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Grandfather's Second Name: The Whitaker Family Secret
Grandfather's Second Name: The Whitaker Family Secret
A single loose deed found on a loading dock named one man twice: David Whitaker and also David Schultz - two names, the same signature, a 4.3-acre parcel dated November 14, 1952. How did a rural mail carrier keep two identities, two addresses, and two sets of tax records for nearly twenty years without a missed payment, and what does that nod when Judith said "Helen Dowd" really mean?
In this episode, we follow the sequence of records and memories that reconnect a family to a hidden past. You will hear how a county clerk's routine letter…
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