Bill Garcia wrote: > > The website address for the proposed site is http://www.wdstrong.com/strong > > Just let me know if you want to this > > Bill Garcia > -----Original Message----- > From: DBS &/or MD <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 12:52 PM > Subject: Re: LYDIA M STRONG > > >To Everyone! > > > >Every once in a while, I have seen some really delightful and interesting > >things written about Strongs... Their life and times.... I really wish > >SOMEONE would set up a website as part of the Strong Genealogical Network > >just for this type of material. PLEASE... are there any volunteers out > >there???? > > > >Thank YOU, Wilma, for sharing this story with us! I nominate this message > >as one of the "keepers"! {:-) > > > >Regards, > > > >David B. "Dave" Strong > >Email: [email protected] > >Website, "Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain & Ireland" > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530 > > > >************************* > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > >Date: Friday, October 09, 1998 10:34 AM > >Subject: Re: LYDIA M STRONG > > > > > >>> I've always thought it was interesting that the Strongs > >>> and the Motts were together once before!! > >>> > >>> Judy Mott Strong > >>> Orange, CA > >> > >>Dear Judy...Thank you VERY much for what you sent, that is the closest > >>to Vermont I have been able to get...she must be connected to that bunch > >>wouldn't you say? Now to do "digging" there.. > >> > >>My husband and I have the same thing as the MOTTS & STRONGS.. When I > >>found out that we were 7c & when I told him his comment was, "For heaven > >>sakes don't tell our kids, they have enough problems as it is" > >>(((smile))). > >> > >>I find it interesting you live in Orange...when I was a small child I > >>lived with a family in Talbert (now Fountain Valley)..they were lima > >>bean farmers..we lived just on the other side of the Santa Ana River. > >>There was a huge weeping willow tree that served as our playhouse. They > >>also took care of another girl..we were as sisters for many years until > >>she died at the age of 16!! > >> > >>My aunt lived in Santa Ana Gardens..all that area was bean fields, > >>Santa Ana Gardens wasn't too far from Talbert..I had lived with my aunt > >>and we had running water, inside bath, etc...when I went to live with > >>the Landrums in Talbert they had no running water in the house, an > >>outhouse and I took a bath in a big round tub..after first papa, then > >>mama, then Gladys and finally I had the scummy water...I hated it. But > >>mama would always pour a pitcher of warm water over me and clean me up. > >>Oh yes, the towel was wet and cold... > >> > >>I am glad I had those experiences..other wise I would never of know "the > >>other side of life" The down to earth, hard working, Hard Shell Southern > >>Baptist's. The minister had me scared me to death most of the time...I > >>was always afraid I had "backslid! and besides didn't know what that > >>was...but it was scarey! My aunt lived almost next door to the church so > >>mama would let me go visit my family when they were home. > >> > >>Any way every Saturday or Sunday we would go to Orange County Park.. > >>there we would play with the swans in the lake, & if we were lucky, papa > >>would take us rowing in the lake...there were lots of trees to run and > >>play in, a round building with a big porch with lots of chairs..this was > >>a dance hall...often I would see my cousin dancing with his girl > >>friend...how he hated it when I would find him and go out on the dance > >>floor and tug on his shirt...(I loved him and he promised to wait for me > >>to grow up so I could marry him)...HA..he married someone else!! Life > >>goes on!! Mama and papa didn't want Gladys and I near the dance hall, > >>they didn't believe in dancing...but I just couldn't stop my self from > >>seeing my beloved cousin. (once he tied me in the swings, pushed me > >>really hard and left me there..so he could have piece and quiet he told > >>me in our grown up years.. hehehehehehe > >> > >>The Orange County Park holds a lot of wonderful childhood memories for > >>me..we went there when it was a safe place for children to run in, they > >>had long long ropes tied to the trees, I have never swang (is that a > >>word?) or is it swinged so high..that is if someone would push us. They > >>had little bikes we could ride for an hour.. > >> > >>There was a large area with very large stoves with a heavy metal top > >>and wood piled near each one..people would cook their whole meals on and > >>lots of benches..what fun it was to hear the cow bell to come and eat. > >>There was a baseball field that the grownups would either watch or play > >>baseball...there was always the pledge and then everyone would sing > >>"take me out to the ball game"...that was a fun time for me. This was in > >>the 1930's... > >> > >>Then one day a man hung himself in the park and papa and mama wouldn't > >>let us run wild as we did before...we always had to stay in their sight. > >>The man had kidnapped a girl or perhaps two girls and of course my ears > >>weren't for what he did to them..but I can immange. From then on things > >>were a little bit different. > >> > >>Also in the middle of Orange was a huge beautiful tree..the road went > >>around the tree in a circle...3 of my children were born in St Joseph's > >>hospital. We lived in Laguna and there was no hospital..my 4th was born > >>in Newport Beach..a new hospital and much closer! > >> > >>Well, you have had a share of my childhood and a wee bit more!! > >> > >>This period of my life was when I became interested in genealogy and > >>family...one never knows what will trigger the interest in family.. > >> > >>Thank You from the bottom my heart, > >>Wilma Fleming Haynes > >>[email protected] > >> > >> > >>==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > >>======================================================== > >>Address for online searchers of STRONG MAIL LIST ARCHIVES: > >>http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >> > >>MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages Cross Indexed: > >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9881 > >> > >>MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages not indexed: > >>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9853 > >>========================================================== > >> > > > > > >==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > >======================================================== > >RESEARCHING STRONG(E) AND STRANG(E) > >IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/7530/ > > > >Database and manuscript. See especially Chap. 13 > >of manuscript, entitled "Lineages". > >========================================================== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== STRONG Mailing List ==== > ======================================================== > Address for online searchers of STRONG MAIL LIST ARCHIVES: > http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages Cross Indexed: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9881 > > MAISER ARCHIVES (1996-1997): Messages not indexed: > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/9853 > ========================================================== <<<<<<<<< Lew Bennett writes >>>>>>>>>> Bill: I really like your proposal to use your web site for those doing STRONG family research. With your expertise, please take a look my web site. it is provided below in my "signature" file. I take to KISS approach to web pages. Lew G. Bennett PS: My Strong ancestors go back to the American Revolution with Solomon Strong and last for about 5 generations where a daughter marries into the Lemon faimly, whose grand-daughter marries a Bennett. So i am 9 generations removed from Solomon. -- Please visit http://www.crosswordjackpot.com for fun and profit!