I haven't posted for awhile so I thought I'd tell all of you (are any of you reading this???). you about our next adventure!
Ron & I will fly into Newark so we can pre celebrate our oldest Daughters Wedding.
Wo love the sweet Man that she is marrying, along with the love and respect he showers on her he is also a fantastic Chef, and a good sport!
When I wanted to go to Noyack Bay & drive around the area of Long Island where the Jessupas it was probably boring for him ( He here up on Long Island) but he never complained! In fact I think he actually enjoyed most of it! His father came to America from Ireland so John also has "pioneer" foot there !
The trip in the opposite direction . The beautiful Hudson River Valley. As I was looking on
The map we will be driving. Through the town ofRhinebeck & when I saw that me it set off an alert signal so I dug through the family history sheets I have to see if my mind was still a
Our Great ? Great Grandfather settled there and that is where our Great Grandmother Mary Ann Kiley..Early was born!
I'm excited to see the town and once again walk were they did ! I love to picture them and wonder what was their Life was like?!?! We are surrounded by machines that do almost everything for.
Really though what were there lives like? We have problems in our life unlike the challenges our Ancestors did. One thing is the speed our days go by!! Even though they were busy the pace was not so rushed!
I think if we "spy " them we could use the good things that like more family time, do house work & gardening together to strengthen the bond. Those thing help strengthen us, they passes on to us physical traits but also other traits & Talent & interest.
Painting, sewing, needlepoint etc. those talents are gold that we need to search for!
More about The Hudson River Valley to come.........
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Noyack Bay at sunset
For those of you that have never had the chance to visit Long Island here is a picture that I took at sunset on the day we went to Noyack. This is where the Jessup Family settled. As I said before in the town of Quogue you can find the Jessup Homestead, Jessup Ave...........
NEW YORK, NEW YORK!!! ONWARD AND UPWARD!!!
When it comes to our family, New York State and New York City have been the first stop for most of our Ancestors that came here from Ireland, England, Scotland and Austria!
Ellis Island was the first stop many of them made when they came to America, but long before Ellis Island we had Grants in Canada, Byrnes in New London Conn., Jessups in Mass., RI., and New York. That's just a few of the ones I can recall off the top of my head!
Going to Noyack and Sag Harbor were wonderful experiences to have, while in NY we have also been able to visit St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Waldorf=Astoria and the Statue of Liberty. All these places and more hold memories of those who went before us.
Why does it matter if we search out where our Ancestors came from or who they were, or what they did? Why does it matter that we remember them???
I know my cousins whose Fathers served in WW II could tell us why! I feel that remembering the sacrifices they and many others made to keep us free is one of the best ways we can show our gratitude for what they did.
I cant imagine how our Grandma Grant (Margaret Murtha Early) felt during WWII when she had 3 sons and a daughter in the service.
How did Grandma feel every time she saw a 'Star' in one of the windows of friends or neighbors change colors? I wish we had a picture of the "Service Flag" that hung in the Grant Home in Denver during WWII. I can say with some degree of certainty that our Grandmother felt very blessed that the Stars in their window never turned to gold! All 3 of her children in the Service came home alive and well!
Those who went off to fight were not the only "War Hero's" in our family. Think of our Grandparents, Auntie and Unk, our Aunts and Uncles and parents that were at home waiting for word about some one they loved.
If you don't know about the "Service Flags" or the meaning of the gold or silver stars youcould google for the answer, but I think a far better way to find out what they meant would be to talk to an Uncle, Grandfather, Mother or friend who was in the service or had someone dear to them serve our country.
We have a noble heritage left by the men and women who came before us. Did you know Cousins that we are "Daughters of the American Revolution"??? That is those of us that are girls!
This blog has been slow to get up and going...I'm not a computer person!, but I'm blessed to have a dear friend who is a faithful blogger and she has done much to help me.
She writes daily on her blog, don't expect that from me, unless you all help.
Your experiences, memories, pictures and stories about your parents and other family members are what will make this a blog for all of us!!!
I hope you will help find 'those who came before us'!
Not only will we get to know them, we will get to know each other better. Please share this blog with anyone in the family including close friends. Sometimes they know more about our parents and grandparents than we do.
SO.......'THE GAMES A FOOT'!!!
Ellis Island was the first stop many of them made when they came to America, but long before Ellis Island we had Grants in Canada, Byrnes in New London Conn., Jessups in Mass., RI., and New York. That's just a few of the ones I can recall off the top of my head!
Going to Noyack and Sag Harbor were wonderful experiences to have, while in NY we have also been able to visit St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Waldorf=Astoria and the Statue of Liberty. All these places and more hold memories of those who went before us.
Why does it matter if we search out where our Ancestors came from or who they were, or what they did? Why does it matter that we remember them???
I know my cousins whose Fathers served in WW II could tell us why! I feel that remembering the sacrifices they and many others made to keep us free is one of the best ways we can show our gratitude for what they did.
I cant imagine how our Grandma Grant (Margaret Murtha Early) felt during WWII when she had 3 sons and a daughter in the service.
How did Grandma feel every time she saw a 'Star' in one of the windows of friends or neighbors change colors? I wish we had a picture of the "Service Flag" that hung in the Grant Home in Denver during WWII. I can say with some degree of certainty that our Grandmother felt very blessed that the Stars in their window never turned to gold! All 3 of her children in the Service came home alive and well!
Those who went off to fight were not the only "War Hero's" in our family. Think of our Grandparents, Auntie and Unk, our Aunts and Uncles and parents that were at home waiting for word about some one they loved.
If you don't know about the "Service Flags" or the meaning of the gold or silver stars youcould google for the answer, but I think a far better way to find out what they meant would be to talk to an Uncle, Grandfather, Mother or friend who was in the service or had someone dear to them serve our country.
We have a noble heritage left by the men and women who came before us. Did you know Cousins that we are "Daughters of the American Revolution"??? That is those of us that are girls!
This blog has been slow to get up and going...I'm not a computer person!, but I'm blessed to have a dear friend who is a faithful blogger and she has done much to help me.
She writes daily on her blog, don't expect that from me, unless you all help.
Your experiences, memories, pictures and stories about your parents and other family members are what will make this a blog for all of us!!!
I hope you will help find 'those who came before us'!
Not only will we get to know them, we will get to know each other better. Please share this blog with anyone in the family including close friends. Sometimes they know more about our parents and grandparents than we do.
SO.......'THE GAMES A FOOT'!!!
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
GRANT - Thistle & Plaid
THE CLAN GRANT
We ALL come from noble heritage! As I have worked to find our Ancestors the more I learn about them the more I love them.
Many of you are also "digging" through the past trying to identify "those who came before" us! I am not the first & I hope not the last to search the census records, Ancestry.com, micro film, fish & Google!
Some of my Amazing Grant Cousins have filled pages & pages of names, dates & places. From those pages I found where our Jessup Ancestors were deeded a piece of land on Long Is., N.Y. On a recent trip (before Hurricane 'Sandy'!!!) I was able to stand with my Daughter Jennifer on the beach our Ancestors settled! In the nearby town of Quogue, NY there is a Jessup Ave. & we were shown the restored Homestead of the Jessup family. We were invited to come back for "Founders Day" celebration which is aka Jessup Family Day!
Even though the name of the Ave. is Jessup, the road still leads to our Grant Ancestors!
SO.....HERE IS THE FIRST 'GAME'
Any of you that have 'stood' where one of 'Our People' have been share the place, the people alive & dead that have walked the same road!!!
So "THE GAMES AFOOT"!!!!!
We ALL come from noble heritage! As I have worked to find our Ancestors the more I learn about them the more I love them.
Many of you are also "digging" through the past trying to identify "those who came before" us! I am not the first & I hope not the last to search the census records, Ancestry.com, micro film, fish & Google!
Some of my Amazing Grant Cousins have filled pages & pages of names, dates & places. From those pages I found where our Jessup Ancestors were deeded a piece of land on Long Is., N.Y. On a recent trip (before Hurricane 'Sandy'!!!) I was able to stand with my Daughter Jennifer on the beach our Ancestors settled! In the nearby town of Quogue, NY there is a Jessup Ave. & we were shown the restored Homestead of the Jessup family. We were invited to come back for "Founders Day" celebration which is aka Jessup Family Day!
Even though the name of the Ave. is Jessup, the road still leads to our Grant Ancestors!
SO.....HERE IS THE FIRST 'GAME'
Any of you that have 'stood' where one of 'Our People' have been share the place, the people alive & dead that have walked the same road!!!
So "THE GAMES AFOOT"!!!!!
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