tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post5612208451684873254..comments2024-03-28T21:23:54.204-04:00Comments on DON'T READ THIS; IT'S BORING!: The Mystery of Mary Creef's Childslugmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-66228154081071208402020-08-11T14:00:19.742-04:002020-08-11T14:00:19.742-04:00Hi, I know this is an old posting but I never goog...Hi, I know this is an old posting but I never googled my grandmother before since she died in 1972. Yes, Mary Muse was my grandmother and you have put together the pieces as I know them to be too!Billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079583842374413284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-4240956142461223812013-05-02T15:46:42.271-04:002013-05-02T15:46:42.271-04:00Wow, that really is a twisted tangle of roots! lol...Wow, that really is a twisted tangle of roots! lol<br /><br />We have a shameful family secret on my father's side of the family. I didn't find out about it until after the birth of my youngest child 17 years ago. Seems no one wants to find the "lost relatives" out there but me and no one will give me information to help me find them, IF the information isn't already lost to time. sighslugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-49314760459443179662013-05-02T15:43:30.525-04:002013-05-02T15:43:30.525-04:00Very much a living mystery novel in reverse!
Nice ...Very much a living mystery novel in reverse!<br />Nice analogy.<br /><br />I don't understand why families hide this stuff...ok, maybe if it happened in the past 20 years or so, but really!, continuing to hide facts hundred's of years past the events when it really wouldn't affect anyone's life?<br />I just don't get it.<br />I guess I am wired differently.slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-52261327260837742592013-05-02T15:41:05.993-04:002013-05-02T15:41:05.993-04:00Very common for out of wedlock births both now and...Very common for out of wedlock births both now and then. I suspect that a large number of oldest children in a family are thus.<br />My oldest brother was "premature" by 3 months....a big healthy 7.7 lb preemie. lol<br /><br />My mother's side also has a lot of family intermarriage. Par for the course in previous centuries when people didn't move around much or leave their small towns.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting!slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-69858535563034140552013-05-02T15:36:23.982-04:002013-05-02T15:36:23.982-04:00With the advent of DNA testing, even this lie abou...With the advent of DNA testing, even this lie about parentage on the birth certificates can be overcome if you find willing relatives who will consent to be tested and matched. <br /><br />I would think that if your father divorced/abandoned his first wife, she may have been forced to surrender the children at least temporarily to the state home. In that time, woman without means or support didn't keep children. No food stamps, SSI payments and WIC and Section 8 payments. It was more efficient to house/clothe/feed impoverished children in an orphanage along with other unfortunate kids.slugmamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12728856166374248591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-65524144475878798992013-05-02T13:55:31.372-04:002013-05-02T13:55:31.372-04:00Yes, digging about in family history can be fun. I...Yes, digging about in family history can be fun. In doing such research I found both my mother and father were conceived out of wedlock. They were also cousins making a brother and sister each both my great grandparent and aunt/uncle. At least kept everything in the family.nitewrithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968271056094267260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-57885590257713061522013-05-02T12:54:46.093-04:002013-05-02T12:54:46.093-04:00Very interesting!Very interesting!One Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00369132659573259613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-3974831266504051032013-05-02T12:37:09.825-04:002013-05-02T12:37:09.825-04:00I have five half brothers and sisters from my fath...I have five half brothers and sisters from my father's first marriage. Through no fault of their mother, all the children ended up in an orphanage. One child was being sold in the infamous orphanage scandal in Memphis. The mother had to go to court to prove that child, a baby, was not abandoned as the orphanage and the judge in Memphis claimed. I often wonder how these twists in life can happen. <br /><br />When I was young, I had one cousin whose mother always announced her daughter's marriage "last year" and how the husband just died. A week later, the cousin's impending birth was announced. Six months later she would give birth to an 8 lb premature baby. Since these children have a father's names on the birth certificates, I wonder how genealogists will handle their research in years to come. The immediate family has hidden the fact that her uncle is the father of all her children. It seems I am the only person outside the immediate family who knew. So, I have spilled a great big bag of beans that can never be recovered. sigh Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991571309786149363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-32214061900640283222013-05-02T10:04:37.932-04:002013-05-02T10:04:37.932-04:00I think small towns are a bit scary! People tend t...I think small towns are a bit scary! People tend to be petty, and as you said, holding grudges and stigmas against one another, or what their ancestors or family members did. I am liking this digging around family trees. It's like reading a mystery novel, but starting from the ending and moving back.Taniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075300256482920618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1611711622146875201.post-12958197028612465652013-05-02T05:05:04.973-04:002013-05-02T05:05:04.973-04:00Sluggy:
I think I was about 2 when my father'...Sluggy:<br /><br />I think I was about 2 when my father's father died so I don't remember him but the story goes something like this: My grandfather was married and had children. That wife died. He remarried and had another family of children. That wife was my grandmother. Sometime after the birth of their last child they divorced. He married for a third time and had children with that wife.<br /><br />Now things get interesting because when he divorced my grandmother - the woman he married was recently divorced from her husband. My father's mother married again - she married the ex-husband of my father's now step mother.<br /><br />My real grandmother and step-grandfather stayed married until she died and he did not remarry. My step-grandmother and real grandfather had two children and later divorced. Family history says that grandpa had a mistress who had a child - but no one wants to explore that part of the family history.<br /><br />Growing up I had relatives that were full, half and step and had a hard time keeping track of who's who in the zoo. Life can be such fun.seyreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17760145069917378505noreply@blogger.com