tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post6286576548643090891..comments2024-02-23T02:48:33.276-06:00Comments on BABSBLOG: A Silk Remembrance in Hand from The Great WarBabshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-744662174814024842018-11-13T10:33:41.327-06:002018-11-13T10:33:41.327-06:00Al, my Mom was a great documenter both in the Bibl...Al, my Mom was a great documenter both in the Bible and in lots of notes both on photos and in writing about the family. I do still have a sister near Chicago but her memory is fading......I know lots about my Mom's side of the family but not that much about the history of my Dad's! <br /><br />In fact, just recently John sold a house on Aldama to a woman who turns out to be a distant relative on my Dad's side of the family. She gave me all kinds of historical information. Small world.........Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-20230359734772536092018-11-13T09:32:11.697-06:002018-11-13T09:32:11.697-06:00Barbara: That is a lovely story. I have bits and p...Barbara: That is a lovely story. I have bits and pieces of family memorabilia but nothing that could tell a story. I wish I had talked to my mom and dad, and grandparents about the family when they were still around because alas, with them gone, so are those threads of family history. <br /><br />Al alcubanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667546605871850986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-56676964248489655062018-11-13T08:15:56.495-06:002018-11-13T08:15:56.495-06:00Dee, I love hearing other peoples' stories. I...Dee, I love hearing other peoples' stories. I never heard about the flu and that it was a pandemic. The tragedies people endured back then were so much more severe, IMHO, then some of the things we endure today. Thanks so much for sharing.<br /><br />Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-69675948244969842432018-11-13T04:27:15.150-06:002018-11-13T04:27:15.150-06:00Babs, such a great story. Just love to hear stori...Babs, such a great story. Just love to hear stories of where our soldiers brought home war brides, and if a movie is made of love in the midst of war, my nose is glued to the television set. I do have my grandfather's draft card for induction into the army. Just before he was to leave for training, he carried fresh meats and produce from his farm in Bulloch County, Georgia to Camp Stewart (now Fort Stewart in Georgia) because the men stationed there were quite sick. It turned out to be a very deadly strain of flu brought back on the ships from Europe. My grandfather contracted this strain of flu from them and brought it back home to the farm. At age 24 the flu took all his strength and invaded his lungs. My mother was only 8 weeks old at the time, and she with my grandmother had to leave the house so the house could be quarantined. Nothing could save him (except if he had stayed away from Fort Stewart). During World War I, this was a disease that generally attacked young people; this is why so many old people were doing the nursing as over time generally the older ones built up <br />an immunity to the disease. Families never knew when their sons were pressed into service if they would return alive from the fighting or as a survivor of a flu pandemic. I do have some portraits of my grandfather as a young man, but never had the pleasure of knowing him. Dee Tillotsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602508098099644096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-55786173163542261932018-11-12T10:27:09.830-06:002018-11-12T10:27:09.830-06:00No problem, Barbara. Unfortunately, another stay ...No problem, Barbara. Unfortunately, another stay in Mexico City is drawing to a close. I will return home on Thanksgiving Day.Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-57036160262680999892018-11-11T14:00:48.954-06:002018-11-11T14:00:48.954-06:00Very interesting! Sorry I have not been good abou...Very interesting! Sorry I have not been good about commenting lately on your<br />blog. Life has been crammed full of all kinds of "stuff". Hope all is well with<br />you........Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-39077648154357926442018-11-11T12:27:10.778-06:002018-11-11T12:27:10.778-06:00An uncle of my mother fought in the "Great Wa...An uncle of my mother fought in the "Great War". Although I have no momentos, his name is inscribed on the monument in the center of my hometown in Ohio. He survived the war, but he passed away long before I was born.Retired Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697897155105288077noreply@blogger.com