I am looking for any information on my grandfather. My grandmother has told
several different stories to my mother over the years about her father so
it's hard to tell what is true and what is made up. Here is the story as we
believe it is. Supposedly my grandmother met my grandfather when they were
in the Army during WWll. She was an Army nurse and he was a 1st Luitenant.
He was supposedly from Texas or stationed in Texas. His name on my mother's
birth certificate was Michael Wakefield Campbell, but on papers I had my
grandmother fill out on the family, she listed his name as Wayne. They soon
got married. Not long after she discovered that he was already married with
5 or 6 kids. The marriage was annulled and my grandmother went back to Iowa
to her family. She didn't tell my grandfather that she was pregnant. My
mother was born November 8, 1944. On her birth certificate her father is
listed as in his early 40's. Of course , my grandmother also listed his
birthplace as Loveland, IA and his occupation as 'salesman' which she later
said was not so. At one time, my grandmother described my grandfather as
'handsome and very charming'. My grandmother's maiden name is Helen Louise
Hauschildt and my mother's maiden name is Margaret Ann Campbell.
I am hoping that someone out there can help me. My grandmother won't talk
about him at all anymore and my mother doesn't press her as it upsets my
grandmother so much. My mother wants to at least know who her father really
was.
My mother and I really appreciate any help.
Thanks Bunches,
Therese Wilson Wade