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GRANDMA LILLIAN'S NOTEBOOK | NOTE #15

1/12/2019

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Jim & Judy Auld, son of John Auld & Maribel. Lesley Marie—their daughter's name.

Jennifer is daughter of John and Maribel Auld.
John's birthday is Nov. 13. Maribel's Oct. 19, 1980. Will be 69.
John Graham Auld was Lillian's first cousin. Her mother (Nannie Emma Mack) and his mother (Jennie Flora Mack) were sisters. John's mother died just two weeks after she gave birth to him. Lillian's mother, Nannie, would die 5 years later—the day Lillian turned 15.

I don't have any documentation of John G. Auld's children—other than this entry—as of yet. I assume Judy is Jim's wife and Lesley Marie is their daughter, but I can't be sure.

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Nannie, Emma McHenry, Sarah & John Auld. Sarah is John's sister.
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GRANDMA LILLIAN'S NOTEBOOK | NOTE #14

1/11/2019

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Detached Retina. May 1980, Medical Pavilion or Center, at Pittsburgh. May 6, surgery on right eye. Had me down to operating room, May 2, blood pressure too high couldn't operate.
​June 18 - Surgery by lazer beam on left eye, this was a post operative. Double vision at first, right eye. Lid drooped, was almost closed. Can see objects now but are blurry, cannot read yet.

July 8 - Right eye opened. Better open on 26 July.
July 6. Left eye can read now, but told not to do too much of that, when eyes are tired stop reading.
July 16 - Double vision gone. Dr. Sorr was surgeon.

​I find this account of Grandma Lillian's eye operation saga to be evocative. As a person who has had terrible vision for most of my life (I was prescribed glasses in 2nd grade and I beat everyone in my life who wears glasses at the "how strong is your prescription" game), I feel her worry, yes, but I especially can feel the relief at the progress her vision underwent following treatment.

It also makes me a bit squeamish.

​Clearly this was a significant event for her in her later years. Something she considered worth remembering or at least documenting. Grandma Lillian was 73 at the time.
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GRANDMA LILLIAN'S NOTEBOOK | NOTES #10-13

1/10/2019

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Mabel Hilty & Ed.

Mrs. Loicie Diehl Millmont Pa. 17845. Sept. 13

Mary Jane Alexander, Amber, Sue, Amber, David Paul.

Robert McCrea, Mary Pyers boy friend
As usual, the people in these entries are unknown to me.

Side Note: I do realize that it's been almost two years since I last posted here--classic INTP move. A lot of life has happened since then. Maybe someday I'll talk about it (as it relates to the family tree.) But maybe not.

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Grandma Lillian's Notebook | Note #9

3/25/2017

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Pledge of Allegiance — I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.
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Grandma Lillian's Notebook | Note #8

1/26/2017

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Robert McNutt died this morning at 5:30 A.M. Jan. 19, 1981. —Violet's husband.
Robert Vivian McNutt was married to Lillian's sister, Violet Ellen Wakefield. Violet had predeceased her husband in 1975. Robert was born 16 September 1897 to Alvin Taylor McNutt and Lucinda Smith. He and Violet had three sons: William Edward, Clair Everett "Rusty", and Glee Lee. Robert was 83 when he died.
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Grandma Lillian's Notebook | Notes #5, 6, & 7

1/25/2017

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Bob and Diane Lorr, Jason and David
ABC of prayer
A - ask
B - believe
C - claim
Richard & Connie Golinsky, Tracy — Harold & Violet Graham's daughter
I'm beginning to wonder if the lists of names that are unfamiliar to me might be people who requested prayer? We may never know…
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Grandma Lillian's Notebook | Note #4

1/24/2017

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Acts 9:36 — Name Dorcas found.
Dorcas is the name of Lillian's only granddaughter. She is the daughter of Lillian's oldest son, Edward, my granduncle.

Acts 9:36 (NIV) — "In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor."
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Grandma Lillian's Notebook | Notes #2 & #3

1/23/2017

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Herb and Ann Mack — Patric, Connie, Jeffry, Viccey, Nancy.
The Mack surname suggests that Herb may be a distant cousin of Lillian's, however, the only Herb (or Herbert) I can find on my family tree does not fit within this family structure. Lillian's mother, Nannie, was born Nannie Emma Mack. It is possible that this family is of no relation at all.
John and Sara Higgins, John, Deniece, Joseph, Clarice, James
If I had to guess, I would say that this is a family who attended Lillian's church. As a pastor's wife, the names of parishioners (and even visitors) would be important to her. I have not found any relations with the surname of Higgins.

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I have chosen to leave Lillian's spellings intact.
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Grandma Lillian's Notebook | Note #1

1/22/2017

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I've had this old blue binder of my great-grandmother's notes collecting dust in my bedroom for quite awhile now. I've been meaning to preserve it digitally for quite some time. I've decided that time is now.

Written later in life, most of it is comprised of bits of information she didn't want to forget. You do come across the occasional diary-like entry, but they are the exception. There is nothing profound or even compelling about the writings, but they are a piece of her and she deemed them important enough to jot down. That makes them important enough for me.

​Below you will find the first snippet of many.

2 tbsp. salt to 1 gal. water. Sprinkle on cabbage to kill worms. Lola C.
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I don't personally know how effective this tip is, but I did find the same formula on a gardening blog. Lillian did marry a farm hand (who later became a preacher) so it's natural that this would be her first entry.
Ancestry Note: Lola C. refers to Lola Stake Cramer. She was Grandma Lillian's sister-in-law. Lola was married to Oliver "Perry" Cramer, the brother of my great-granddad, Collins.
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9/11 — 15 years later…

9/11/2016

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I can remember a few events prior to 2001 that caused me to become a news junkie for a few days or hours. The first was watching the LAPD chase a white Bronco. It was 1994 and I was 7 years old. It's a very brief, but notable memory. The week that both Princess Diana and Mother Teresa died was another. I remember watching Princess Di's funeral and feeling like I had lost my princess. These events affected me, but September 11, 2001 was on another level. I was older, it happened on my soil, in my state, and presented a very real threat. I was in my 9th grade AP Biology class when they made the announcement over the school's PA system. By then I think both towers had been hit. When we finally went home, I watched all the news coverage I could. Like a lot of us did. But until a few days ago, I had no real connection to the tragedy. I had no face to connect to the names read every year. As I was working to add one of my Ancestry DNA matches to my tree, I discovered that this particular match had a sister who was working at 2 World Trade Center on the 89th floor that fateful day. Her name was Mary Lou Hague and she is my 6th cousin. When I watch the documentaries or hear the names being read aloud, I know that I don't just share a human bond but a familial one, however distant, with at least one of the souls taken from us that day.
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Mary Lou Hague

Born: 7 Oct 1974 in Parkersburg, West Virginia
Died: 11 Sep 2001 in Manhattan, New
York

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Genealogical Connection
Mary Lou and I share 5th great-grandparents, Adam Deem and Catherine Foughty. Adam Deem was born 10 Jan 1757 in Hagerstown, Maryland to Johannes Adam Diehm and Anna Christine Laudenclos. He married Catherine Foughty, daughter of  ​Philip Foughty. She was born c. 1761 in Lewis, West Virginia and died c. 1850 near Goose Creek in West Virginia.
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