History of a family in ten objects

[sarahsean]

Great idea for a thread Lydart,

For my family I would have the following:

1. The photograph of my great grandfather from France in 1915.

2. The photograph of my great grandparents from the 1920`s which sparked my interest in family history.

3. Bricks lots of my ancestors were builders who moved from Berkshire to London.

4.  A coach for my coach builder ancestor

5. Pots and pans for my cook grandmother.

6. a typewriter for my mother and sister who were a typist and secretary.

7 A map showing how my family travelled to Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand

8.  A ration book to show how my mother and grandmother and grandfather had to move due to bombing.

9. A shamrock to represent my Irish husband and anglo-irish children.

10.  Can`t think of a number 10!!


Have a good weekend everyone.

Sarah

[Hollander]

1. A hand made nail

2. A duelling pistol (Mad Irish Gt. gt. grandfather)

3. A Surgeon’s Lancet

4. A sack of grain

5. An inkstand

6. A Miner’s Lamp

7. An Artist’s palette

8. A Nought to One Micrometer

9. An Accounts Ledger

10. A Police Helmet.

[KarenM]

Great thread Lydart!

My list of 10 treasurers that I have are....

1.  My gr grandmother Mary Heffernan's wedding band, which I wear

2.  A Biltmore Hat Box from the Company that my grandma Whyte worked at her whole life until she retired to look after me.

3.  A ugly fish ashtray that my gr grandmother Elizabeth Stanley brought with her to Canada from B'ham which turns out her brother in law made and his children have the same one.

4.  My gr uncle Joe's silk maps from WWII when he was in the RCAF

5.  My grandpa Stanley's harmonica and guitar

6.  My gr grandfather Stanley/Gandley's bugle which he was given when he was in the Boys Brigade in B'ham

7.  A little dog made out of iron that was given to my dad when he was little

8.  A 2 gallon crock jug which my gr gr grandparents used to make whiskey in

9.  A water colour painting that my gr grandfather Thomas Shorter brought with him to Canada, it's dated 1860

10.  My gr grandmother Susan Dawkins confirmation book from her church in Ireland

I am lucky to have been given larger items from my husbands items, my favourites are my piano which is a Heintzman built in 1904 and a large hutch that was my husbands gr gr grandmothers.

Karen

[genjen]

Only ten - gosh, how to choose? Here are ten but I shall probably change my mind by tomorrow!

1) Grandmother's clocking-on token, wage packet and transport pass from her days working in a munitions factory during WW1.
2) Same grandmother's handbag. My mum used to get it out occasionally and it always seemed mysterious and full of treasures.
3) Great Uncle James's death penny, especially since I found his grave in Belgium last year.
4) Paternal grandfather's knitted beret. After he died in 1968, I used to wear it, not out of any sentimental sense, just because they were, briefly, quite trendy!!
5) Great grandfather's Master Mariner Certificate. I know you said no certificates but this is a real one from 1899, all battered and slightly frayed. A real treasure.
6) A letter from my maternal grandfather to his wife, in which he refers to my mum as a tiny child.
7) My father's 'Nouveau Petit Larousse Illustre' school prize from Robert Gordon's College, Aberdeen in 1939. Dad should have gone to university to study languages but chose to join the navy instead and so missed out on the education and career he deserved.
8)My concertina. It is an antique in its own right but is probably what brought me into contact with the vast majority of the friends I now have. I must try to research its history one day!
9)My dining table. Nothing out of the ordinary but I remember mum's pride when it first arrived, brand new and shiny, in the house about fifty years ago. Every time I polish it, it reminds me of her. And every time I polish it, a little bit more of the nicotine staining comes away on the cloth!
10)The Maling Ware, Rington's Tea jug which was on our window ledge throughout my childhood and is now on mine.

[carolynb]

1 tools of a Tinker  bits of tin hammer etc my gt gt gt Grandfather Michael

2 tools of a farm labourer scythe etc  my gt gt gt  grandfather Richard (and many more of them)

3 tools of a potter lump of clay and  a potters wheel My gt gt grandfather  James

4 shoe last  my grandfather  Tommy(not a cobbler) always repaired the families shoes

5 apple pie  my grandmother Alice made the very best

6 small brooch with a ruby and seed pearls engagement gift to my grandmothe Maggie from her husband Jack

7 many many songs and tapes of my late Dad Jim singing

8 piece of glass my mother Dot was a glassblower

9 lots and lots of photos from happy family holidays

10 photo of my Mum and Dad taken during ww2 while he was on leave from the army

[leanora]

1.  Pepper pot   in the form of a Peeler in a green uniform  (peelers were the forerunner of the present day police force i believe

 2.ink  nib pen bought in France  by my grandmother when she traveled as a nanny to a family it has an ivory carved handle and a spy hole which if u look through  you can see a small lace picture  of the Oprah House in Paris

3. Picture of my grandfather on a horse in uniform  when he was in the Boer war

4.One of my grandfather with his woolly monkey  which he returned with  from oversea. The monkey that was also sent out in Peterhead to bring him home from the Pub when grandmother had his dinner ready

5. Granfather medals from 4 wars he was in and the tin box Queen Mary sent out to the troop with some gifts in for Christmas.

6. love letter written to my grandmother by my grandfather while they were courting


7. another picture of my Grandmother aged about 5-6

8. a gold muff chain belonging to my great grandmother

9.memory's of my granmother in her flat Prison quarter's Peterhead with the gas lights and the black leaded range where she kept crabs in the fender waiting to be cooked

10.German Iron cross Oak leaf cluster medal given to my grandmother by an German officer who won it in the 1st World war  when he was being sent home after the 2ND world war. He gave it her as she would pass hot soup to the German prisoner as they came up from working in the fields in front of the  prison staff quarter's. She did  have a lot of local peoples back up for doing it but her reply was " I just hope some women in Germany is doing the same for our men "

The medal was a gift of thanks and the officer who gave it to her said it was nothing to do with the Nazi's and he was not one of them

[Mowsehowse]

This thread is marvellous.....
I have complied a list of 7 objects and will post when I have reached 10.
 

[Lydart]

I'd completely forgotten I'd started this thread !   Its nice to think I get the occasional good idea !

Keep going folks ....

[dowdstree]

Here goes with my ones 

1.  My mum's wedding ring which I wear all the time.
2.  My dad's signet ring given to him by my grandparents on his 21st birthday in 1938.
3.  My dad's WW2  memorabilia including his Army pay book.
4.  The brooch dad made for mum from the plastic material used to make false teeth in the shape of
     Army Dental Corps badge - couldn't afford an engagement ring in 1945.
5.  A plaster caste impression of someone's teeth which dad made in the 1950's.
6.  Photographs of my dad being presented to Princess Margaret in 1964.
7.  Photograph of my great grandmother - my avatar. Never knew what she looked liked
     until last year when I met up with a relative who gave me a copy.
8.  Photograph of my other great grandparents and their 9 children taken at  the outbreak of
     WW1.
9.  A carnival glass dish which belonged to my mum's foster mother.
10. My late husband's medal from the Canal Zone.

Only 10 needed so I will need to stop there 

Dorrie