Grandma Claire’s Stories

              

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The McKellogg Christmas Photos

December 16, 2023

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Clairemed

In Loving Memory of Claire Frances McKellogg

August 26, 1924 - November 12, 2020

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The Amazing McKellogg Clan - Stories of Your Ancestors

Travel with the amazing McKelloggs from the British Isles to America's shores. You'll meet your forebears from Scotland, Ireland, and England. Some were aristocrats living in castles; others were farmers escaping famine. Along the way you'll meet war heroes, pioneers, abolitionists, and a few scoundrels, too.


Download a pdf version or order a paperback copy ($13) or a hardback copy ($27) from the Blurb bookstore.

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Our Libertor - Robert McKellogg Thunderbird in WW II

Our Liberator fought in WW II with the 45th Infantry Division, known as the Thunderbirds. Read dozens of his letters to his fiancé, Claire FitzGerald, while he battled the Nazis in French villages. His accounts will take you across the Rhine into the belly of the beast, Germany. Join him in the ferocious battle for Nuremberg. Trudge with him into hell, Dachau.

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Grandma Claire was a great story teller! Listen to her perfectly recite Barbara Frietchie, the poem she memorized in the 4th grade. Click on a story below to hear Claire tell of her childhood in New York, including her move to Ohio. She recalls her first meeting with Bob and her college years at Seton Hill. In one story she chronicles her escape from a cold Ohio to a warm Southern California, which she describes as “heaven on earth.” And Claire reveals the true story of how she managed to fit all those McKelloggs into 900 N. Mountain View Place. Enjoy Grandma Claire in her own words.

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McKellogg Family Photos


Grandma Claire


Grandpa Bob


Abigail Foley


Rufus Putnam 


The FitzGeralds




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