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I'm running on exhaustion here, but before I forget..... or get another distraction.....
I started a one night per week for 11 weeks local free citizens police academy class hoping to expand and learn more avenues for my passion with sleuthing and advocating for the missing and unidentified. I LOVE the class, though while it was supposed to end at 9pm it ended about 10:30 last night... and I am just exhausted.
Why am I sharing that? because during the class last night and the information being taught a thought popped into my head regarding Annas case! (nothing like not having a lap top at that moment, lol).
We were discussing the foundations for which the US police were founded, based on the English principles.... and I had never known English PD's were sometimes called "Bobbies". Right away, I thought maybe that is why Margaret Kukoda called George "Bobby". Maybe she too bought into him being 'the great one' and she refered to him in this way.
Annasmom, you are most likely to recall GB's strange beliefs. Any thoughts on this?
Anyone else with a better knowledge of Englands history have any thoughts?
Hi Cubby,
I brought this up a while ago, not sure if it is earlier in this thread or in the first GB thread. (My Grandmother was Scottish and she always called a policeman a "Bobby" as they also did in England).
IIRC Annasmom said that a Dutch friend of her's had told her that Bobby was a kind of "pet" name, like a term of endearment and Annasmom thought this would be the more likely reason for Margaret calling GB Bobby.
I will have a look tomorrow and see if I can find Annasmom's reply for you.
I found this, and while I know we have discussed this George Brody in the past, I thought it was interesting the facial resemblance, particularly around the nose. Could the GB we know of have been a brother, cousin etc of the George Brody linked to below? Or maybe GB knew this George Brody? Didn't Margaret come from this area (Lancaster/Southeastern PA) as well?
http://www.stevenscollege.edu/files/Site%20Images/Alum_Foundation/AlumFebruary%202009%20Newsletter.pdf
WOW. I haven't seen this GB before. I find it really interesting that this GB was an amateur boxer and our GB also claimed to be a boxer. Favorite sports tend to run in families because you grow up with that sport.
I also agree on the resemblance Julessleuther.
How much was this GB looked in to? Can anyone tell me where the discussions on this GB are?
It might be worth while finding out if his wife or son are still alive and see if they know anything about our GB.
WOW. I haven't seen this GB before. I find it really interesting that this GB was an amateur boxer and our GB also claimed to be a boxer. Favorite sports tend to run in families because you grow up with that sport.
I also agree on the resemblance Julessleuther.
How much was this GB looked in to? Can anyone tell me where the discussions on this GB are?
It might be worth while finding out if his wife or son are still alive and see if they know anything about our GB.
This George Brody did not appear to have a middle name. As of the 1930 census he was living in Wilkes-Barre, PA with his parents. One thing I found interesting is that he had a brother, Zachary, who is not listed in the above obit, but is listed on the census. In the 1930 census Gabriel is not listed, nor is Euniss, so they must not have been born yet...still checking. (Benjamin was the oldest--He died in 2001 and his wife, Rose, died in Mar 2009)
This George Brody's father, Thomas, was born in 1894 in the Syrian Arab Republic. (His race is listed as white, so he must not have been arab, however.) George's mother, Helen was born about 1896.
Edit: Gabriel was born in 1924, so do not know why he is missing--the only one showing that age on the census is Paul--was Gabriel a twin? I have not found a birth record for Zachary, but I have not found it to be the middle name of any of the other kids either (thinking that maybe they called him by his middle name) Hmmm--Gabriel and Zachary must be the same person, because the obit says his parents had 10 children, and I cannot find anything on Zachary.
Did anyone get any further with the union involvement and the possibility that GB was a barber? I thought that was a really good theory.
Hi Cubby!
Yes, I found that site to be pretty darn amazing!
I wanted to add yet another site which is very detailed.
Online Archive of California
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/
Typing in the AFL Oakland, I came up with this one: NOTE* Heaps and Heaps of info! Some is online, some one has to go to the archives -
box-_folder 14/10Journeymen Barbers, Hairdressers & Cosmetologists, #134
at this link:
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf1f59n4vt;query=AFL Barber's Union oakland;style=oac4;view=dsc#c01-1.7.6.21
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