tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post3712565756342960623..comments2024-03-08T21:26:51.950+08:00Comments on A geriatric grandmother: WHO DO YOU KNOW THAT WAS BORN WAY BACK THEN?Mimsiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-41690569257387174082013-03-18T15:40:49.537+08:002013-03-18T15:40:49.537+08:00Like me Buttons you have no loving memories of old...Like me Buttons you have no loving memories of older family members.<br />I have so much family history stored in my computers of both my families and that of my hubby too that at times one can easily get confused about who was who. I've often regretted I've not much more genealogy to do but every now and again I find another distant family member. It is all so interesting.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-61655211846017567092013-03-18T15:21:07.403+08:002013-03-18T15:21:07.403+08:00I am glad I got people thinking about this. Some ...I am glad I got people thinking about this. Some people are so fortunate in having large families and yet this is not always the case as there do appear to be many dysfunctional families these days. Perhaps the old adage "friends you can choose; family you are stuck with" rings true in many cases. My son must have felt like that when he decided to 'divorce' all of us just over 11 years ago.<br />My genealogy is all in my computer (Mac uses Reunion 8) so just a click and I find whoever I want in a few seconds which is so convenient.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-14041498918230804282013-03-18T15:17:11.770+08:002013-03-18T15:17:11.770+08:00I am like you EC...(see reply to Delores above). ...I am like you EC...(see reply to Delores above). I guess I was fortunate in my first hubby having grandparents and aunts and uncles and was lucky I got on so well with all of them. It was them I missed when he and I separated although I still saw some of them occasionally.Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-8055301933900573732013-03-18T15:15:44.654+08:002013-03-18T15:15:44.654+08:00The oldest people I know or knew are my old mother...The oldest people I know or knew are my old mother in law and father in law, first hubby's parents who will both be 88 this year. I knew my mother in law's stepmum briefly, she died soon after our wedding, I think she was born in 1894, but can't be sure. I never knew my own grandparents as they lived and died in Germany, but I believe they were born before 1900, I'd have to check the family tree which is currently locked away in a heavy suitcase. Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-35960912420438939202013-03-18T15:15:07.337+08:002013-03-18T15:15:07.337+08:00That is very interesting Delores.
You are so fortu...That is very interesting Delores.<br />You are so fortunate in having had grandparents and even a great grandparent that you actually knew and remember.<br />My adopted parents had emigrated from England so my family was just the two of them and my adopted half-brother. No cousins, aunts, uncles either.<br />Perhaps that is one reason I'm a bit of a loner.<br />I did find it very interesting doing the genealogy for both my families though. It's amazing how many skeletons pop out of the closets along the way. :)Mimsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249766510078357225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-75829190975733414442013-03-18T14:34:03.712+08:002013-03-18T14:34:03.712+08:00My Grandfather was born in 1889 and that is all I ...My Grandfather was born in 1889 and that is all I really remember. Fascinating history for you. I know all the history of my family but only remember one birthday that I remember of a man I truly loved to spend time with. BButtons Thoughtshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029439906543077861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-65780281124494789712013-03-18T13:23:35.999+08:002013-03-18T13:23:35.999+08:00Not far at all. I never knew grandparents or inde...Not far at all. I never knew grandparents or indeed any relatives on either side of my family. Which is something I regret.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2704657209559170713.post-49030437125605256602013-03-17T20:43:19.824+08:002013-03-17T20:43:19.824+08:00Can't go too too far back:
Great grandma Black...Can't go too too far back:<br />Great grandma Black was born in 1880 in Ontario and died in 1975 just a few months before my daughter was born<br />Grandad Espey was born in 1887 in Ontario and passed away in 1961<br />and<br />Grandad Peters was born in 1899 in Ontario and died in 1989.<br />I always feel so furtunate to have had two full sets of grandparents and one great grandparent to start out life with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com