Friday, September 20, 2019

Postcards from Grandma July 27, 1909 evening (Tues)

Originally published Oct. 10, 2009

July 27, 1909 evening, originally uploaded by morgazgc.

July 27, 1909 evening, originally uploaded by morgazgc.
"Tues. Evening. We were all uptown until 11:30. Did not get lost." Hard to tell if Grandma is referring to being uptown the previous evening or that morning. Either way it probably wasn't very reassuring to her mother to get such a card.
Mary mentioned in a previous comment that Grandma told her "she graduated from HS one year, married the next and gave birth to Aunt Mary the next year! So if that was the case, this was not her graduation trip. Since we know that Aunt Mary was born in 1913, the marriage was in 1912, that would mean she graduated from High School in 1911. Wish we knew who else was on this trip with her? Did she have a chaperone? (Uncle Ira?)
I'm not sure travel was all that difficult then because of it being the golden age of train service. As long as you were going the same place the train was going!

Comment from MV:  Blogger Mary Uible Crowson said...



IF Grandma completed her schooling (as we know it today), she probably graduated in 1910. It is certainly plausible/possible that she graduated in 1909....another point that would make interesting research. Was there a Hillsboro High School and did she attend there or ???
Mon Oct 12, 10:44:00 PM 2009
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  1. Mary Uible CrowsonMon Oct 12, 10:44:00 PM 2009

    IF Grandma completed her schooling (as we know it today), she probably graduated in 1910. It is certainly plausible/possible that she graduated in 1909....another point that would make interesting research. Was there a Hillsboro High School and did she attend there or ???

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  2. AnonymousSat Sep 21, 07:02:00 AM 2019

    Is it possible that GHU and Luna went together? Dorsey and Harry had traveled to Europe and were there when Mary Ellen passed away. Logic would say this is a trip of great magnitude in those days and further that it would seem like a graduation trip. The postcards are certainly more perfunctory than informative!

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