Category: Stories

  • Gerald & Maureen’s Story

    (This section of the Mitchell history has been written by Warren Mitchell, one of Gerald and Maureen’s five sons.  It reflects his recollections of their life as viewed by an imperfect observer and may, therefore, have any number of errors and omissions.  It is obviously necessarily devoid of much detailed information in the early years.) My parents,…

    Read more: Gerald & Maureen’s Story
  • Earle Mitchell’s Story

    (This autobiography was written by Earle in 1996 when he was 76 years of age.) About a year ago our two daughters suggested that as I was the oldest remaining of our family (except Mother at ninety-nine years young but with failing memory) I should write down a record of our life.  They thought that this…

    Read more: Earle Mitchell’s Story
  • Elfreda Mitchell’s Story

    (This story was copied from a typewritten manuscript that Olive (nee Mitchell) Aylesworth loaned to Warren Mitchell. Since it was entitled an ‘autobiography’, it is assumed that Elfreda typed it out herself at some point in 1975. It is not known if any other family member assisted in this production.) I was born on June 19, 1896,…

    Read more: Elfreda Mitchell’s Story