Surprise!
Sorry to be late with this one. I THOUGHT I had an idea, but since "the old aunts" prepared a bunch of our paternal history- and I eventually was in touch with someone on the maternal side who prepared that family history, I think I knew a lot of basics already.
There was one surprise that I keep finding and losing - every time I get a new computer. I finally found a few additional details, but have never found the full-on horror story.
Apparently, our Grandfather's brother was a bit of a lady's man. There was one particular person that I seemed to find a few different articles about so I've included them below. Basically (between wives - I said a lady's man, not a cheater lol) there was one woman with whom he was apparently love-stricken- and SHE was married.
At one point our great uncle was chased through Hoboken and jumped off a cliff to escape the husband of his paramour. (that's documented in the article to the right)... but the awful surprise is the story with no documentation - where at this same person's home, someone was shot and killed. Darn, I hope I someday come across the details... anyway... SURPRISE! hahaha.
OK... this IS A LIVE document- and searching for the "chased through Hoboken" article, I came across the shooting article! Sadly, it dealt with ... well, dear reader of blogs, you can read it below. "Old Uncle Chris" was NOT directly involved, but his paramour was the one shot and killed- in front of her kids - now I'm sorry I laughed.
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And then there's the one about the fortune teller:
OH MY. It must have been difficult being Christian's brother, but Grandpa pulled it off! I'm thinking maybe this is why we NEVER heard any stories about this guy.
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