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Author: ClaudiaCadwell
Surnames: Cadwell, Mott, Berkheimer, Tanner, Ritchie
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Fond greetings, cousin!
I remember your mom, Kathy as a wee blonde girl, Steve as a mischievous wee boy. Both
adorable little ones.
Indeed, Kathy and Steve are my first cousins, you are Aunt Polly's and Uncle
Wayne's granddaughter. My elder sister Colleen and I always adored Dad's sister
Helen, whom we called Aunt Polly. She made pancakes for us any time we asked, played the
piano, hugged and loved us, even though Mother and Daddy had undergone an acrimonious
divorce that shattered us all.
She was easily our favorite aunt. I loved Aunt Ruth and Uncle A.B. very much also. Uncle
A.B. had a wonderful sense of humor. [Traditionally, we were never allowed to call our
elder family members their first names without the affixed title of "aunt or
uncle."]
Yes, all the kids called my Dad, "Uncle Bud." Curiously, I never stopped
calling him Daddy.
Years ago, Aunt Ruth sent me a studio portrait of Andrew Berkheimer, his wife, Margaret
Oman Berkheimer and several of their 13 children taken when Grandmother Margaret
Berkheimer Cadwell was a little girl.
Also, I inherited a photo of the Civil War era Berkheimer homestead house, photographs of
a young Grandfather P.M. Cadwell, a college graduation photo of Grandmother Margaret, one
of Lenore Mott, as well as Rebecca Mott. Several of them, properly framed, grace the halls
of my home.
My information and photographic collections on our family are quite extensive. We Cadwells
are an intelligent, but stubborn, eccentric bunch. It is the Scot in us, I think.
Wonderful talking to you.
Hope Kathy is well. If so, please send my love to your mom.
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