09-23-2020, 07:29 AM
(09-22-2020, 11:26 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: My paternal grandmother's side is from Front Royal and had been since the 1700's. Granddaddy and meemaw. Lots of Irish surnames in those lines.
Granddaddy's father was like 60 when he had him with his 35 year old wife. For some reason they moved up to Baltimore when he was 10 in the 1920's, all 10 kids aged 26 to 3 in tow. His sister married my meemaw's brother, so I guess that's how they met. I think she moved up to Maryland and they got married, because by the time WWII started, he was working at Ft Meade up here.
200 years, that family lived in that area of VA. Fortunately we stayed here lol
Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't trade living in Appalachia for anything. I love this area and the people here. I couldn't see myself living in a city bigger than the ones you can find here in the Shenandoah Valley. The rural life is for me.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
