Tell Something Interesting About One (Or More) of Your Ancestors
10-26-2011, 05:38 PM
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my Oma, which is my mom's mom...was a German blue blood who married a commoner! My Oma was given the MOTHERS CROSS from Hitler for being a GOOD German mother who had 10 children(14 but only 10 lived past a year)! She was also a WET nurse to many kids during the war years.
Of course 1 of those children along with a nephew were taken from her and sent on the Orphan train to Poland to live in Foster care. My mom has horror stories of that 2 years of her life. My Oma also had 2 more children that were in their teens sent away on trains to Poland. THe last known whereabouts for one of them was Dachau concentration camp!The other one died in Poland.
My Great grandmother on my dad's side was American Indian from a tribe here in OK. She went blind as a teen and was sent off to school. Where she met my Great grand dad and when they married she was not allowed to move back to the reservation because she married a white man!
Of course 1 of those children along with a nephew were taken from her and sent on the Orphan train to Poland to live in Foster care. My mom has horror stories of that 2 years of her life. My Oma also had 2 more children that were in their teens sent away on trains to Poland. THe last known whereabouts for one of them was Dachau concentration camp!The other one died in Poland.
My Great grandmother on my dad's side was American Indian from a tribe here in OK. She went blind as a teen and was sent off to school. Where she met my Great grand dad and when they married she was not allowed to move back to the reservation because she married a white man!
10-26-2011, 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Barb44
My mother grew up in a house that was haunted. My grandmother had a sister who died in the house at the age of 12. They would hear her singing upstairs in German. I got a chance to visit that house in May. It has since been torn down. Wonder what happened to the ghosts?
10-26-2011, 05:47 PM
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My grandfather is originally from China. He came to the US to work and settled in Southern California, where he took a liking to avocados. He later returned to China and brought with him several avocado plants which he planted on his parents' property. At that time no one in China ever heard of avocados and there were certainly no avocado trees to be found. The trees took a long time to grow, and my grandfather moved back to the states. After his parents passed away, relatives lived in the house. They had heard stories about the mysterious avocados my grandfather planted, but since it's not a fruit grown in China, they did not know when the avocados would ripen.
The first few times they plucked the avocados from the tree, they were not yet ripe and the relatives thought "Pitooey...these are hard and bitter." They let the avocados stay on the tree until they ripened and fell to the ground. Unfortunately, by the time the avocados fell to the ground, they were over-ripe. The relatives thought "These are black and mushy." For the life of them, they could not figure out why my grandfather was so enamored with avocados.
A few years ago, several of my cousins went to China to visit the village where my grandfather grew up. They said the ancestral house is still on the property, but the avocado trees had been removed. I guess my Chinese relatives never heard of salsa!
The first few times they plucked the avocados from the tree, they were not yet ripe and the relatives thought "Pitooey...these are hard and bitter." They let the avocados stay on the tree until they ripened and fell to the ground. Unfortunately, by the time the avocados fell to the ground, they were over-ripe. The relatives thought "These are black and mushy." For the life of them, they could not figure out why my grandfather was so enamored with avocados.
A few years ago, several of my cousins went to China to visit the village where my grandfather grew up. They said the ancestral house is still on the property, but the avocado trees had been removed. I guess my Chinese relatives never heard of salsa!
10-26-2011, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
On my mother's side, there were Hungrian gypsies! I wanted to find out MORE about them, but she was so ashamed and wouldn't talk about them --- and they were GENERATIONS before her.. I think it sounds intriguing....maybe explaines something about my needing to "explore"
Now they are all dead and NOBODY knows who/what/where etc about our native roots.
THe last thing we do know is that in the 90's..like maybe 97'..my grandmother SOLD the last of my great grandmothers land back to the tribe in OK. But we don't know what tribe or where the land was. I wish I knew who my relatives where here in OK!
10-26-2011, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Central Ohio Quilter
Both my grandmother and my husband's grandfather died in the great influenza epidemic of 1918, each leaving 3 little daughters, just about the same ages. My mom was the youngest of her sisters, and DH's mom was the oldest of her sisters. The families lived 500 miles from each other.
My great- great- great grandma on the other side of the family was a Pueblo. DM said she saw a picture of her once, but does not know where the pic. went, or who had it.
Fun thread- great stories!
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