Seattle Times Historical Archive

As a student at the University of Washington, I get free access to the Seattle Times Historical Archive. I am taking this opportunity to do some more research on my poor, neglected Gemmills. It's kind of ironic that I spent the least amount of time researching the family that lived closest to me (From my apartment, I can see the cemetery where they were buried, and if I was feeling adventurous I could bike to the home where they lived). For whatever reason, though, I just don't get around to studying this line very often.

But today I have already come across some interesting things, even a picture of my great-grandmother Jessica McCarthy (a very grainy picture, but a picture nonetheless!)


I also found their wedding announcement:


I also found a pretty interesting article about their son (my grandfather) George Gemmill.


This article is pretty funny to me, because although I never met my grandfather, I have always heard about how he was a very austere person who loved rules. For example, he would punish his kids for cutting butter off the wrong end of the cube! I like this article because it shows that he actually DID "live on the wild side" at least once in his life.

So that's what I have been up to lately. And if anyone needs a lookup in the Seattle Times, let me know! :)