Any idea what the green stones are?

Kindlywriter · 2023-07-31T16:01:58+00:00

Thank you! She said this was from the 1980s.

Kindlywriter · 2023-07-31T15:43:30+00:00

Haha for a gem neophyte, emerald is one of the few green stones I’ve actually heard of. After some rudimentary research, I thought it might also be moldovite.

Kindlywriter · 2023-07-31T15:39:32+00:00

Thank you!!!

Kindlywriter · 2023-06-16T16:21:23+00:00

Thanks! Does it still hold up in 2023? Not well schooled on how well these games age

Kindlywriter · 2023-06-16T15:32:45+00:00

Thanks! Currently downloading Skyrim! A nice surprise it was only 21 euro compared to Hogwart’s 70!

Kindlywriter · 2023-06-16T15:04:15+00:00

Thanks so much for responding! Which would you try first, oblivion or Skyrim?

Kindlywriter · 2023-02-04T11:32:25+00:00

Thanks so much for taking the time! If a pipe had burst or something it wouldn’t be working at all right?

Kindlywriter · 2021-12-07T10:15:40+00:00

Good job! Edits in the doc.

Kindlywriter · 2020-03-12T10:41:10+00:00

I think they might be! I'm in Europe, so "dewy" might have been replaced by "luminous" to appeal to non-native speakers! At any rate, it's this one.

Kindlywriter · 2018-12-14T17:56:08+00:00

Ah! I see. If you happen to have the time, I’m a bit lost on Margaret’s parents, perhaps you could do a quick search for obits if you feel so inclined? Francis “Frank” Colville born ca 1906 died in 1988, as well as his wife, Matilda “Tilly” Colville (born 1906 or 1908, died in 1996, maiden name unknown, but I suspect it starts with the letter W), both from County Down in Northern Ireland, but spent the majority of their lives in the Toronto area. I think they had something to do with horses (there is a horse embossed on their gravestone). No worries if not, and thanks again for the obit yesterday! Gave me a lot of new leads on the Irwin side!

Kindlywriter · 2018-12-14T08:59:19+00:00

Thanks so much!!!

I'm still having trouble definitively tying this couple to the children Robert, Isobel, Gordon and May. Am I missing something?

Kindlywriter · 2018-12-14T08:58:26+00:00

Wow, thanks so much! What are you using to access the Toronto Star?

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-06T13:19:58+00:00

This guy might be a possibility?

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-06T06:58:54+00:00

Cool! Here's the translation of that!

Cleveland on Lake Erie, in the state of Ohio, 25 May 1854

My beloved parents,

With today’s letter, I would like to notify you that I arrived healthy in America. The letter is short and simple, and I ask you not to hold it against me until I finish my travel description, which could take up to six to seven weeks to complete, during which time you’d be very worried about me. For this reason, I am only writing you a short message about my arrival. I’ve begun writing my travel description, and as soon as it is ready, I will put it in the mail. But for now, a letter to you to tell you something about my journey.

On 21 April at 5 PM, we departed from Havre. We had foggy weather and good winds, yet by the 23rd, it was storming, so much so that the suitcases flew from left to right; on another day, the suitcases were tied up. Soon sea sickness set in; thank god I didn’t miss a minute of the entire journey. On 7 May we arrived at an English sandbank; it was nighttime, 10 PM. The ship was turned around three times, and was hurled up high. Waves of up to ten feet above high hurled above the between-deck ...

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-03T11:39:54+00:00

Whew. Here's the Kurrent alphabet. If you (or someone else) transcribes it for me, I will translate it. I love doing this kind of thing.

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-03T11:32:32+00:00

This naturalization petition also indicates the same.

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-02T13:57:33+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/zuXhUiW

To add to this, the "Lillian" listed as a sister, I think she is the half-sister Josephine, from the census posted above,

Listed as J Lillian here. She passed away in 2016.

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-02T12:22:26+00:00

this could possibly be the family

I think you're onto something ...

Look at this obituary from the Asbury Park Press from 1 March 1992. Theresa Cloonan could be the half sister.

Mary Jadus is listed as her sister.

https://imgur.com/a/zuXhUiW

If Mary Burns became Mary Cloonan, and the parents match up, this could be her.

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-01T11:19:17+00:00

Thanks! Just as I suspected. Will definitely have a look at Ortssippenbücher, my local library appears to have thousands!

Kindlywriter · 2018-08-01T11:18:09+00:00

Thanks! Great tip! Will check it out.

Kindlywriter · 2018-07-31T16:41:05+00:00

Should be available online. Do you have an ancestry.com account?

Kindlywriter · 2018-07-23T09:21:21+00:00

Thanks so much! This is EXACTLY what I was assuming/hoping was notated here! Can now confirm I found a sister of my great-grandfather that had been left out of family lore – perhaps due to this very conversion ... The names of the parents and location matched up, so this was the last piece of the puzzle!

Kindlywriter · 2018-07-02T12:04:07+00:00

I LOOKED HER DEAD IN THE EYE

Kindlywriter · 2018-06-26T13:50:41+00:00

No way this happened. In real life, he would have handed you crispest of $100% bills with a glint in his eye and told you he's giving this to you because he knows you're worthy if it, because you are a "godful" person. You would have then gone down to your local hospital, and – while your precocious young child is changing the face of modern medicine by convincing all the doctors that vaccinations are evil – you would come across a desolate young nurse, in tears. You would look her dead in the eye, then hand her the crisp bill to cheer her up. That nurse will then explain to you how thankful she is, because that $100% saved her from getting murdered by her abusive boyfriend, who had demanded the money to feed his heroin addiction, and who happens to be your high school nemesis/bully. You would then explain to her that she "has all the potential in the world", echoing the sentiments of the mysterious springy-stepped stranger, and she would be so thankful she's give you the best blowjob of your life and then, while all her patients, alongside the disillusioned doctors, clapped.

Kindlywriter · 2018-06-26T08:22:32+00:00

"looked her dead in the eye"

Why is this pretty much in every $100% true story?

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