History Lessons
Fireman and I have been organizing the photos etc.
We have them ready for updating to a flashdrive.
We came across some video. And Audio.
I have a wonderful rough recording of my grandfather...the Hungarian one.
I interviewed him for a school project 40 years ago.
The recording is a bit hard to hear but if we listen very
hard we hear his voice, his story....
My father and he were estranged from one another for most of my childhood. I only met him a handful of times.
He told us this: When he got on a train to come to Chicago after they sailed to America, he was baffled.
People on the train were chewing and chewing.
He said, "Mom, these people chew and chew and they never put anything in their mouth!"
He had never seen gum .
Gum is my secret weapon with staying true to weight watchers...
In knit news, I've finished front and back of the Color Block sweater.
No sleeve work today.
Resting my hands and enjoying a sock knit day.
Do you have any interesting immigrant stories?
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I have one very interesting immigrant story....I am the direct descendant of the first settler ever hung in the new world-George Kendall. Yep...my one claim to fame-treason!
Dave's Grandmother, however, was a war bride. His grandfather fought in the Canadian Navy in WW2. His grandmother was an auxilary nurse in Scotland. They fell in love, and after the war, they married in Scotland and came back to New Brunswick. Sadly, she did not get along with his family and it caused a lot of problems, so she left and went back to Scotland. He didn't want her to go, so he followed her, persuaded her to come back and they moved to Ontario, away from the family. They were together until he died of cancer 25 years ago. And she still hasn't lost a bit of her Scottish Brogue!
My father's family came to the U.S. in 1752. We do know that Peter fought in the Revolution and when he could not be paid in dollars for his service, William Penn granted him land in the northeast mountains of Pennsylvania. The town of Dauberville is named after him. He also owned what later became Schuylkill County.
On my mother's side I know NOTHING other than my grandfather was of Scottish descent.
Blessings,
Betsy
I kept the taped letters my Mom and I exchanged when I was in Japan. I treasure them! Several years ago, I had them digitized and then shared them with my sisters, nieces, and nephews.
My maternal side were early (1730's) English settlers to the Ontario Lake region of CNY.
My paternal side are 1898 immigrants from Germany. It's fun to hear the stories but while my grands have died, my parents are still alive and will gladly tell me stories...precious times!
Hugs,
Meredith