Their Voices Podcast

Colleen Jousma and PJ Elias
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We talk about family history, genealogy, and history related to our own and other people's ancestors.

  1. Apr 3

    Episode 19 - The Hekman Family

    Colleen continues sharing her research on her One Place Study of the Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this episode she shares about the Hekman family who had a baking company in the neighborhood. https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/2024/09/18/the-hekman-family-1380-cesar-e-chavez/

  2. 08/12/2025

    Episode 18 - PJ's Trip to Poland

    In this episode PJ shares about his trip to Poland. He visited Wałbrzych and Warsaw. During his trip he visited a few castles, hiked the Carpathians, went to cemeteries, and went to a few museums.

  3. 05/26/2025

    Episode 17 - Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery

    In today's episode Colleen interviews Aisha Woods a community volunteer at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, California. The next volunteer cleanup day is Saturday June 14 from 8am to 1pm. The cemetery tour is happening on June 22. To learn more about how you can support Lincoln check out the volunteer website. Aisha Wood's email and phone number on on the site: https://www.lincolnmemorialparkcemetery.org/ Their GoFundMe for tools, gas, and other supplies: https://www.gofundme.com/f/revitalizing-lincoln-memorial-park-cemetery And for those interested in the Negro Who's Who in California book that Aisha mentioned, here is a link to that on Internet Archive. https://ia800206.us.archive.org/13/items/negrowhoswhoinca00losa/negrowhoswhoinca00losa.pdf

    Episode 17 - Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery

  4. 07/20/2024

    Episode 16 - The Brice Family

    In this episode Colleen continues her research on the Roosevelt Neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this episode she shares her research on the Brice family. Caleb Brice and his wife were the first people in the written record that we've found who were not of Native American or European descent. The Brice's were African Americans from Pennsylvania who immigrated to Michigan from Canada after the Civil War. The family were land owners and active members of several African Methodist Episcopal churches. You can read the blog post that this episode is closely based on at https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/2024/05/12/the-brice-family/ Special thanks to Janet at the Norwich Archives in Ontario and to Heather from Heather's Historicals blog for help on research about this family. http://www.norwichdhs.ca/archives.html https://heathershistoricals.weebly.com/

  5. 07/09/2023

    Episode 15 - Peppertown

    In this episode PJ and Colleen talk about a former neighborhood of St Petersburg, Florida called Peppertown. It was a predominantly African American neighborhood. In this episode PJ talks about Stewart's Memorial Chapel as well as a minister from Africa named Pela Penick. You can follow us on Twitter @TheirVoices_Pod, Instagram @theirvoicespod, and Facebook.

  6. 06/19/2023

    Episode 14 - Roosevelt Park One Place Study

    On this episode we discuss Colleen's One Place Study about the neighborhood she grew up in. Our special guest in this episode is Colleen's brother, Tim. The neighborhood they grew up in was the Roosevelt Park neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Learn more about the One Place Study here: https://rooseveltparkneighborhood.wordpress.com/ Learn about the Roosevelt Park Neighborhood Association here: https://www.rooseveltparkna.org/ Find Tim over at Friends Talking Nerdy (you can find them on Spotify, Apple, or any podcatcher of your choice.) https://open.spotify.com/show/3eAqLDDWbIoXmejsxw8hEz?si=f1e1e8d72615469f You can follow us on Twitter @TheirVoices_Pod, Instagram @theirvoicespod, and Facebook.

  7. 01/10/2023

    Episode 13 - Robert Smalls

    In this episode we talk about the life of the Civil War Hero, politician, and education advocate Robert Smalls. We tell the story of his daring escape from slavery during the Civil War, his public service in South Carolina and federal legislatures, and more. Yearning to Breathe Free - Dr Andrew Billingsly https://www.google.com/books/edition/Yearning_to_Breathe_Free/1RgfEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Lydia+Polite%22&pg=PA11&printsec=frontcover Sociological book looking at Smalls upbringing and the impact of that on him. Biographies -Historic Beaufort Foundation https://historicbeaufort.org/john-mark-verdier-house/robert-smalls-exhibit/ -University of SC https://sc.edu/about/our_history/university_history/presidential_commission/commission_reports/final_report/appendices/appendix-3/smalls-robert/index.php -American Battlefield Trust https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/robert-smalls Part about mom showing horrors of slavery, him being in jail in Beaufort, and being sent to work in Charleston. Rear Admiral DuPont quote. Info on Charleston Harbor. Several later in life things noted, too. Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thrilling-tale-how-robert-smalls-heroically-sailed-stolen-confederate-ship-freedom-180963689/-PBS https://www.pbs.org/wnet/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross/history/which-slave-sailed-himself-to-freedom/#:~:text=In%20fewer%20than%20four%20hours,children)%20from%20slavery%20to%20freedom - National Parks Service https://www.nps.gov/people/robert-smalls.htm https://www.nps.gov/places/the-robert-smalls-house.htm Details about the home, past and present. - newspaper article - City Intelligence - The Steamer Planter - Charleston Daily Courier, May 14, 1862 Notes which wharf the Planter was that night. https://www.worldmapsonline.com/historic-map-charleston-sc-1872/ Shows the wharfs in Charleston https://www.ccpl.org/charleston-time-machine/where-did-robert-smalls-live-1862-charleston interesting research trying to figure out where Robert and Hannah Smalls lived, but only thing I pulled from it was that the planning for the escape happened at Smalls home. Also mentions Dorothy Sterling "research". This also mentions that Robert and Hannah lived in Charleston. a...

    Episode 13 - Robert Smalls

  8. 09/28/2022

    Episode 12 - Project Infant

    In this episode we speak to Daniel Loftus, creator of an important website called Project Infant. This site is creating a database of all the victims of the Mother and Baby Homes in Ireland to ensure that their memory lives on. To learn more about Project Infant check out the following links. Website: https://projectinfant.ie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Project_Infant Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectInfant Connect with Daniel on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DanielGenealogy Thanks for listening to Their Voices Podcast

    Episode 12 - Project Infant
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We talk about family history, genealogy, and history related to our own and other people's ancestors.

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  • Creator
    Colleen Jousma and PJ Elias
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    19
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Colleen Jousma and PJ Elias
  • Show Website
    Their Voices Podcast