Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Lost photo



This picture has a history. It was taken in early 1936 when I was 16 years old. My mother had taken me to the studio to get pictures of me in hopes of sending them to a movie studio where they were looking for extras. We never got the pictures because shortly after, the civil war started and every business closed and they raided many of the stores and business shops.
Years later in 1954, my mother went to Spain to visit my grandmother and aunt. They told her that after the war someone found the picture in the gutter of the sidewalk. It had my name and address on the back so they brought it back to my grandmother who still lived there. It took 18 years to get to me

How did you meet Grandpa?

I met Grandpa in Tela Honduras, Central America In April 1937. My mother and
brothers and I had arrived there from Spain fleeing the Spanish Civil War
in late January 1937. Grandpa got to Tela from Lynn, Ma. in April to work
with the United Fruit Co. ( he was only 20 years old and I was 17)

Friday, November 30, 2007

Intro

I'm almost 35 years old and I'm still finding out new information about my 88 year old Grandmother.
This bothers me. How can there be anything I don't know about this woman. After 35 years shouldn't I know mostly everything there is to know?
The other thing that bothers me is that any story I HAVE heard is just heard. I'm sure I don't remember everything I've heard or have forgotten some important details of important stories that deserve to be passed down. These stories deserve to be in print.
I knew that my grandmother had an interesting childhood moving around from Mexico to Spain to Honduras where she met my grandfather and moved to Lynn, Mass, moved all over the country while raising 5 children (even these details are fuzzy to me). That's how I would sum it up but as I'm finding out there is much more to it.
This blog will serve as an interview medium for now. I will ask Grandma a question and I will post the answer.
So far I have asked one question, "How did you meet Grandpa". For such a simple question I have gathered a LOT of information that I now have to sort through and the answer to this question has raised about 10 new questions that I never even thought to ask.