This week's prompt is "invite to dinner". Who have I found in my family tree that I would like to invite to dinner? She didn't say if it was limited to one person so I might have a loophole!
I have a few people I am so curious about and have very little information on, so I am going to go with them.
First up! We have my 3rd great grand father who was a carpenter and was found stabbed to death at the age of 42. He left his 30 year old wife behind and 4 small children, including an infant. I have called the county library where he died to find records and they have only what I already know. So I searched out the local newspapers and lo and behold, there was a fire and the records from that time period are lost. I have tried searching through his siblings to see if there are any letters, any mentions of him and his children in wills, and all to no avail. Yes, I would love to have dinner with him and see what really happened.
And remember the axe-murdering ancestors I mentioned earlier? Maybe their mother would be a good one to have to dinner.
I have a great grandmother and a great grandfather from the same era, both of whom had their mothers die when they were infants and were raised by an aunt and a grandmother, respectively. Those 2 mamas who died after birthing their babes were really only babies themselves being 15 and 16 years of age when they married, gave birth and died. Talk about someone who has no records to follow! I would love to talk with them and hear their hopes, and dreams. What a tragedy to die so very young and not really to have lived at all. The only consolation I see in this is that they both fell in love and were able to leave a legacy with their babies.
It is my firm belief that every single person has a great story. Someone just needs to ask them to tell it. And dinner with these 4 seems like some fabulous conversation.
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