Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. I continue my project to transcribe family letters, journals, newspaper articles, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Not only do the documents contain genealogical information, the words breathe life into kin - some I never met - others I see a time in their life before I knew them.
Today I share a memo my grandfather wrote on July 31, 1969 and saved in his files.
Heirlooms taken from residence of Melvin L. Newmark, 701 Payson, Olivette, Mo. on 7/31/69, 7:00 to 10:00 P.M.
Gold locket about size of silver dollar - initials B.N. on one side and B/C on the other side in old English script on gold necklace chain.
Gold watch presented to Herman Feinstein by Flint Laundry 1937 on double strand antique necklace c hain.
Love bird charm on gold necklace chain - 50th Anniversary - Herman & Annie Feinstein.
Gold charm bracelet with 7 gold charms - one says SIS - 50th Birthday - one has pictures of ___, Steve, __ & Mel in little gold book, others commemorate special occasions.
[I edit out names of living individuals]
Notes:
1) My assumption is that there was a burglary while my grandparents were out, as opposed to a burglary while they were home. It was a Thursday night. The heirlooms taken were a gold locket belonging to his parents (my great grandparents) Barney Newmark and Bertha Cruvant Newmark; a gold watch belonging to my grandmother's father, Herman Feinstein; A love bird charm, possibly belonging to my grandmother's mother, Annie Feinstein; and I assume my grandmother's gold charm bracelet, with a charm I'm guessing my grandfather gave to her on her 50th birthday (1964), and with pictures of my grandfather and their kids.
I don't believe these heirlooms were ever found. While it's painful to consider what was lost, we treasure what remains.
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