Trish Hackett Nicola, Certified Genealogist Trish worked on several special projects in 2007. She did research on Gypsy Rose Lee and her family for author, Karen Abbott.* Rose Louise Hovick, known as Gypsy Rose Lee, and her sister June (stage name Baby June and later June Havoc), spent their early years in Seattle. Their mother was a true “stage mother” and often changed their date of birth according to what best suited their needs—if June needed to be younger to get a job, her mother adjusted her age; if Rose needed to be older to obtain a work permit, she became the necessary age. It will be fun to see the published book in the next year or two.

In December Trish gathered samples of original 1907 music for the 100th anniversary celebration of Historic Seattle’s Dearborn House. You have a much better appreciation of current music after you have listed to Ada Jones sing “All She Gets from the Iceman is Ice” or Bill Murray singing “He Goes to Church Sunday.”

Trish enjoys doing historical and genealogical research for authors. She also researches Seattle and Washington State pioneers, Chinese Exclusion Act files, Irish-Americans, and nineteen and twentieth century research. She became a Certified Genealogist in 2000 and is a regional director for the Association of Professional Genealogist, and a board member of the Queen Anne History Society. Trish has published articles in Pacific Northwest Quarterly, APG Quarterly, Magnolia News, and Western New York Genealogical Society.

Contact information:
Trish Hackett Nicola, CG
phn@familytraces.com  www.familytraces.com

*Karen Abbott’s first book, Sin in the Second City: madams, ministers, playboys, and the battle for America's soul, was recently published. It is a well-researched, nonfiction account of the Everleigh Club, a famous brothel in Chicago during the early 1900s.