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....

Catherine Anderson (Richter and Eldridge)

May 9, 2011 | Eldridge, Richter | 0 Comments

As I go through papers I just found the obituary from the paper for Christina Anderson. It's amazing the things you can find in an older obituary. This one reads:Christina Anderson Dies Near OakwoodSummons Came for Aged Woman at her home Thursday...

Schooling (Moretto)

Apr 28, 2011 | McArdle, Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

My grandmother was the only one of her brothers and sisters to go on to high school. There wasn't money for books so she had to borrow books from the school, but she made it through and graduated. Grandma went on to become a Kindergarten teacher (at the...

Giovanni Moretto and Family

Apr 27, 2011 | McArdle, Moretto Negri | 0 Comments

I have: (and there is conflicting info... so hopefully someone knows more.)GIOVANNI MORETTO was born on 01 Oct 1880 in Locana, Italy. He died on 14 Oct 1918 inWestville, Illinois. He married CATERINA MARIA NEGRI on 11 Apr 1903, daughter of Giacomo Negri and...

Family Stories

Apr 26, 2011 | History | 0 Comments

Family stories are hard to find once your older relatives are gone. On my mother's side, my grandmother was the best source - and she didn't know her father since he passed away when she was little. I've heard rumors he was a small man compared to my great...

Family

Apr 25, 2011 | Eldridge, McArdle, Moretto Negri, Richter | 0 Comments

I come from a big family with lots of history. I think if you look deep enough everyone does. My father though was one of 9 kids and his father was one of 5 boys. On my mother's side, her mother was one of nine kids and her father was one of 3 boys and 2 girls. I...

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