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My Most Valuable Christmas Ornament

December 28, 2014 by Colleen Greene 7 Comments

My Most Valuable Christmas Ornament

While decorating our Christmas tree earlier this month, I came across a box ornaments from when I was a child. This box had been at my parents’ house for decades, but Dad dug it out and gave it to us last year. I wasn’t quite sure which of my childhood ornaments were in that box (we had a lot). But I was hoping one special ornament was still there. And it was…my most valuable Christmas ornament.

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo, Colleen
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: Christmas

#52Ancestors: Great Grandfather Patrick Thomas Flanagan Dies of TB Two Days Before Christmas 1928

December 21, 2014 by Colleen Greene 2 Comments

#52Ancestors: Great Grandfather Patrick Thomas Flanagan Dies of TB Two Days Before Christmas 1928

Patrick Thomas Flanagan (abt. 1897-1928) died on 23 December 1928 from tuberculosis, just two days before Christmas, plunging his family into a series of events that would leave the children orphans. My grandfather, at just 1-1/2 years old, never knew his father.

People Referenced: Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997), Flanagan, Patrick Thomas (1897-1928), Kennedy, Sarah (d. 1930)
Applicable Surnames: Burke, Flanagan, Lynch
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), Christmas, deaths, orphans

#52Ancestors: Mom, Keeper of Grandma’s Awesome Pumpkin Pie & Pie Crust Recipes

June 21, 2014 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

#52Ancestors: Mom, Keeper of Grandma’s Awesome Pumpkin Pie & Pie Crust Recipes

Let me proclaim here and now that my Mom makes THE BEST pumpkin pie and THE BEST pie crust in the world. Hands down. Even people who don’t like pumpkin pie like hers. Mom learned how to make her perfect pumpkin pie and perfect pie crust from her mother, my grandmother Elsie Charlotte HAYES (1926-1992). Grandma was a terrible cook (terrible is an understatement)! But, the lady could bake…especially pie!

People Referenced: Flanagan, Colleen's Mom, Hayes, Elsie Charlotte (1926-1992)
Applicable Surnames: Allen, Bodman, Burke, Coon, Flanagan, Grasley, Hayes, Kennedy, Lyman, Lynch, Mara, Race, Sanford
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2014), Christmas, culinary traditions, Thanksgiving

Laughing At Old Family Christmas Photos

December 26, 2011 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

Laughing At Old Family Christmas Photos

While I am sure that our children will someday poke great fun at photos from this year’s Christmas, I can’t help but share a couple of my favorite funny Christmas photos from my own childhood. My grandma, with cigarette in hand, on Christmas or Christmas Eve. This photo must have been taken in the late1960s […]

People Referenced: Hayes, Elsie Charlotte (1926-1992)
Applicable Surnames: Burke, Compean, Flanagan, Lynch, Robledo
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: California, Christmas

Christmas Traditions: Betty Greene’s Christmas Treats

December 24, 2011 by Jeff Greene Leave a Comment

Christmas Traditions: Betty Greene’s Christmas Treats

Christmas, 1974, in South Bend, Indiana.  Dad, mom, me (front left) and Gregg. The 70’s were not a stylish time in Indiana.  And how fortunate are we today to have instant digital cameras that immediately let you know the picture is off center and you need to re-take it? Growing up, my mom, brother and […]

People Referenced: Pace, Betty (d. 2002)
Applicable Surnames: Breed, Fields, Gann, Greene, Haley, Harless, Lingel, Pace, Preiss, Smyth, Tucker, Webster, Wortham
Filed Under: Jeff's Ancestors Topics: Christmas, culinary traditions

Flanagan Memories: Providing Christmas Without Letting The Kids Know They Were Poor

December 23, 2011 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

Flanagan Memories: Providing Christmas Without Letting The Kids Know They Were Poor

Uncle sitting on his “new” Christmas bike, with Grandpa . I grew up with the best grandparents a kid could want. They spoiled us with little gifts, and they spoiled us even more with love and attention. I still miss them, especially around the holidays. During interviews with my mom over the years, about her […]

People Referenced: Flanagan, Michael John (1927-1997)
Applicable Surnames: Allen, Bodman, Burke, Coon, Darnley, Flanagan, Grasley, Hayes, Kennedy, Lyman, Lynch, Mara, Race, Sanford
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: Christmas

Christmas Traditions: Maria Nieto Robledo’s Tamales

December 21, 2011 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

Christmas Traditions: Maria Nieto Robledo’s Tamales

Maria Nieto Robledo (1887-1974). Homemade tamales are a Christmas tradition in many Mexican families, and my family is no exception. I can’t remember a single childhood Christmas, and very few adulthood Christmases, without my dad making the wonderful savory tamales (with the world’s most perfect masa) that he learned how to make as a child […]

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo, Colleen's Dad
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: Christmas, culinary traditions

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