Shep's Place Family Tree

"Margaret Skitch and her husband Charles Ford were both still alive when I was growing up. They were living a few blocks from the family homestead that is probably the $400 property that your file refers to in Oakland which was previously known as Brooklyn because it was across the water ‎(lake)‎ from the main city of Oakland like Brooklyn NY is across the water from NY city. I was at the homestead once before it was torn down to make room for the freeway."