User talk:MaudePlage

Hi everyone...my real name is Barb and my Great-Grandma's name was Maude Plage. I used her name as my user name here because she is one of the reasons that I'm typing here now.

Another name that is important to this whole thing is Ernie Pyle...the famous war correspondent from way back when.

Well, simply put, my Great-Grandma Maude Place was Ernie Pyle's 1st cousin I believe. And I have accumulated somewhere in all my things letters to and from she and he.

I was just wondering if anyone had any information that might be of interest to me being a somewhat distant relative of his or if anyone ever heard of my Great-Grandma.

She never drove a car in her life. Was born in 1883 and died in 1972. She was a devout Catholic and worked at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. as her primary job in her life until she retired well into her 60's or so. Somewhere in all my 'stuff' I have photos of her standing with others in the Capitol building with members of the State of Rep, and some from Congress.

She was a strong woman in her own right. She became pregnant out of wedlock at a young age and bore the child that was to ultimately be my maternal grandmother. What she must have endured in shame. Women were not even allowed to vote back then.

Anyway, there's more family history that gets even more interesting but for the purposes of Ernie Pyle I thought that some out there may be interested and I'd love to hear from them.

I don't know how all this works but I'll just put it out there and see what materializes!

God Bless and Peace to you all,

Barbara Jean (ineedtogofishing@yahoo.com) Santa Clara, CA. 95050