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January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Stop… Rewind…

January 12, 2021January 20, 2021 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Rachel from KCB from St. Petersburg dated November 12th 1894

February 28, 2019March 6, 2019 museumgirlknitz

Letter to Jane from KCB dated November 5th 1894 from St. Petersburg

December 24, 2018August 12, 2020 museumgirlknitz

Minister v. Ambassador

December 20, 2018August 12, 2020 museumgirlknitz

Redfern’s neighborhood

December 5, 2018December 15, 2018 museumgirlknitz

So that’s what her parents looked like…

December 2, 2018December 2, 2018 museumgirlknitz

Genealogy as history

November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 museumgirlknitz

Where’s Hazelwood?

September 10, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

And we’re back…

July 26, 2018September 10, 2018 museumgirlknitz

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KCB timeline

1853 – born Airlie Plantation, NE Louisiana

1863 – family moved to Texas; father died

1865 – sent to live with aunt in New York

1876 – married CRB in Memphis, Tennessee

1877 – son James Carson born

1881 – daughter Mary Carson born

1883 – daughter Susanna Preston Lees born

1882 – CRB elected congressman from Arkansas

1891 – became charter member 146 of Daughters of the American Revolution

1894 – CRB appointed minister to Russia; family traveled to Saint Petersburg; CRB & KCB attended wedding of Nicholas & Alexandra

1895 – son Clifton Rodes Breckinridge, Jr. born

1896 – CRB & KCB attended coronation of Nicholas & Alexandra; traveled Europe with children

1898 – returned to United States

1900 – CRB appointed to Dawes Commission; CRB & KCB moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas

1914 – returned to Europe with daughter and son

1921 – died

 

 

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