Dear Margaret,
My name is Jill L. Ware I live in Evansville, In...My grandfather went
to work for Meads' when he was 16yrs old in 1916, in the mail room.
He, upon his retirement in 1963 was a vice president for Meads'!
My grandfather and Mead became very good friends over the years
that gramps worked for him...gramp's name, (Adolph "Mel" Melzer
Gerard.) Mead's, was a huge part of my family growing up and when I
was sixteen years old we moved into, Lambert Johnson's home.......
A home that Lambert had built in 1957, very very close to his cousin
Daniel Johnson's home. In fact, their famlies' built a horse stable
in between the two homes to share.
Margaret, I have been trying for over ten years to finish
the story of my parents home in conjuntion with that of my
grandparents life connection to their home, via the Johnson
family. It's been a very difficult task. Insofar, as material
that's available to me is concerned.
I would be very grateful if you could pass my comments onto
Stephen Johnson. Without a Johnson family member, being able to
fill in the many many blanks I have in my historical
accountings---I would simply end up with conjecture at best
insofar, as why Lambert and Daniel left Evansville. And both left
very quickly---almost silently and very near the same time?
Was it the companies' sale to Bristol? Personel reasons? A
combination of the two? Or, were there other things going on...
Stephan Johnson, being Mead's son had to have lived here in Evansville
---further, he had to have heard or known somthing about his
relatives departure from here?
Margaret I would be very very grateful if you can pass this comment
onto Stephan Johnson...Perhaps, after talking with him
I will be able to put an ending a period onto my writings'!
That would be amazing, as I've been hitting concrete walls
on this subject since 1998!!!
Thank you Margaret in advance for your help.
Sincerely,
Jill L. Ware
13 Oak Meadow
Evansville, In. 47725
(812)319-9094
jilli1119@gmail.com