Eva was the daughter of John Richard and Edith Mary Broadhurst. As a young adult she was involved in this deadly toboggan accident.

One of the things I’ve come to enjoy most about family genealogy is finding examples of how different branches of the same tree intertwine. I think this is a good example… In 1929 Jessie ADAMS marries Clarence HOKE. Her bridesmaids were Amy BROADHURST (my aunt who married a SALKIND that I’ve long since lost contact [...]

Does anyone have a James Broadhurst relative? I found two reference to him associated with other BRODHURST FAMILIES members. Perhaps he’s a bowling buffalo cousin of yours? First, I’ve found a “J. Broadhurst” in a 1919 newspaper article about the “Bowlers of the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes” league and J. Broadhurst rolled a 237. Another [...]

Were any of your relatives buffaloes? No, not the big furry four-legged kind but the two-legged members of the the Benevolent Order of Buffaloes? This was a fraternal organization started in 1881 and by the early 1900s was extinct. By the the 1910s at least there were more lodges or “Herds” as they were called. [...]

Many of us are descendant from of one of these eleven child of Richard and Sarah Ann Broadhurst. You can click on the image below for a larger version then click again for an even larger one. Let me know if your parent or grandparent or great-great grandparent or — well, you get it — [...]