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From: Jacqui Marcella <>
Subject: Re: What is this?
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 22:10:35 -0800
References: <BBCC7C2B.19EE4%mrkoala@netptc.net>
In-Reply-To: <BBCC7C2B.19EE4%mrkoala@netptc.net>


Hurray for John, I believe he's figured it out--the woman's husband was
a locomotive engineer. Thanks so much.

John Maylone wrote:

> Do these sound good?
>
> B of LE = Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
>
> There is also a Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, which would
> be "B of LF&E" not "B of FL&E", but given the match to the Brotherhood of
> Locomotive Engineers, I think it likely that the obit refers to a railroad
> man.
>
> There is a Masonic Jewel City Lodge in the La Canada, CA area
>
> http://www.ble.org/
> http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/KCL05141.html
> http://www.wapersons.com/pi/29.html
> http://www.beal-net.com/ralph/rrb6.html
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> John Maylone
> Tollhouse, California
>
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> On 11/3/03 7:41 PM, "Jacqui Marcella" <> wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks, Chris, I've gotten numerous replies saying NDGW is Native
>>Daughters of the Golden West so I've got that. Now for the hard
>>ones--any guesses? These organizations were active in Tracy in 1951.
>>
>>Chris Havnar wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jacqui -
>>>
>>>I can give you the easy one - NDGW = Native Daughter of the Golden West
>>>- the others, sorry no help.
>>>
>>>Chris
>>>
>>>At 06:26 PM 11/3/2003 -0800, Jacqui Marcella wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Can anyone help me decipher these initials from an obituary?
>>>>
>>>>a member of GIA to B of LE, Jewel city Lodge, B of FL&E, Castle Rock
>>>>Circle of Woodcraft and NDGW, all of Tracy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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