Hand Me Down is my podcast of history and family stories. The goal of this series is to tell some of the stories of my family in the context of the history in which those stories occurred. It’s part genealogy and part history that I hope you’ll enjoy. Visit the website at http://oconnor.home.blog
Everett Ward Gardiner's life began in scandal, wandered through shame and reinvention, and ended in dignity. http://oconnor.home.blog
21 Feb 2026
S5E27 - Stockton State
A finish to the story of my great‑grandfather, Thomas O’Connor — a man whose life began hopefully in Ireland, endured immigration, hard work, three marriages, and ended during the Great Depression in a place few families ever talk about openly: Stockton State Hospital, one of California’s largest mental institutions. His story is not an easy one. But it is deeply human. And like so many family stories, it sits at the intersection of love, hardship, silence, and survival. http://oconnor.home.blog (http://oconnor.home.blog/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEydjl3YTJ6S0lJQ1AwTjJSYXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7_RjqiYxrvzEA6JC-Jy4f1-yKB2MBVFgV2whDwrXghik_eK9qkRZWs_foLEA_aem_M_KtddpfWY8F0JecekgGRw)
7 Dec 2025
S5E26 - A Baseball Life
This episode centers on the baseball life of my grandfather Gerald Desmond and the baseball scrapbook he kept as a child from 1906 to about 1914. http://oconnor.home.blog (http://oconnor.home.blog)
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