People with memories of Paul, the family, or the eras covered in the biography
Paul's older sister. Lives in Walnut Creek, California with her husband Don Whiteneck. The single most important living witness to Paul's St. Louis childhood, the Gannon Avenue Christmas Eves, and the Chautauqua summers.
Paul's son. Lives in Sonoma County, California. DJ, comedian, former Whole Foods. Website: sheyroth.com. Instagram and other social. The perspective of the child.
Alice-Ann's husband. Walnut Creek, California. May have memories of Paul from family gatherings across the decades.
Son of Muriel Ebsworth Mueller. History teacher in North Carolina, Peace Corps veteran. Raised by a teacher mother, taught Western Civilization overseas. Facebook, LinkedIn accessible.
Son of Ann Frauenthal King and Harold King. Swim coach in the Chicago area (Hinsdale Central HS). Chautauqua summers companion. Wife: Julie. Child: Skylar King.
Daughter of Ann and Harold King. Still lives in Chautauqua, Illinois. Childhood summer companion of Paul and Alice-Ann.
Barney Ebsworth's only daughter. Chicago. Husband: Mark J. Ladd. Contact is sensitive — she is the sole executor of Barney's estate. Approach through formal channels.
Living Frauenthal descendant, grandson of Herman Frauenthal (brother of Dr. Henry). Potential source for the broader Frauenthal line.
The cousin who provided the critical correction that Bernice was a Frauenthal by birth, not a Gapen. Primary source for family tree verification.
Paul's class (early 1960s). Yearbook archives, possible surviving track teammates and classmates.
Paul's college class. Alumni directory may provide leads to classmates, roommates, or fraternity brothers who remember him from Urbana-Champaign.
Cleveland High School Class of 1952 reunion organizer. Knew Paul's cousin Barney. Phone: 425-772-7756. Relevant for the Ebsworth biography crossover.
Austin's pre-web computer community. People who were on the Austin bulletin boards before spring.com. Potential contacts via Austin Free-Net alumni and early Austin tech oral histories.
People who were in the early shared workspaces of Austin. Potential contacts via coworking conference attendee lists and Austin tech history archives.
The first users of Paul's BBS and early web community. Likely reachable through old Austin tech directories and Wayback Machine archives.
The tai chi school where Paul studied. Successor teachers in the Choy Hok Peng / Choy Kam Man lineage may remember Paul or have records of his training.
Fellow tai chi practitioners in Austin. Students and teachers in the Yang Style tradition who have practiced alongside Paul.
Records of the Walhus family in Spring Grove. Norwegian Lutheran church records. Dr. Martin J. Walhus dental practice records.
Records of Max Frauenthal, the Frauenthal & Schwarz store, and early Heber Springs. Photos and documents.
St. Louis records covering Union Station (Barney W. Frauenthal), Cleveland High School, Bayless High School, and the broader Paul Walhus St. Louis context.
The Barney Ebsworth oral history (April 2017). The primary source for family memories as Barney told them.
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