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Underground Echoes: Meet the cemeterians

Posted onJuly 28, 2019August 1, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette Our column this week is different, however fear not, new biographies are in the works. The …

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Underground Echoes: Where is Velda Dunn?

Posted onMay 29, 2019May 30, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette Velda Lillian Dunn-Acker, 20, gave birth to her only son Donald Jay Acker, February 27, 1934 …

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Underground Echoes: Bricks and sticks

Posted onMay 22, 2019May 22, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette MARTINEZ, Calif. – City of Martinez’s Annual Spring Cemetery Cleanup. Due to the numerous winter storms, …

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Underground Echoes: In our outdoor museum, past lives matter

Posted onMay 5, 2019May 5, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette There is something very serene and introspective about working in the Alhambra Pioneer Cemetery, both as …

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Underground Echoes: Aaron Rice: The final chapter (1880-1906)

Posted onMarch 17, 2019March 21, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Martinez Gazette Contributors From our last column, we discovered Aaron had siblings. Although his sister Judy Schlesher (58) was never …

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Underground Echoes: Family: Love, loss & found

Posted onMarch 3, 2019March 3, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette When we last left Aaron and his family, they were living blissfully. They had become in …

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Underground Echoes: Life on the family farm: Aaron Rice (1860-1871)

Posted onFebruary 27, 2019February 27, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette Picking up Aaron’s story from where we left off, William Rice still had custody of Nathaniel …

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The move to California: Aaron Rice (1819-1860)

Posted onFebruary 17, 2019February 18, 2019

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Martinez Gazette Contributors We apologize for not writing since last May, but circumstances arose that put our column on hold. …

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Underground Echoes: Found, hidden treasure update

Posted onJune 3, 2018June 4, 2018

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette Since we last wrote about the potential finding of the lost African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church …

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Underground Echoes: A froggy morning at Potter’s Field

Posted onMay 20, 2018May 20, 2018

By JOSEPH & JUDIE PALMER Special to the Gazette Ordinarily this column would begin where we left off with Aaron Rice’s story; however Saturday May …

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