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Our Family Stories: October 2013
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Monday, October 28, 2013. James McMeekin McGee 1844/1845-1924. James McMeekin(g) McGee was born in Glasgow Scotland in military barracks. At the age of 2 or 3 he emigrated to the United States with his parents from Liverpool. At the age of 17 he was e nlisted in Company E, Pennsylvania 119th Infantry Regiment on 25 Aug 1862. and was W. Ounded at Wilderness, Va., May 5, 1864; discharged by General Order, on 09 Sep 1865. In the Civil War. And Maj. Gen.
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Our Family Stories: February 2014
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Monday, February 17, 2014. Angela Gertrude Fries Mcgee 1949-1984. Mom was born Angela Gertrude Fries, second child to Lillian Fries and a mysterious fleeting lover named Charles Guthrie. This fact wouldn't surface for many years however and Henry Fries assumed the role of father. A father whom Angela would adore until his death in 1970. The fun how-ever was short lived as Angie soon gave birth to her first child . The fates. Of life began to change aga...
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Our Family Stories: December 2013
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Sunday, December 29, 2013. New Year's was very different from Thanksgiving and Christmas. Often New Year's meant sitting around in our pajama's watching Dick Clark and waiting for the ball to drop. Most of the family was from Philadelphia so east coast time remained the standard for the New Year. To this day I consider 11pm central to be the time to exclaim "Happy New Year"! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
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Our Family Stories: Vacationing
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. A trip to visit Aunt Alice and Uncle Bob was filled with new adventures each visit. Unfortunately Geary was very young and can only remember some of these vacations. Here we will share some of the places that made a trip to Pennsylvania magical. Danielle recalls the fascination with the Christ Church and Betsy Ross's House. We sat in the pew that belonged to Betsy Ross . Inside Betsy Ross House. We ate lots of Amish food and ...
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Our Family Stories: November 2013
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Monday, November 25, 2013. 1930s What life was like the year our grandmother was born. Our grandmother Lillian was born January 20,1930. We thought we would look around and see what life was like that year, that she made her debut in to the world. Hitler pulls Germany out of the League of Nations, but hosts the 1936 Summer Olympics to show his new reich to the world as well as the supposed superior athleticism of his Aryan troops/athletes. Franklin D&#...
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Our Family Stories: December 2014
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Alicemae Irwin Our Beloved Auntie Alice. The many photographs, dates and sequences in the blog posts can be attributed to Aunt Alice and her many hours of phone conversations with one of us. I would have never know about my great grandmother's dedication in celebrating the Pennsylvania Dutch day of Fastnacht. Danielle,Ross and Geary with. Uncle Bob and Aunt Alice 1990. Aunt Alice and Uncle Bob in thier yard .
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Our Family Stories: Alicemae Irwin Our Beloved Auntie Alice
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. Alicemae Irwin Our Beloved Auntie Alice. The many photographs, dates and sequences in the blog posts can be attributed to Aunt Alice and her many hours of phone conversations with one of us. I would have never know about my great grandmother's dedication in celebrating the Pennsylvania Dutch day of Fastnacht. Danielle,Ross and Geary with. Uncle Bob and Aunt Alice 1990. Aunt Alice and Uncle Bob in thier yard .
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Our Family Stories: May 2015
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Tuesday, May 12, 2015. I decided to find out. Of course it all begins with William Penn. He sold a tract of land along the Quessionwonmick River to the Society of Free Traders. The area was established by Dutch and Swedes, mostly trappers. The first meeting house was erected in 1683 and later a Post Office was ordered to be established by Penn in that same year. Frankford became incorporated as a borough of Philadelphia in mid 1800 so as this was a new...
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Our Family Stories: April 2015
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Saturday, April 25, 2015. Familysearch.org stole my family from me. I remember the day my Aunt showed me the crumpled, imperfect and torn family tree drawing that my grandfather Gerhard McGee I had drawn. The branches were skinny, dead looking apendages to the attempted artisticly craved tree trunk. Names were scattered from branch to branch with obvious care and forethought to the generations later that would attempt to decipher them. Funniest Family ...
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Our Family Stories: January 2014
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A view of History through the eyes of our ancestors. Tuesday, January 28, 2014. A trip to visit Aunt Alice and Uncle Bob was filled with new adventures each visit. Unfortunately Geary was very young and can only remember some of these vacations. Here we will share some of the places that made a trip to Pennsylvania magical. Danielle recalls the fascination with the Christ Church and Betsy Ross's House. We sat in the pew that belonged to Betsy Ross . Inside Betsy Ross House. We ate lots of Amish food and ...