tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post8334157501166112252..comments2023-08-25T18:09:09.834-07:00Comments on Wrote By Rote: Lessie Nell and Essie DellArlee Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-87566682848997770962011-11-28T10:53:48.237-08:002011-11-28T10:53:48.237-08:00What an interesting family history. While it sadd...What an interesting family history. While it saddens me to think of time and distance breaking the family communication, I think it was common then, and certainly is now.<br /><br />At least you met with her and looked at those strange old photos!!<br /><br />I have been going through old photos and putting them in the blanks on the family tree. It is amazing how many people share their genetics with me!<br /><br />SusanSusan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-53297666570073096112011-11-25T22:46:19.971-08:002011-11-25T22:46:19.971-08:00Now that was an interesting story to read! Our fam...Now that was an interesting story to read! Our families are amazing, because even if that branch is planted elsewhere, we still call them family! We still feel that connection and that desire to get to know them.Tanya Reimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293977395016853814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-17265203896125625032011-11-23T09:54:15.117-08:002011-11-23T09:54:15.117-08:00Hi Lee .. great memories and such fun to read .. I...Hi Lee .. great memories and such fun to read .. I've suddenly become more interested in history as a whole .. my Uncle on my father's side did their family trees ... and it's quite a historical set of people - I know little about them .. but I could weave stories about their probable lives.<br /><br />Then my mother's side too - there's an historical tie in there .. <br /><br />I do have a set of papers to look at later on - from my mother's first marriage ... <br /><br />We don't have children - so I can keep any 'stories' I have to a degree fictional as it doesn't matter so much .. <br /><br />Love your jottings and hope you can remember more .. Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-57098896402622025532011-11-20T14:24:09.931-08:002011-11-20T14:24:09.931-08:00I loved reading about your family...nothing like f...I loved reading about your family...nothing like family. The names of the twin sisters are adorable. I think it's so sad though, that some of the sisters didn't get to see each other hardly ever. Sister relationships are just the sweetest and best....far too good to miss.<br />SandraSandra Wilkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06640562716913535824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-18937277394789824102011-11-20T13:52:35.909-08:002011-11-20T13:52:35.909-08:00Great memories of some great people. Lessie and Es...Great memories of some great people. Lessie and Essie are some awesome names, too.<br /><br />I can't help but remember an episode of Futurama that took place in Roswell. A character discovers that the elderly man he meets is actually his own grandson due to some Roswellian mysterious stuff.<br /><br />How would you feel if Essie and Lessie turned out to be your grand-daughters?!Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-8664732150176563992011-11-20T07:08:47.410-08:002011-11-20T07:08:47.410-08:00Mormons do genealogy; they write their family stor...Mormons do genealogy; they write their family stories. I have ancestral stories in my files of my some great-great grandparents. And when I was in my youth, up to age 18, visiting grandparents and cousins was a major part of my life. Now, 99% of them are dead. My mother was born in 1905, two years after your grandmother and aunt! These are the kinds of stories you want to get written down and keep. It takes time but it's worth it. I'm glad I did my mother's history in pictures and text before she died. She had pictures and stories in her files including her honeymoon trip in 1939. I think these things are priceless.<br /><br />I very much enjoyed reading this post, Lee! And I love that picture of Roswell Main Street. That's the West I sometimes miss from my final home here in Virginia.<br /><a href="http://annbestblog.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow"><i>Ann Best, Memoir Author</i></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-91949724290446152462011-11-19T18:43:41.674-08:002011-11-19T18:43:41.674-08:00Lee, I really enjoyed your story. Add an old phot...Lee, I really enjoyed your story. Add an old photo of everybody and you could link it up to Sepia Saturday.<br /><br />Traveling is a great way to stay in touch, but I am finding that blogging and Facebook are also great ways to keep the family ties alive.<br /><br />My blog has brought me distance cousins from both sides of my family.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.<br /><br />Kathy M.Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07171271956883698673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-24679628573868300852011-11-19T18:23:05.778-08:002011-11-19T18:23:05.778-08:00Teresa-- Your observation about family members not...Teresa-- Your observation about family members not seeing each other so much after a grandmother (or last remaining grandparent) dies is true in many cases. I've seen the same thing to some extent in my own family. Also, my family split in so many directions far away from one another that it was not practical to see them and they no longer had that gathering place to come together. <br /><br />Poetry -- Do you mean geographically or in the respect of small minded people? Have you been there? It's a fairly sizable place. Some of the people may be considered to be backward, but there are also a lot of intellectuals there. I think it's kind of a cool place that if you've never visited, you might one day consider it.<br /><br />Suze -- It's funny the predictions that are made when kids are born and when they are young. People change and things happen.<br /><br />Yvonne --Genealogy can be quite interesting. I have several relatives that have gone into depth about our family histories and I enjoy hearing about their findings.<br /><br />LeeArlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-74162842806581787052011-11-19T14:04:57.170-08:002011-11-19T14:04:57.170-08:00I did much research into my family tree on both si...I did much research into my family tree on both sides of my parents and found one long distant relative was a preacher, another on the stage. It was most interesting.<br />Loved your post Lee most enjoyable to read.<br /><br />Yvonne.RHYTHM AND RHYMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11386975261804630799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-8663551984456145132011-11-19T09:49:58.767-08:002011-11-19T09:49:58.767-08:00'Sometimes it happens. Families move away and...'Sometimes it happens. Families move away and drift apart. It's like branches being cut off a tree and replanted elsewhere to grow new trees.'<br /><br />I like this very much.<br /><br />I know that street in the photo. I was there in 1995. <br /><br />Incidentally, my grandfather was a twin, too. Fraternal, and his brother was far larger and appeared hardier. The midwife advised my great-grandmother to focus on my grandfather's twin. The twin perished but my darker, runtier grandfather survived.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-14559099503387982882011-11-19T07:08:35.494-08:002011-11-19T07:08:35.494-08:00WV always seems so small to me.WV always seems so small to me.Poetry of the Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198064593715494884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5889973587380183147.post-69561069993908632582011-11-19T06:09:33.894-08:002011-11-19T06:09:33.894-08:00I have memory of a great aunt but I don't reme...I have memory of a great aunt but I don't remember anything that I can say I have a fond memory of. She was very sick and elderly and would die soon after coming to live with my grandmother.<br /><br />I should have memories of the other great aunt, but I don't. She lived nearby, was my dad's favorite, was a teacher then a superintendent of schools. <br /><br />This has nothing to do with that, but my dad is a twin. So I have some insight on the twin relationship.<br /><br />Also, it's funny to me that when a grandmother dies, family often stop seeing each other.<br /><br />Interesting post!T. Powell Coltrinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160774009926623671noreply@blogger.com