O/T Ty Cobb relative

[gnaz01]

I once sold a T206 portrait to Steve Elberfeld (I think great grandson of "Kid"). Nice guy, a jeweler in the Boston area (at least he was 15+ years ago).

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

I once sold a T206 portrait to Steve Elberfeld (I think great grandson of "Kid"). Nice guy, a jeweler in the Boston area (at least he was 15+ years ago).

Funny -- I once ran into a great granddaughter of Kid's, who was a paralegal in Baltimore.

[Steve D]

When I was going to junior college in the early 1980s in San Diego CA, one of my classmates was the great-niece of Cap Anson. And yes, I let her get away, when I shouldn't have

Steve

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Steve D

When I was going to junior college in the early 1980s in San Diego CA, one of my classmates was the great-niece of Cap Anson. And yes, I let her get away, when I shouldn't have

Steve

There's an older gentleman at my church that is a distant relative of Cap as well. It's apparently something of a sore subject and so he doesn't discuss it.

Tabe

[IronHorse2130]

I met my current girlfriend's parents for the first time a few months ago. I was talking to her father about baseball and he tells me that he is related to Christy Mathewson. I couldn't believe my ears. I believe his grandfather was Mathewson's brother. He knows very little about his family as his father died young. I asked my girlfriend if anyone in the family would have photos. Her aunt (her father's sister) said there are no photos of Christy but there should be some of his brother. I still have not seen anything yet. Does anyone know how many brothers/sisters Mathewson had? Their names?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by IronHorse2130

I met my current girlfriend's parents for the first time a few months ago. I was talking to her father about baseball and he tells me that he is related to Christy Mathewson. I couldn't believe my ears. I believe his grandfather was Mathewson's brother. He knows very little about his family as his father died young. I asked my girlfriend if anyone in the family would have photos. Her aunt (her father's sister) said there are no photos of Christy but there should be some of his brother. I still have not seen anything yet. Does anyone know how many brothers/sisters Mathewson had? Their names?

Christy had an "almost famous" brother, Henry, who got to have a cup of coffee in the bigs. His life met with tragedy early on--he died while still a very young man.