Traveling Down My Lines

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Researching my ancestry can be VERY frustrating. I've looked for one person for over 30 years.

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  • Created Date: 23 Feb 2008
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The Sickle in the Lilac Bush

Aug 1955 | Franklin, New Hampshire, USA

My grandfather, James Hamilton Sweenie, died when I was only 5 years old and I don't remember him very much.  I do remember, however, when he and my grandmother visited us in Franklin, NH, during the summer of 1955.  My parents, my younger brother, Bruce, and I had moved into a new house on an acre of land.  The grass had not been cut for a long time and was nearly waist high.  My father's parents drove up from Maryland and my grampa helped my dad cut the grass using a sickle.  It was a several day project and when they were finished, my grandfather hung his sickle in a white lilac bush near the back door of the house.  He complained at that time that his arm was hurting.  My grandparents drove back to Maryland.  Grampa died a couple of weeks later of a massive heart attack.  The sickle remained in the lilac bush until we moved out of that house in 1961. 

Created by Timetraveler50 23 Feb 2008

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annk60

Memories and stories like yours are what makes a family history come to life. Thanks for sharing.

26 May 2008

family54

I loved this story. Thank you for sharing and keeping the memory alive.

02 Apr 2008

Huntley_S...

Beautiful but sad story. It shows the love connection between your family - that your grandparents were willing to come and help your parents do the hard stuff to move into the new place and the medical things that we didn't understand back in 1955 (viz. that pain in your arm can also be signs of oncoming heart problems). I love the title you chose. Your grandfather was a handsome man. I clicked on your story page for a different reason though. It said that you have been looking for someone for over 30 yrs. Why not post that ancestors specifics and let all the genealogists out here try and help you! Don't go it alone girl!

01 Apr 2008

LoisAnn2

That was a very nice story.I knew one of my Grand. Grandfather on one line & Grandmother on the other.

31 Mar 2008

Newbet

Thank you for reminding me that it's the simple stories like yours that last for generations.

06 Mar 2008

cwiseman

Wow. Thats a nice story

05 Mar 2008