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Letters, Postcards, Clippings

George Fernandez Letter #1

[Note: From June Poulsen’s bible.]

Star Rt 2, Box 4

Clallam Bay, Wn 98326

Jan 10, 1987

Dear June,

I was so pleased to get your letter. The letter told me a lot about Laddie

Pontine. I do hope there can be some improvement in him. I will write to day. In

some way Mrs. Iving Fernandes got the address of where he is and wrote down to

him just a little while ago. I can answer some of your questions. Brieslow

[Breslau] is in the south eastern part of Germany. I asked Mrs. Iving

Fernandes. It is now occupied by Poland and so the name would be changed.

Gertrude’s mother’s maiden name was Buttel before she married Joe Stange. I

always figured that she was 84 when she died. I believe that Joseph died in

1918. He did not quite see the end of the war.

Hedwig [Hedvig] was the mother of Gerty and Margaret Pontine. Hedwig’s

[Hedvig’s] father was a taylor [tailor].

I remember when we were kids your mother, then a girl, used to come up to the

farm to play with us. We would often pick flowers in the woods together. Laddie,

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