Christmas on the Farm

For our first Christmases we hung up our stockings—pinned to the side of the daybed in the living room. They were our own long stockings that we wore in the winter-time, not special stockings made of red and green felt. When we got up on Christmas morning, our stockings would be lumpy because there would [...]

Childhood Memories

Playing “Cozy” in the rain

I love the sound of rain. I love the fresh smell of the outdoors when it rains. When I was a little girl, on a rainy day I and my brother liked to gather the pillows and blankets that Mom would let us use. We loved to build a [...]

Some Blake Family Stories

My mother’s name was Ethel Blake. Her father’s name was Alexander Blake and his mother, Mary McClennan, was born in Scotland. When Mary was a little girl the family lived in a sod house. One day she lost her sewing needle. After much searching, they found it stuck in the damp sod that [...]

Ancestor info–Kramar Family

These are brief notes I found on a sheet of paper I want to throw away.  I have more information to add later, but I’m “keeping” my notes here:
Adam Kramar I came from Saxony, Germany, in 1771. 
The Worrell’s came as early as 1682.  (Pennsylvania)  Phoebe Warrell m. Jeremiah Burnight b. 1779 in the Highlands of Scotland.  Their son [...]

A letter from 1944

April 3, 1944
 
Dear folks—
            I have kept the Robin about 4 days so hasten to send it on its way.  We are having warm days after a cool spring.  We had a nice ten days visit with Tom Mitchell, Sue, and Roy Morton while Roy found an apartment for them in San Diego.  Aunt Emma [...]

How to Spell our Name

This was a greeting from the J. W. Kramar family, written by Uncle Willard, Grandpa Raye’s youngest brother.
When the family came to America in 1771 it was registered by the name of KRAMAR.   Each generation of the seven since has given that name with that spelling to its progeny, despite the differences in spelling which [...]