Tell Something Interesting About One (Or More) of Your Ancestors
06-19-2020, 07:28 AM
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3 generations of my family met their SO in connection with theaters.
My granny was a teenager working with a Chatauqua traveling theater company called the Hatcher Players. She fell in love with the leading man and they decided to get married. The owner of the troupe said if they would get married onstage after a performance he would pay all of their wedding expenses. They did, and Grandpa rushed Granny offstage so fast that she lost one of her borrowed white shoes. He didn't want to be chivareed, still a common custom in the early 1920s. (Granny was highly embarrassed that her first child, my mother, appeared exactly 9 months later!)
Mom's story: She had been out with a friend and it began to rain, so they ducked into the nearest movie theater to wait it out. A young man came in and sat down beside her. They got to talking, found out that his uncle was one of her neighbors. It was during WWII, and relationships proceeded a lot faster than than they do now. They married a couple of months later and remained happily married for 72 years.
Me: I was working with a local civic theater for extra credit in my high school drama class. I was up at the controls for the lights and sound when a young man walked out onto the stage into the spotlight. I thought "Wow! Who's he?" We were married a year later and recently celebrated our 46th anniversary.
My granny was a teenager working with a Chatauqua traveling theater company called the Hatcher Players. She fell in love with the leading man and they decided to get married. The owner of the troupe said if they would get married onstage after a performance he would pay all of their wedding expenses. They did, and Grandpa rushed Granny offstage so fast that she lost one of her borrowed white shoes. He didn't want to be chivareed, still a common custom in the early 1920s. (Granny was highly embarrassed that her first child, my mother, appeared exactly 9 months later!)
Mom's story: She had been out with a friend and it began to rain, so they ducked into the nearest movie theater to wait it out. A young man came in and sat down beside her. They got to talking, found out that his uncle was one of her neighbors. It was during WWII, and relationships proceeded a lot faster than than they do now. They married a couple of months later and remained happily married for 72 years.
Me: I was working with a local civic theater for extra credit in my high school drama class. I was up at the controls for the lights and sound when a young man walked out onto the stage into the spotlight. I thought "Wow! Who's he?" We were married a year later and recently celebrated our 46th anniversary.
06-19-2020, 01:00 PM
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I bet whoever started this thread back in 2011 is surprised to see it starting up again. haha
My 6th G Grandfather put his X on a document dated 1809 and filed in the Louisiana Archives, requesting that the Florida Parishes be included in the United States. At that time, the Florida Parishes were under Spanish rule.
My 6th G Grandfather put his X on a document dated 1809 and filed in the Louisiana Archives, requesting that the Florida Parishes be included in the United States. At that time, the Florida Parishes were under Spanish rule.
06-19-2020, 07:07 PM
#384
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Originally Posted by Taughtby Grandma
One of my ancestors on my mother's side signed the Declaration of Independence.
06-19-2020, 09:22 PM
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On my father's side we are supposed to be related to Robert the Bruce of Scotland. I think everyone with Scottish ancestry is told that!
Similarly, my Russian grandmother's maiden name was Tchaikovsky. She married at 15, and had mom at 16. Nana had been the oldest of 13 siblings, with whom we never had contact. Nana wrote to them for a while after she left Russia, but then they told her they were hassled for it, so had to ask her to stop sending letters. We lost that whole side of the family!
Similarly, my Russian grandmother's maiden name was Tchaikovsky. She married at 15, and had mom at 16. Nana had been the oldest of 13 siblings, with whom we never had contact. Nana wrote to them for a while after she left Russia, but then they told her they were hassled for it, so had to ask her to stop sending letters. We lost that whole side of the family!
06-20-2020, 04:09 AM
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My ancestors (mothers side)came from Western Kentucky, my grandfather grew fields of tobacco, in Lyon County< and was struck by lightening 3 times(in the fields) and lived through them all.It was way before I was born .Ironically, he died of a heart attack.
My great grandfather was raised on an Indian Reservation in Arkansas, left when he was 18 and wound up in western Kentucky.,where he met my great grand mother.It took years of research to find this information out ,as they said my GG father didn't want to talk about it.we should all leave our family histories for our future generations to read.
My great grandfather was raised on an Indian Reservation in Arkansas, left when he was 18 and wound up in western Kentucky.,where he met my great grand mother.It took years of research to find this information out ,as they said my GG father didn't want to talk about it.we should all leave our family histories for our future generations to read.
06-20-2020, 04:20 AM
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My maternal grandmother, Violet [Dee] B Dunn, was Saratoga County [NY] Historian and wrote a book of the history of the county. Years before that, she did a family genealogy. From that information, on my visit to England, I stood at the grave of one of my ancestors in Stratford-On-Avon...Kind of exciting. Dee also obtained a picture/drawing/painting of the wooden ship Arbella that our ancestors came to Salem Massacusetts in 1630. My paternal aunt also did a genealogy and my dad's side of the family is from Germany. I have pictures of their birth certificates and the forms they filled out when entering through Ellis Island.
This is the Arbella... it took 9+ weeks to cross the Atlantic.
This is the Arbella... it took 9+ weeks to cross the Atlantic.
06-21-2020, 04:46 PM
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I have ancestors that came over on the Mayflower with the pilgrims. Also one (maybe more) that fought in the revolution. My mother's family was part of the west ward movement in the 1800's and moved from Pennsylvania to Iowa. I also had an ancestor who fought in the civil war. He was young and at one point lost his sword so took one off of a dead Confederate soldier. Thus my Iowa family has a Confederate civil war sword as an heirloom.
I have some other stories about my mother's family, but I'm not sure how many are true so I tend to not repeat those lol
I have some other stories about my mother's family, but I'm not sure how many are true so I tend to not repeat those lol
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