Members related to Pre-War Ballplayers?

[npa589]

I just met the Great Granddaughter-in-Law of Edward Phelps (her husband is the great grandson) by way of selling her a C46 Imperial Tobacco card I had of him. She was thrilled to get the card, and has been searching for a card of him for each of their children. The C46 card will be a surprise gift to her husband, and her joy for acquiring must speak for his pride in his father, and in his father's father, and in his father's father's father. I'm a sucker for genealogy, and when baseball is intertwined - it's all the more intriguing.


I suggested that they may be interested in joining this site, especially since I have seen many other members who seem to have palpable connections to ballplayers of the past by way of name correlation, and I know I have spoken to people who are not so palpably connected, most likely because their relation is maternal.

I love stories like this, as I am sure many of you do, so I thought it would be neat to start a thread for members that are related to Pre-War ballplayers! As we all know, a large part, if not the largest part of collecting is contextual value which manifests itself into sentimental value. I would love to read of other stories similar to this that led people into the hobby for familial reasons!

Please share any details you would like with regard to the relation, and any pictures of items you would like to share - whether "mass"-produced or sentimentally valuable.



I'll start it off with a W600 portrait of Edward Phelps. They were aware of the fact that Edward Phelps was a member of the Pittsburgh team that played in the very first World Series, which took place in 1903. Of the two known W600 variations of Phelps, the 1903 one is of Phelps on Pittsburgh and is one of only 2 cards that portray him on the Pirates. Needless to say, she is now looking for one!

*Scan is from VCP.