[Culturechat] Reunion pics

[Robert Miller]

Since the theme of family history seems to be currently in vogue, let me
share an amusing tidbit with you.  A couple of my ancestors (about seven
generations back)  were married in the Monaghan County jail in Ireland!
Scandalous?  Not hardy. You see the minister, a Dr.Thomas Clark, had been
thrown in jail for alleged disloyalty to the crown.  You will be glad to
know that he was later exonerated.

Bob Miller
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From: "Vivianne et Jean-Paul Beller" <vivjpbbel@wanadoo.fr>
To: "'VCR'" <gigli.saw@dplanet.ch>; <culturechat@untours.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: RE : [Culturechat] Reunion pics


> Speaking of family reunions, it's true that it really is a wonderful part
of
> our job to help people with such investigations and meetings. One of my
> favourite reunions was last Fall when one lady found all her relatives in
> Colmar and they told her all about the family tree which went back so many
> centuries they took her to their castle !  They are the descendants of one
> of the most influential families in the area. One of them is known for
> writing a 12C manuscript known throughout Europe as a masterpiece.
>  I also remember one man with tears in his eyes as he told us about the
> people at the municipal archives who took out an entire folder and spent a
> lot of time with him telling him about his family's home. He had known the
> address and they had many pictures of it . Of course they had known the
> house and it's inhabitants for many years. It had been his grandmothers
home
> and he had been very close to her.
> Did you know that the Amish originate here ? Yes they were Anabaptists
from
> the region of Bern CH. Because of persecution there they fled and found a
> local landowner in Saint-Marie-aux-Mines here in Alsace, to allow them to
> settle and farm the land which was quiet and secluded. It is during that
> time that there was a dispute between the elders, one of whom was Jacob
> Amman who felt they needed to be more strict in their following of the
> beliefs and traditions they wanted to uphold.  There was schism and those
> who followed Jacob were known as the Amish. That is why every September
> there is the huge European Patchwork Festival. It's wonderful, the works
> here are very creative and use many types of fabric as the valley of St
> Marie was later to become a leader in the fabric making business.
>
>
>
>
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De
> la part de VCR
> Envoyé : mardi 20 mai 2003 20:43
> À : culturechat@untours.com
> Objet : [Culturechat] Reunion pics
>
> If you want to see a couple of pics of an Idyller reunited with a foster
> mother who is 95 years old, go to my homepage below and look at reunion
> 1 and 2. This took place yesterday at the nursing home in Sarnen. The
> mother, Frieda, was as bright and chipper as the lady who had not seen
> her in almost 60 years.
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/fredch
>
> --
> Vance Roy
> gigli.saw@dplanet.ch
> Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
>       ---General George Patton
>
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