I would love to sit at the Thanksgiving table with my great-grandparents, Elizabeth Jordan Wagner and her husband Philip Wagner. She immigrated with her parents from Erkeln (near Brakel), Germany when she was 9 years old in 1859! Elizabeth and Philip raised 9 children in New York City and made their living as butchers. Though I have learned a lot about these ancestors, I would ask them what their trip across the Atlantic was like, what was the Civil War like for Philip, how did Elizabeth manage the family and the family business after Philip died, and finally, ask if the family myth that we are related to Richard Wagner, the composer, is true! Yes, I, too, would not let them go all weekend. The glory of family history research is finding out how we are all connected - the frustration is longing to find out even more! Happy Thanksgiving to All Jordans and to All! -----Original Message----- From: JORDAN-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:JORDAN-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 11:00 PM To: JORDAN-D@rootsweb.com Subject: JORDAN-D Digest V04 #129

I would invite my gggrandfather William Jordan born 09 Dec 1863, and ask him to bring his mother, Fanny Letts, and his father, William Jordan, and ALL the rest of the family! I love ot cook big meals, and would love to hear all about the old days in Ireland. William Sr.'s naturalization says he was from Co. Derry, and I would love to hear about the trip across seas, and how and what he and the family did when they first came the US to live. I have soooo many questions I couldn't even know where to start. But most of all I would love to ask my grandma Alma Letts Jordan Smith to join us. I miss her! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, we have so much to be thankful for, compared to what our forefathers struggled with...no electricity...no running water...no cars...no gas, diesel, etc. You get the picture! Say a blessing for all you have and say a prayer for those less fortunate. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.