Month: December 2021

Congratulations to me! This post will complete the 2021 challenge from Generations Cafe to write about 52 Ancestors 52 Weeks....52 posts of family stories and history. I hope that in the FUTURE my descendants will enjoy reading my stories as much as I have enjoyed researching and recording some family memories. This week's prompt is… Continue reading Week 52: Future

One of my earliest memories is of a Christmas in the early 1940s at my Grandma Quist's house on Newberry Avenue in Libertyville, Illinois. Joan at about 3 years old The year was probably 1942 or 43. I was around 3 years old. This is one of those life pictures imprinted on my brain. This… Continue reading Week 51: Holidays

Although "lines" has many definitions the only one that keeps coming to my mind is the ancestral lines I've been researching. For this post I'm going to look at my ancestry tree and record how far back in time each "line" goes. Let's see how this works! Paternal lines: John Sawyer, 9th great-grandfather, born in… Continue reading Week 50: Lines

I've written before about sewing when I used the Stretch and Sew method on stretchy knit material. I did a lot of other sewing from the time Renee, my oldest daughter was a baby to helping her out with making her second marriage wedding gown. First baby gown for Renee When I was having my… Continue reading Week 49: Homemade

I come from long lines of hardy ancestors - people who emigrated to America to start a new life, who lived into their 90s, who trekked across the states to relocate their families and established farms that lasted for generations. But when I think of strength I always think of my Mom, Anne Louise Quist… Continue reading Week 48: Strength

There are so many things to be thankful for but let's get down to basics. Carl's Declaration of Intent I am thankful that Grandpa Carl Quist had the courage to get on the ship in Sweden when he was 16 and travel to America with the intent to become a citizen.I am thankful that when… Continue reading Week 47: Thankful