How I met Dulah and Aunt Maggie
Posted on October 15, 2007 - Filed Under Family history
So, my cousin Vincent is the son of Mary Elizabeth Ryan, who wrote a book about the Pulskamp family descended from the youngest son. I had emailed Vincent for years, since email was a new concept, but I actually got to meet him in person when my daughter and I visited the Cincinnati area in September 2007.
One very exciting thing about Vincent is that he has a child who competes in major swimming events. At some point during his years of swim meets, Vincent got acquainted with someone who had some clippings from Celina, Ohio, where descendents of the oldest Pulskamp son had settled. He gave me those clippings to study.
One clipping described a painting, Dulah in Red Velvet by Joseph Pfister. Dulah is identified as Miss Dulah Pulskamp. Of course, we had to go looking for the painting. According to the information we had, the papers from Joseph Pfister were at the Cincinnati Art Museum Library. We went to the Library, hoping to find the painting, but all we found was a photo of it from a catalog from a showing of the artist’s work. Does anyone know where the actual painting might be?
The other clipping that I paid special attention to was an obituary for Bertha Pulskamp Spieler. The piece was written by her daughter, Magdalene, and included the names of all her children as well as their birthdates and married names. With that information, I took a chance and called a person whose information I located on the Internet. Aunt Maggie, now 95 years old, answered my call and connected me with three of her nieces. So our family connection is growing!
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