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Researching Robert

 

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Inman, Kansasby Jim Potter

By the time Richard and Anna Borchart moved to Inman, Kansas, in 1896, with Arthur, their firstborn, the town welcome d residents and guests to shop on main street using raised wooden sidewalks. … Read the rest

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Researching Robert

 

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Exceptional Entrepreneurshipby Jim Potter

As a brief review of a long story, I’m researching the life of Robert Borchart Parks who was born in Inman, Kansas, in 1897.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

 

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The Long Honeymoon to Havenby Jim Potter

Richard Karl August Borchert, 25, and Anna Maria Friederike Sophie, about 21, were married October 24, 1894, in Berlin, Germany.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

 

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I Talk to Dead Peopleby Jim Potter

The first time I visited Richard Borchart’s grave and talked to him, I didn’t have much to say.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

 

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Accidental Deathby Jim Potter

I’d been on the trail of Robert Parks since he left his adoptive parents’ home on October 21, 1915. His departure was a surprise to Henry and Lydia Parks, of Groveland Township, McPherson County, Kansas.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

 

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Rabbit HoleExploring the Salem Home Cemeteryby Jim Potter

Thanks to Marci Penner, Co-Director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation, I located the small cemetery that was in use by the orphanage at Gnadenau during the time Robert Parks and his brothers resided at the institution in 1900.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

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Grace MeadowHome for the Friendless at Gnadenau

by Jim Potter

From 1915, I’d been researching Robert Parks’ life backwards, not forwards. Thanks to the US Census, I knew beyond a doubt that 2-year-old Robert Borchart, and his two brothers, were in an orphanage in Marion County, Kansas, on June 1, 1900.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

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Robert Borchart Son by Adoption

by Jim Potter

The 1910 US Census successfully answered a major question of mine about Robert Parks. His original surname was Borchart.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

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Looking Backwards

by Jim Potter

When I’m driving our car, I don’t constantly look in the rearview mirror. But when it comes to the past, it gets a lot of my attention.… Read the rest

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Researching Robert

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Boy Leaves Home By Jim Potter

Since I have online access to historical newspapers, and I had the date of Robert’s disappearance, it was easy to search for his name in McPherson newspapers published in October 1915.… Read the rest

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