A Fish Story. Charles Randall Poppleton.

WARNING: This story is not for those who get grossed out easily.

I believe that I mentioned my great-grandfather's love of fishing in a previous post. I also spoke of spending time at Bummie and Bumpie's most Sundays, but our family were frequent visitors. Not that we were a real close-knit family or anything like that. Visiting family was simply the culturally accepted norm. Potluck dinners, impromptu picnics and birthdays were standard gathering times for us all.

Life in small-town America was both good and bad. As so often happens in rural towns not every technological and cultural trend had caught up with the population.  Not everyone owned televisions. Telephones still had "party" lines. Computers wouldn't become popular (affordable) to the general public until the 1980s. Most people didn't lock their doors - AT ALL. Children played together or alone outside until called in for dinner or it got too dark to see. Times were simpler then.

Sometime right around 1964, my great-grandfather came chuckling up to the house on Ellison Avenue. Fishing pole in hand and a funny story on his lips. The fishing pole was left on the porch and he quickly whispered in Bummie's ear when he came inside.

Who's On First, What's On Second OR How This Site Is Organized.

If you're viewing this page, chances are that you are family or happened in from the WWW.

In any case: Welcome.

This site is actually a compilation of several portions of our family tree. The Poppleton-Berchtold Family page acts as the beginning point for the page.

To allow each part of the tree to be completely separate the naming convention I have adopted is:

Male surname followed by a dash (-) and Female Maiden name followed by the word "branch".

For those of us who are/have married more than once - I will be adding "connection" pages. For example, Wood-Miller will be expanded with a page called "The Howland Connection" and "The Medina Connection".

Images are being uploaded as time permits. Please note that many pictures fit into more than one category, so in the future you may see a particular picture on more than one page.

Should you discover an error on my part - feel free to comment or message me. I will do everything possible to correct ASAP.

If you would like to be a contributor (pictures with or without stories) simply provide me with your contact information in a private message and I will add you to the page. Want to contribute but don't know how? Contact me - we can work something out.

Hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane.