Category: Family

My Grandfather as a Young Man

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2019_06_06_15_39_54.pdf000  I found this photo recently in my mother’s archive,  My grandfather is with his 3 daughters in 1923,  At that time the family was living in Omaha Nebraska.  My mother is the 11 year o;d on the right.

I have titled this to indicate my grandfather was young but that’s a relative term.  Actually he was almost 50 in 1923,  But my image of him has always been of him as an older man in his 70’s and early 80’s – when I knew him,

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IMG_6336a bit blurred but this is a photo of my grandfather in 1912 when he was in his mid-30’s.

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From Day 11 Onward – Arriving in England

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Most of the day was spent in doing the usual round of deck and gym activities.  Getting ready to land just after 6 p.m.Now we shift to land based activities.  She hated to say goodby to her many onboard friends.  She is very sorry the boat trip has ended and it takes a day or so to move on and enjoy getting acquainted with England via Liverpool and London.

She and Libby were met by a representative from American Express who took good care of them.  There was a boat train from Liverpool to London.  (A forerunner of my experiences 60 years later in the 1990’s of the boat train which carried Irish Ferry passengers from Dublin to Holyhead in Wales.  The train went to coastal destinations in northern Wales and and then in a southeast direction to England – finally arriving in London)

The rail trip was enjoyable – pleasing interesting scenery.  They arrived in London at midnight and again were met by someone from American Express who guided them to their hotel.  Very comfortable spacious room.  American Express had 3 letters for them..

liverpool yrain google image     train for a Cunard liner arriving in Liverpool

 

By chance I have come across a photo of my mother and her sister Libby on a cruise in 1974 – 40 years on from their Cunard trip to Europe in 1934

2019_03_24_17_09_15.pdf000 St Lucia, 1974    Libby the woman in the white blouse, my mother beside her

(and a third sister, the woman with the white handbag, Alice)

(And that’s me with the 3 little boys)

Liverpool approximately 1907

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Ancestor Count Update

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As regular readers of this blog know, I am very keen on genealogy and am trying to extend my family tree as far as possible.  The number of identified ancestors is now 17,481.

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photo from 1945, in my backyard in Belmont Mass, it’s springtime – the lilac bush in the background is in bloom

3 generations – my great aunt, my mother and her 2 sisters, me and some of my cousins

  photo of my maternal grandmother and 2 of her daughters (in Minneapolis 1912)

 

Big Bowling Competition

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And the winner is…….IMG_5323At Spin Alley Edmonds Washington

One competitor was missing from this latest meeting of the brothers.  I am sure he is eager to meet up with these two at the earliest opportunity.  Seattle. Connecticut, and London – it’s a challenge to all be in the one place at the same time.  But who knows, with ,modern technology we’ll see what can be arranged.