About this Writer
My name is CJ Aderman and I have been fascinated with my family’s history for many years. This site is a place to share the stories I learn and pass on to others the stories of our ancestors. Some things I have discovered have good historical records to support them, some will be family stories. If we wander into my own wonderings, I promise I will distinguish those.
I have chosen to delineate the family stories by the birth surnames of my grandparents. Because of the amount of genealogical work done by others, there are many stories from the Blue family from which my paternal grandfather descended; there are also many stories from the Munson family, from which my maternal grandmother descended. I am grateful to all of those who have done their research and shared it so generously.
If you have stories to share, please send them my way. I would love to include them as I am able and give you credit for your work.
Enjoy reading!
Email: CJAderman@gmail.com
I happened upon this site and enjoyed your article about my dad — Harry Durheim — and his
baseball career. I was the only child of Gertrude (Budde) and Harry Durheim. Mother died 3 yrs.
ago in Altamont, and I live in the St. Louis area, Webster Groves, MO.
Sharon Durheim Rose
Sharon, how lovely to hear from you. I have read your name in the family tree and am pleased to make this contact with you. I am a great-granddaughter of Carl and Floy (Bates) Aderman (your father would have been their nephew); a great-great granddaughter of Ferdinand and Mary. I live between northern Wisconsin and Omaha, NE.
If you have stories to share, I would love to add them to the mix. While I have you, would you be willing to share birth, marriage, and death dates for your mother? I had her name but do not have that basic data. I would be grateful if you are willing.
Thank you so much for sharing your comment! CJ Aderman
Hi, Just to let you know, I am the grt/grd/dtr. of John W.Blue, whose father was Solomon Blue who married Mahala Kerney…Solomon’s brother was Major Uriah Blue. I am registered with the NBFA, and realize that the Blues had a colorful and rich history militarily and professionally. My paternal grd/mtr. was Martha Blue Evans.
Janice Evans
Thank you for the introduction, Janice. I am profoundly grateful to the Blue Family genealogists who have done SO much work previously and made it available to the likes of you and me. I have only begun to mine the great stories in our shared heritage and have had lots of fun doing it. With this being the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, I enjoyed poking around in some of the stories I could find last summer about Blues in the north and the south. That, of course, led to other stories, and I suspect I could spend the rest of my life’s genealogical hours just on the Blue Family!
I appreciate you making contact. It is a joy to find a new cousin!
CJ