1) Our ancestors had to work to support themselves and their families. Do you know what occupations your 2nd great-grandfathers had? Tell us about them. If one intrigues or mystifies you, ask a free Artificial Intelligence tool to tell you more about the occupation in that place and time.
2) Tell us about the occupations of your 2nd great-grandfathers (and any AI created description of those occupations) on in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.
On my paternal side.
- Andrew Doyle (1836-1908) was a coal miner in Northumberland, England, and in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and then became a grocer.
- John Froman (~1841-1871) was a coal miner.
- Christian Gerner (~1820-1899) was a farmer.
- Dixon Bartley (1805-1900) was a farmer.
On my maternal side:
- Carl Meinzen is still an unknown individual.
- Abel Armitage (~1821-after 1881) was a coal miner in Yorkshire and Durham, England, and in Jefferson County, Ohio.
- Ellis H. Bickerstaff (1840-1907) was a carpenter in Jefferson County, Ohio
- John Thomas Thompson (~1850-1923) was a laborer and junk dealer in Jefferson County, Ohio.
I come from a long line of manual laborers. Good, honest work.
Thanks for the fun suggestion, Randy.
—Nancy.
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this country was founded on hard, honest workers and we need to be proud all of them. Very few of us have aristocratic roots!
ReplyDeleteYou're so right, Linda. I'm pleased to have ancestors who were willing to do hard manual labor. No shame in that! It's honest work.
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