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Originally Posted by LilRedCorvette
My mother’s side of the family fled the Lenin/Stalin/Communist BS in Russia; great-grandmother arrived at Ellis Island with $18 in her pocket and the clothes on her back.
My father’s side fled Mussolini in Italy; found my great-grandparents (and their children) on the ship manifest of Ellis Island. G-Gma was born in 1900 (ages on birthdays were easy to remember  ) and lived to be 97.
A tough-as-nails generation for sure.  |
LOL yeh, Great gram was a "healthy" woman and great gramp was a skinny dude. By her looks, I doubt she ever took any crap out of him.