Dora:
Went over to Kates to eat Turkey.
Walked.
Came home about 4 o'clock.
Ray:
36 degrees in the am, 28 degrees in the pm. Weather is: Snow.
Went over to Kates for dinner.
Note: A little bit of family history can come out at this point.
Kate was actually Ray and Dora's step-grandmother. Their grandmother, Catherine (with a 'C') died in 1890 (born 1820, according to her gravestone). Apparently shortly after his 70 year old wife's death, Daniel, Ray and Dora's grandfather, went back to Germany and returned with a new bride. Her name was also Katherine, but with a 'K' and they called her Kate. Kate's gravestone indicates that she was born in 1876, which would make ten years older than Dora, her step-grand daughter. Dora was born in 1886.
Now, Daniel and Kate had two daughters, Lillie (born in 1892-6 years younger than Dora) and Lydia (born 1895-9 years younger than Dora). Daniel died in 1907 at approximately 77 years of age. Kate would have been 16 years old when she gave birth to Lillie.
The story is that people in the family (we don't know who, exactly) were either scandalized by this extremely young bride Kate, or they didn't like her for some reason. So, I was surprised to find that they were going over to Kate's house for dinner. I was also surprised that they walked to her house; she must have lived close by. The weather certainly wasn't very warm to be out walking for any great distance. My mom has no idea where Kate may have been living at that time.
When I recently spoke with my Uncle Bob, he indicated that Dora and Kate were good friends, despite whatever bad feelings may have existed elsewhere in the family. We (every one I've spoken to about the Kate story) are not sure who it was that objected to Kate. We know, though, that she was not allowed (maybe that is a strong word) to be buried by Daniel and Catherine. She is buried next to her daughter Lillie in the Mendon cemetery.
Cayla:
Worked at the sleep clinic today.
Maurice had another potty training success.
In the evening, Tarek took the cat to the vet and Maurice went too. Ada and I went to McDonalds and had dinner and waited for the boys to come meet us. She was so cute, babbling to me in a conversational tone, smiling and generally being adorable. After that I took Ada to the UPS store and mailed out the family calendars to everyone in the family.
Arose earlier then usual this a.m., made coffee, went out to check on chickens and brought in 7 eggs. four from yesterday and three this a.m. Washed up and prepared breakfast. Began burning accumulated burnable trash in the incinerator, then began to ready the house for visitors for breakfast on Saturday. Made a double batch of corn meal mush and sliced 3 pieces after cooling, fried in butter and tested to see how it would be for the visitors. As usual, it was a laudable, happy test. Visitors are a young couple from Colon: Jim Smith, the younger, his wife and three daughters. Spent rest of day resting, reading & reminiscing.
ReplyDeleteInteresting family dynamic here! Are you saying there was drama in the Schneider family??
ReplyDeleteI'm noticing in these blogs and from your entries of the diaries that the temperatures back in 1913 are not much different from today's temperatures. So much for Global Warming. :-)
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