My Roots Run Deep

Stories From My Family History

Canoeing

As a kid one of our favorite things to do was go on canoe trips with family and friends. My parents had several spots we could put in and several we could take out. How long the trip was to take determined the in and out spots on the river. We usually had at...

Trespassers

One of my favorite places to go and walk through nature is some property we own by the river. There used to be a bridge that my children had named the Dangerous Bridge, it was old with holes working their way though the floor so that you could look down as you...

Fixing a Car (Not so conventional)

Watching a neighbor work with a backhoe in our field trying to find an old well (that's a completely different story), I was talking to one of my dad's friends about my dad. All the things I know about fixing cars comes from my dad.... though none of it is...

Meal (the one that shaped me most?)

I have the Becoming journal and have slowly been working on it. I was just faced with the question about the most memorable meal. Of course over time I've had lots of family meals that meant a lot to me, and I can remember getting together with friends and family....

Memories from the Table

After moving we stored things we couldn't use in a shed until we could figure out what to do. One of those things was an antique Duncan Phyfe dining room table from my aunt Kate - my Grandmother's sister. My aunt Kate had been married twice and couldn't have children....

Too Much or Not Enough

Every so often I wonder if I did enough or too much for my kids and I think back to how much my parents did when I was growing up. I frequently think about what my parents didn't do.... but there are things my parents did. When I was in school one of my desires was to...

The Honey Bear

Our families first deer, Bambi, came from a man in Danville who had collected animals. He had a wild array of animals and had decided to get rid of them. I still remember going to his house and waiting in the house seeing his monkey and others while my dad went out to...

Buffalo Escape… Why have Buffalo? (Others escaped too)

Buffalo who have escaped in the next county have been all over the news this week. A family that farms has been raising them for meat and a herd broke the fence. The school bus was driving their route and happened to come upon a herd of buffalo and alerted everyone....

Collins McArdle Telegram

Jan 11, 2012 | McArdle | 0 Comments

I'm sure this came from Karin also. It's a telegram from the early 1900s showing the death of Collins McArdle in Tonganoxie Kansas. It says he died 'this PM.' and I'd swear it says 'Come Answer' It's signed Henry Gieb. Reading documents like this is never easy. As...

Receipt for Burial

Jan 9, 2012 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

After arriving in the US - Francis Moretto passed away. I'm not sure what she passed away from, but child mortality was fairly high during that time period. The receipt shows that Pearl Pearch was paid $4 for a grave and opening the grave. Francis died December 29,...

Declaration of Intention

Jan 9, 2012 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

This is a letter showing that after an investigation showing that my great grandmother arrived on or before June of 1905 - they allowed her to file for citizenship without a certificate of arrival. It's funny how now those papers are pretty easy to find, but the...

John and Alice McArdle (January 1, 1908)

Jan 5, 2012 | McArdle | 0 Comments

Here's another of the photos that I really wish I had documentation showing source. I have it labeled with a date and name - so I suspect it's another from Karin McArdle. When I search my records I find a John McArdle and Nancy Alice McArdle that are children of...

Collins T. McArdle – Postal Carrier

Jan 4, 2012 | McArdle | 0 Comments

Collins was the first rural mail carrier in the Covington, Garfield Co., OK area - selling the route to John Fortnay, his assistant, sometime around 1920-1923 when he & his family moved to Vinita, OK. Collins T. McArdle was born in Virginia, but lived most of his...

Italian Health Certificate

Jan 4, 2012 | Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

Here's another document that I have copied that I think is the health certificate for my great grandmother to enter the US. From my translation it's a written certificate for Maria and Francis (the second is a guess at the name) Moretto and Catherina Negri. In the...

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