Family stories
Two Meetings, Two Families
As I sat in the Central City Meeting House in May, I became aware that our two meetings had a strong connection coming out of a shared history. Although the two meetings are affiliated with different branches of Friends, over the years we have gotten together as there were few other Friends in Nebraska. Both…
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Lorene Standing
Mother seldom lost her temper but there were occasions that would try the patience of a saint! Mother had gathered walnuts and wanted to dry them so she could shuck the hulls off. So she decided to put them up on the tin roof of our house so the squirrels wouldn’t get them. Imagine her…
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Pass It On
by Alberta Kisling Several in our creative writing group are writing life histories for their families. A number of people here at the Village have already written books. Have you considered how you will pass on your family history? There are many ways to do this and you don’t have to be a gifted writer…
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Family Camping
by Alberta Kisling The highlight of our summers were camping trips. As we endured the hot, dry summers and every activity resulting in sweat running down our flushed faces and our energy draining as we pulled those icky, tough weeds or pushed and shoved the mower through heavy grass, we could hardly wait to…
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Some Remarkable Quaker Women
by Alberta Kisling Deborah Standing While I didn’t know my Great Grandmother, many stories have been passed along. To leave her home in civilized England and travel with her husband and five sons to a strange, new pioneer land surely took enormous courage! There was no electricity, no running water, mud roads—a very primitive life. …
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Bonfires
by Birdie Kisling Often as we walk along in the fall we see a whiff of smoke and soon the nostalgic odor of burning leaves overwhelms our senses. What wonderful memories!! We remember coming home on the school bus and entering the kitchen to the sight of our mother canning tomatoes. After a warm cup…
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Amy (Standing) Haworth
by Herbert Standing 3/25/2003 I have just now noted your query concerning the Haworth family on a Dallas County, IA genealogical web page. I am a nephew of Amy Standing, second wife of Cecil Haworth. Neil Haworth, younger son of Cecil Haworth, became ill with lung cancer, and when he could no longer live by…
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The Gift of a Relish Dish: A Touchstone to Quaker Living
by Jenny Lumsden Mark and I were married at Bear Creek in November of 2014. It was a small and unassuming wedding. There were no bridesmaids or over the top decorations, no ring bearers or songs sung in between readings. It was held in a simple, if not rather shorter than usual span of silence,…
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Albert and Lorene Standing
by Alberta Kisling My Mother Lorene Stanley Standing was born on a farm near Whittier, Iowa. She attended Scattergood and Olney Boarding Schools. She taught school in Whittier for several years before she married. My Father, Albert Standing was born on a farm near Earlham, Iowa and was raised in the Bear Creek neighborhood. He…
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