~Old Card & a Short Story~

I came across this old funeral card. Its got to be of my GreatGrandpa. My Grandpa, that came over from the Uk was named Sidney, he had a son he named David. So that is one reason I think this is my Great Grandpa... Look at the date..1917 Long time ago.. My mother had this obit card and kept it all these years.. Its condition is wonderful. I like seeing these old things that tie a family together.. Even though these arent my BLOOD, I feel that they ARE my family and no one wants to try to tell me otherwise.. lol... I wish I knew where the ones I know are still in the UK are.. and that I could get in touch with them.. I think if I get this ancestry.com thingie I can maybe do some good.. I know my cousin Nancy is digging but I have NO idea how to get hold of her... My Grandpa and GreatGrandpa I am assuming both were coal miners in the UK or what ever it was they mined there. Tin maybe? im not sure. My Grandpa and his brother Stanley and his brother Leonard came to the states and how they ended up in Michigan I dont know.. Other than its mining country..But iron ore and copper mines. Which is still under ground mining that they had already done.. My Grandpa and Uncle stanley settled in the lower part of Upper Michigan while my Uncle Len went farther north to what is called the Copper Country. Beautiful up there. But all 3 worked the mines all their lives once they moved here. I dont know how long they were here before my grandma and aunties and all the children came over. My mother said she was 8 when she got to the USA..She had 4 spots on her arm from where she said she had to get inoculated to be able to enter here. I can remember asking her why she had 4 dots on her upper arm..and thats what she said... my Grandparents had 8 children, my Uncle Stanley and Aunt Ethel had 6 children, and Uncle Len and Aunt Annie, I am not sure, 4 I think. If they all came at once..was quite a big crowd... :-) The times back then were so amazing. this one of my GreatGrandma & Grandpa in England, they look so proper.. and for 69 when he died my grandpa looks to me, older than his age. Notice the hat on my grandma.. is that a doozy or what? Guess back then a hat was a hat.. I wonder what color it was ..this below is my GreatGrandmother and my Grandmother I think, note date This photo of my grandparents is so cute.. My 2 uncles and look at my Grandpa..hes just looking off into space ..so dignified they tried to make the photos back then.. Look at my grandma's dress.. I wish they had color.. Be so nice to see that..not think that everything was such a drab time. I am So glad styles have changed :-D My grandpa.. was such a dear man. would tell me stories..maybe thats why I like telling them so much.. I never hesitated to go to see them or spend time with them.. I went every chance I got.. Short story for you:... Every time I went to spend time with my Grandma and Grandpa. he would tell me about these 2 babies that lived in the cellar. One was named Lilly Ponds, and the other WaterLilly. They NEVER came out of the basement and Grandpa said HE took care of them.. But they stayed down there. And I believed him.. :-) suspiciously but I did. I would go and peek down the stairs from the top..seeing nothing but a cement wall at the bottom and that was all I could see from up the top.. I decided one day I am gonna see if those babies were down in that cellar.. I slowly went down the steps..looking carefully to see if I could see them..Maybe they wanted to play with me.. I asked my Grandpa that many times.. He said usually when I was there they had gone to sleep and were hiding. They didnt want to be seen by anyone. I looked from side to side carefully and saw nothing or no one.. I was so disappointed but scared too.. I did have my doubts that my dear Grandpa was fibbin to me.. Even though he assured me TWO babies lived in that cellar!! What he would do to prove to me that those babies were there is put 2 pieces of candy at the TOP of the steps.. and tell me to watch- the candy will disappear.. I guess I must have sat in that room for hours one day, steady watching that candy. It stayed there for the longest time. I heard my grandma yell supper time, I went to eat , all 3 of us ate supper. I went back to the stairs.. and yes, the candy was GONE!!! I ran over to the steps..looked down and saw not ONE thing.. Well.. where did it go? I saw no one heard nothing I looked all over, and we were in the kitchen. I ran out to the kitchen and both my grandparents were there waiting for me. I Yelled to Grandpa.. "the candy is gone !!!, the babies took it !!!" Grandpa smiled at me, then at Grandma and Grandma said "dear, Grandpa told you the babies get the candy." I told Grandma all disapointed.. " BUT I wANTED TO SEE THEM..! I NEVER GET to SEE THEM BABIES" I was upset. no more was said THAT day about those 2, LillyPonds & WaterLilly, living in the cellar..This went on for a few years. Grandpa died when I was 12. I think I still believed the babies were in the cellar, LillyPonds and WaterLilly. Unusual names.. :-) nice to remember. Years later, I told my Mom and Grandma about those 2 babies that lived in the cellar.. my Grandma remembered.. she smiled at me ..put her hand on my arm..said " Lois, Grandpa would sneak outside and go into the basement from the outside and take that candy to make you think there really WERE 2 babies living in that cellar". I knew he had to have done something.. but I had NO idea that was HOW he did it..:-D I think about those 2 babies that I honestly believed lived down there but refused to play with me.. :-) I think when my mom told me they tore down Grandpa's house that I still thought of those 2 babies that lived in the cellar.. How gullible kids are hey? well I had NO reason NOT to believe him.. I KNOW he had to have laughed and probly is now..watching me tell this story .. like he did that day watching me sit and stare at those cellar steps for hours and hours.. :-) It was such good times.. I still taste that delicious licorice he would shove into my mouth when he tucked me in after Gramma did..and say "SHHHHH, dont choke and dont tell Gramma" kiss my forehead and was gone..These are my Dear Grandparents, from left to right are my Uncles David, Ernest, my mother, Gordon, Aunt Phyllis, Telfer,and Stanley, Only one missing is my Aunt Lillian.. Was so sad she wasnt there .. she was missed.. She just couldnt attend.. I was about 10. Well Im done for today I was worried about what I was going to write about but seems something always comes to mind.. I am glad you dont mind me going down memory lane like this. I just have the best times.. This scanner is gettin me in big trubble.. but I love it.. so much easier to scan a photo than take a picture of a picture.. I was pleased that the pics of the shower chair came out so good I used my cam... Lunch today? well they did pretty good..was sausage and cabbage and of course had carrots in but I dug them out.. was good and I ate most of it.. Had some really bitter puckery grapes for desert.. I just dont like fruit for desert.. and I hate when they send jello with fruit in it.. Just not for me.. Im not famished tonite.. and I didnt get alot done today , So desert ONLY search mode is on.. and I bid you ,,, yes? nitey nite !!! :-) Y'all have a good one now Y'hear? love ya & thanks.. :-) ALways, Lois**** May God Bless you today, I'm so honored to call you friend, I pray the Lord will keep you safe, Until I write again...