My Grandfather By My Grandmother

interviewing my grandmother I have come to respect the changes her and my grandfather made within their own family. My grandmother and grandfather grew up in a home where their mothers were always cooking and their fathers were never home. Dinnertime was never a time their parents believed was important. They decided together that when they had children of their own they would make things different. My grandfather always made us breakfast and drove us to school, and no matter what meal it was my sisters

family. My Grandfather David Grell and Grandmother Linda Grell currently live in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Grandpa owns a construction business, while grandma is a high school secretary. My mother, Laura Todd, the first of three daughters, lives in Sioux Rapids Iowa with my Father Kerby, and works at Buena Vista University. My Aunt, Angie Mendrzychowski, the middle child, married to my Uncle Steve, and is currently living in Shakopee, Minnesota. My Aunt, Jackie Antonie, recently married my Uncle Tony

Starting on my mother’s side of the family, I will start with her mother background. My great grandmother, was black, and as far as we know he parents were black as well. However, my great-great grandmother, the mother of my great grandfather was Panamanian and my great-great grandfathers, the father of my great grandfather had a Panamanian mom and a Spanish Indian and Jamaican father. My great grandfather however called himself a British subject, he was born in Panama however lived in the British

The Secret at the Antique Store My grandfather had been working in his old antique shop since before he and my grandmother got married. He had tons of antiques from I don 't even know what age. On the weekends, I would help him run the shop, but one day, I had to work longer than I expected, for my grandfather had gotten an emergency call from the hospital. This is where my story begins. I had been working at the shop all day with the occasional ring of the front door bell. In total

I have a close relationship with my family. My example of a good relationship is my mother and grandmother interaction with one another. They are so awesome to be around, they act like they are still in their youths. For example, when we go to my grandmother home for holidays my mother has the same job of preparing the food for my grandmother. However, that has been her job since she was a young girl. My mother is my favorite person in this entire world. She raised me and

My Father grew up with four siblings’ in Oaxaca Mexico. My father’s life when he was in High School, Marcelino Eighteen, Pedro Fifteen, Regina Fifth teen, Theodore Eleven. My father’s family comes from French Mexican ancestry. My Grandmother was Mexican, and grandfather was French both of my grandparents were taught to be Roman Catholic Church. Which was introduced to my father, and uncle’s. My father was thought to speak Spanish as his primary language, Spanish has their primary language they learned

My Heritage A long time ago, my great great grandmother and grandfather on my mothers mom side immigrated from Norway. My great great grandmother is Hilma Tokkelson and my great great grandfather is Anders N. Aurrebekk. Hilma immigrated from Norway when she was 17 years old and Anders immigrated from Norway when he was 16 years old. On my mothers fathers side my great great grandmother and grandfather immigrated from Italy. My great great grandmother is Angelina Palfe and my great great grandfather

myself sitting across from my grandmother named Nancy Parish whom my family nicknamed “Meme”. We met at her favorite lunch spot, Nordstrom’s café, which was a halfway point between my apartment and her log cabin home. My sixty-seven-year-old grandmother told me she was tickled pink and delighted that she was being interviewed for my final paper. For this interview, I decided to focus on her marriage to my grandfather named Wade whom we nicknamed “Papa Wade”. My grandfather passed away from lung cancer

was since she was born until now. My grandmother's name was inspired by her father's mother who was also called Maria and died days before she was born. When growing up, Maria lived in Cabo Verde but moved to Angola at the age of 11 after her mother died. She had 6 siblings when her mother passed away and her father decided to take them to Angola and start a new life. So she spent more than 15 years there until she met her husband, my

proud of my Italian heritage. From the young age of four or five, I can remember sitting in the kitchen while my grandmother and great-grandmother would be cooking and they would tell me how my great-great grandparents immigrated to the United States from Calabria. They told me how my great-great -grandfather came with little money and could not speak English. He worked in the mines and sold wood on the side in order to make a living. A few