Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:
It's Saturday Night again -
Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!
Our assignment tonight from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musings is to:
1) We all find "fun" or "different" information about ourselves, and our relatives and ancestors in our genealogy and family history pursuits. What are five "fun" or "different" facts in your life or your ancestor’s lives?
[Thank you to Jacquie Schattner for suggesting this topic last year.]
Here's mine:
I shall list five facts about five of my ancestors:
- My mother, Lela Nell Johnston, was a Girl Scout in a troop in Walnut Creek. I have her Girl Scout manual. She was also mentioned a few times in the Walnut Creek newspaper.
- My father, William Joseph Hork, was a Boy Scout. He was mentioned in the Napa newspaper. I have a photo of him in his uniform.
- My maternal grandmother, Pansy Louise Lancaster, played softball when a young adult, and bowled and played tennis as a senior. She won some trophies in bowling.
- My maternal grandfather, Tom J Johnston, liked to fish. My grandparents had a cabin in Nice at Clear Lake. His favorite fish was catfish.
- My paternal grandmother, Anna Marie Sullivan, had two degrees in education. First, she attended Montana Normal College which was a three-year program. When she started teaching in California, she had to finish the four-year program at San Francisco State so she could teach in California.
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Obviously, your grandfather had excellent taste. My favorite fish is catfish also. I loved catching it fresh when I lived in Florida.
ReplyDeleteDo you eat it in a cornmeal coating? It's the best. When I was in Texas last spring, I ate catfish a few times--oh, so delicious.
DeleteKudos to your grandmother for her first degree in education and then returning to college to finish the fourth year requirement in California. When I moved to CA in 1978, I had to have five years of college in order to obtain my license there.
ReplyDeleteI don't know when the rules changed, though perhaps she was getting the fifth year and they allowed her 3-year degree as if it was 4. I need to investigate further. I have some info from SF State about her, but not digitized.
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