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12. Thanks!

Tue Jul 2, 2019, 03:11 PM

Jul 2019

I had always wondered how the hardware store that Tom and my grandfather had in a town not far from Elmira burned down. I think I've figured it out!

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A Modest Proposal [View all] H2O Man Jul 2019 OP

But there is a difference.......... MyOwnPeace Jul 2019 #1

I was just thinking about that. Delmette2.0 Jul 2019 #3

True fact. H2O Man Jul 2019 #7

Much of my family came from County Cork. panader0 Jul 2019 #2

Canton, NY H2O Man Jul 2019 #8

My mother made the papers when she swam the St Lawrence seaway panader0 Jul 2019 #10

Wow! H2O Man Jul 2019 #11

When you're on a good sized wave, anything overhead, 8 or 10 feet panader0 Jul 2019 #14

Really, I went to St. Lawrence as well. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #16

Five years ago. H2O Man Jul 2019 #17

Oh, ok. She would be a little younger than me. I graduated about 30 smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #18

Thanks for sharing your family's history Bayard Jul 2019 #4

Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2019 #9

What a thoughtful post malaise Jul 2019 #5

Thanks! H2O Man Jul 2019 #12

K&R and thanks! nt tblue37 Jul 2019 #6

Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2019 #13

I think the difference is in the details Archdruid Grulog Jul 2019 #15

Sure. H2O Man Jul 2019 #19

My ancestors came from Ireland in the 1870s mcar Jul 2019 #20

My paternal ancestors were peasants in County Roscommon. PatrickforO Jul 2019 #21

A very good read, as yours always are, my dear H20 Man... CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2019 #22

Some of my people shanti Jul 2019 #23

K&R... spanone Jul 2019 #24

My Nonno was a marble cutter too stopwastingmymoney Jul 2019 #25

Great post, H2O peggysue2 Jul 2019 #26

LOL!! Too true on all counts, Hekate peggysue2 Jul 2019 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author MartyTheGreek Jul 2019 #27

Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. The highlight of my day. Thanks. marble falls Jul 2019 #28

The anonymity of social media makes it so much NoMoreRepugs Jul 2019 #30