what was going to happen to all of the old pictures that Grandma had … Continue reading →

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Tombstone Tuesday – Joseph Rusler

Posted on April 16, 2013 by
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For this Tombstone Tuesday I am sharing the Rusler Children Marker and tombstones from the Council Cemetery in York County, Nebraska.  In the middle of the cemetery in the middle of an overgrown bush is a marker that reads Rusler Children. … Continue reading →

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Surname Saturday – Rusler

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

I have been working on the Rusler branch of my family for awhile now.  Thursday I wrote about Frank E Rusler and today I am going to attempt to write what little I know about Charles August Rusler. Charles was … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Faces from the Past – Curious Lushton, Nebraska Picture

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

This picture has always fired my imagination.  The back says Lushton, Nebraska 1899.  Lushton was a small farm town.  What were all these men doing in town? Why were they lined up down main street? Why are they all dressed … Continue reading →

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Thankful Thursday – In Search of Family Stories

Posted on April 11, 2013 by

This post is written with Thanks to Susan Murphy.  I have finished writing about Michael Anthony Rusler and Augusta Erxleben’s ancestors so now I turn my “pen” to writing about their children.  My problem has been that I don’t have … Continue reading →

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Amaneunsis Monday – Ann Tracy Watt letter

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

I have tried to transcribe this as written.  The paper is old and writing is faded.   I believe this letter was written to my Great Great Grandmother Maria Artlysia (Aunt Lissa) who was Ann’s sister in law, married to … Continue reading →

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