Thanks for this, Sarah! My grandfather worked in an umbrella factory in Paris after leaving home in Poland and then boarded a ship to NY in 1913 from Cherbourg (no connection yet to umbrellas!). My mother often spoke of "the umbrella people," although I don't know whom she meant.
Interestingly, my artifacts are quite like yours. I have my father’s dining room furniture, my grandfather’s blue armchair, my father’s books, and my great-grandmother’s cake knife. Oh and my grandmother’s piano!
Thanks for this, Sarah! My grandfather worked in an umbrella factory in Paris after leaving home in Poland and then boarded a ship to NY in 1913 from Cherbourg (no connection yet to umbrellas!). My mother often spoke of "the umbrella people," although I don't know whom she meant.
Interestingly, my artifacts are quite like yours. I have my father’s dining room furniture, my grandfather’s blue armchair, my father’s books, and my great-grandmother’s cake knife. Oh and my grandmother’s piano!
And the Granddaddy Tree, my favorite family artifact of all because it's such an unlikely miracle of a thing!
Wow! Who knew? That is so interesting. Don’t know how you come up with this stuff Young Sarah, but I live it! Kamala Forever