Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Home

We're home! Always takes a little getting use to. I got up last night, fussing at my husband because he left the light on in his closet. When I got to the closet, there seemed to be fabric instead of a door. It was a window, and the light was the street light outside. I was very confused because that's where his closet should be?!...WRONG HOUSE!
I guess you are wondering about this long frame with several black and white photos. Well, for several years I have been very interested in genealogy. Especially the collection of photographs of ancestors.

Left to right! Ann (my great great grandmother) 1821-1879 Fifteen children (three sets of twins)
                    Julia (my great grandmother) 1860-1932 Nine children
                    Julia (grandmother) 1901-1994 Ten children
                    Lyda (mother) Five children 1921-1998 Five children
                    That's me....and I am still here! Two children
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  1. PerthDailyPhotoSeptember 25, 2012 at 6:57 AM

    What a fantastic piece of history right there in a frame Janey, so interesting to not only see the different styles of hair and clothes over the years, but also the fact that families are so much smaller these days.

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  2. Jane and Lance HattattSeptember 25, 2012 at 7:05 AM

    Hello:
    You must be pleased to be at home again after the long, possibly tiring, journey.

    We greatly like the way in which you have 'framed' your ancestors.

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  3. KateSeptember 25, 2012 at 7:22 AM

    Love the framed history of the mothers in your family and also interesting to see how the numbers of chlldren diminished after your mother. Several sets of twins!! My goodness! With all of our time-saving luxuries, I doubt that many modern mothers would still be able to cope!!

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    1. Janey and Co.September 25, 2012 at 7:47 AM

      I can only imagine the hardships Ann saw and lived. I am not proud that her parents as well as she and my GG-Grandfather were one time slave owners. Thankfully, the Civil War ended all of that. I actually have a copy of a long letter she wrote in 1872(after the war) to one of her sons (away in college). Talking about hiring the Indians to help get the crops in.

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  4. TexWisGirlSeptember 25, 2012 at 9:28 AM

    very cool lineage and framing! congrats on making it to your other home! :)

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  5. This is BelgiumSeptember 26, 2012 at 3:19 AM

    I love this idea of a picture gallery of only the women ancesters ! too often they are forgotten, the name does not make it to the next generation
    you grandmother Ann looked like queen Astrid of Belgium (she was Swedish by birth)

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    1. Janey and Co.September 26, 2012 at 8:14 AM

      Thank you. I was able to trace Ann's father who is of English descent. But, Ann's mother was Isabella...and I can not find her maiden name anywhere. I thought Isabella could be a Spanish first name?

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  6. biebkriebelsSeptember 26, 2012 at 5:06 AM

    That is nice you have pictures of so many ancestors and placed them in such a nice way in your home.

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