tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817119928790414209.post4540983901040201251..comments2023-06-20T08:47:20.474-07:00Comments on Ancestor Biographies: Living With a Fake Name — Thomas Michael MitchellLaura M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06459704708655122335noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817119928790414209.post-19023785094371085322020-05-30T14:29:56.446-07:002020-05-30T14:29:56.446-07:00So interesting. Two parts were REALLY sad: that h...So interesting. Two parts were REALLY sad: that his family had moved away by the time he made his way back to LA, and that his wife put him into a home the way she did. I'd also love to know more about restaurants in those days.<br />Regina Merwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146573540888379280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6817119928790414209.post-42898850977221981072017-02-25T11:33:03.147-08:002017-02-25T11:33:03.147-08:00I found this extremely moving. Perhaps it is part...I found this extremely moving. Perhaps it is partly because I knew, as a boy, two uncles who had been in WW I -- on opposite sides -- and especially on one of them, the experience had a strong effect. A bit of Tom's story also has some parallels to my father's early life (and Dad liked Lawrence Welk, too!... Liberace, not so much...). But there is also a kind of geographical resonance because I lived for a time near LA and can "see" the scenes of Thomas Mitchell's life there. Thanks for telling his story. Christopher Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750864677103795953noreply@blogger.com