Back around 2019-20 while on Facebook doing some searching I came across a name I had not heard of in years, Katherine Davis. My late father had a cousin from the western part of Maine by that name, she was the neice of my grandmother Helen Seiders Small and daughter of Adeline Seiders Sawyer, and cousin of my father Joseph. When I checked out this Katherines FB page I discovered I had hit paydirt. Her profile photo showed a very close resemblance to my Grandmother!
I sent her a message and we started communicating and she supplied me with a lot of information on our family including photos of my Grandparents and my father. This past March 12th there was a post on Katherine’s FB page, she had passed away that morning. I found her Granddaughter Lauren’s FB page and sent her a message about my relation to her and how I ran across her “Mema’s” page. Lauren said her Mom mentioned how she had met me and how much she enjoyed our conversations about family. At one time I had mentioned my father telling me how their grandfather made sauerkraut on a regular basis. Katherine then forwarded the follow not to me:
11/27/2020 Notes from Katherine Davis RE Family HX
(Note: Richard mentioned in first line was my Father’s brother who died from injuries sustained in the wood stove accident. He is who I’m named for.)
“Ok...let's see...Joe's brother, Richard, was burned when his pj's caught fire. He was trying to add kindling to the stove at my Mother's camp on Forest Lake. I don't remember his age but pretty young. My brother was named for this little boy, I believe. My mother, Adeline, was born in the Robbins house in Union, now the Union Historical Society. My Grandfather, Conrad, and my father made sauerkraut every Fall. It was kept in a large crock in the "cold cellar" of Grampa's cellar. This took the place of a refrigerator. When we visited on Sunday we would go down and fill a large glass jar to take home. I got the last forkfull from the crock each time...I loved it. We had it every Saturday night with beans and hotdogs all Winter. Mary Alice Robbins..b. 1872. d. 1963...daughter of Jason Robbins(son of Jason and Lucy) and Laura Messer. My mother was born in 1899. d. 1989. I have no info on Conrad other than what you have but sauerkraut is definitely in your blood. Good luck finding the information you seek. K”
Once again I’m back on the search for family history.
R.I.P. Katherine.
