To the Editor:
This article stunned me—Today’s Alameda Treasure – 1724 Santa Clara Avenue, the Greenleaf House, Part 1.
I am descended from the Greenleafs, who are famously a family of pharmacists (apothecaries) and silversmiths. I need to do the actual math (genealogy work) to see how distantly, but if he was from Connecticut, he is very likely a descendant of Elizabeth Gookin Greenleaf, who is my ninth great grandmother. She appears as a character in my novel Silence, and it is likely through one of her offspring that David Sr. (so many David Greenleafs!) of Alameda is descended. I will report back when I have a minute. Thanks for this article – I love knowing a part of my heritage might also be a part of Alameda’s.
Julia Park Tracey Grass Valley, CA
To the Editor:
We might ask ourselves what services we expect, or at least want, from our local government when we elect the members of our City Council. Well, I for one would like the City to provide protection from harms that fall within their purview. Protection against crime and hazards such as fire, and environmental disasters such as earthquakes, floods, and conflagrations…