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Month: March 2018

250ish year round trip

On March 14, 2018 By findingprogenitorsIn Uncategorized2 Comments

500 miles apart at birth. 175 miles apart when they raised children.  Ida Smith Reynolds and Lorena Susan Dickens were 6th cousins, once removed. Each was my grandmother. Ida was my Grandmother Kyzer, my maternal grandmother.  She was born and raised in Dooly County, Georgia. A school teacher, she met my Grandaddy through teaching and …

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Pen Pals….1940’s social media

On March 5, 2018February 18, 2019 By findingprogenitorsIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

A small handful of letters written by two Columbian pen pals, Jose and German, to my mother in 1945, say a lot about how our world has changed. The letters are fairly benign.  The boys speak of their age and physical description.  Mentions of the family farms that produce coffee. Classes they were taking and …

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A visit to Dickens land 😊.
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On the date, August 22, 98 years ago my Grandparents were married.  Also on this date, August 22, 67 years ago, my Parents were married.  To the best of my knowledge, this was coincidence.  Perhaps by my Grandparents 100th Anniversary I will have put in place a story from the 721 letters they wrote to each other the year prior to their marriage. I’ve read and transcribed them all, just gotta do it!  No photos of my Grandparents wedding. This is one of the youngest photos I have found of them. #quarantinegoals #findingprogenitors #malcolmandida #jakeandmillie #happyanniversary #august22 #grandparents #parents #wedding #weddinganniversary #marriagecertificate #weddingparty #family #familyhistory #familystories #coincidence #interesting
George and Ernie’s excellent adventure! In 1934, my husband’s Uncle took a cross country, seemingly carefree journey with his friend. To read about it link in bio.
May 10, 1935, was the 25th wedding anniversary of my husband’s Grandparents, Joe and Lizzie Schaller.  This handmade card is from their then 17 year old daughter, Angela. 3 months later, Angela was received into the convent of the Sisters of Saint Francis of the Holy Trinity in Dubuque, Iowa. She spent the next 64 years serving in religious life.
John Peter Von Bank, my husband’s Great Uncle, and Herman Humann were brothers in law. In February of 1918, Herman’s younger sister, Mary Catherine, married John. Herman was a solider in the US Army, stationed at Camp McArthur, Texas. On October 20, 1918, Herman died from complications of the 1918 Flu. 2 weeks later, November 3, 1918, Mary’s husband, John, met the same fate. He had been hospitalized with kidney and stomach problems and then the flu. Mary married again 3 years later, had 8 children and lived to the sunny age of 96.

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