[Magdalen] Incroyable

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

This sort of thing just never happens with just one kid.

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James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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>
> In a message dated 8/11/2015:
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> I just  don't understand it. Now if you had 19 kids, maybe you could
> >>  overlook one. But really.....how many do they  have?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> I understand overlooking in these very large families.
>
> A relative on my maternal grandfather's side learned Norwegian
> so that she could do a better job with genealogy which is complicated
> in the Scandinavian countries by the variability of last names
> (Peter's son = Peterson; Peter's daughter = Peterdatter).
>
> In any case the relative discovered that my maternal great  grandfather
> had been married twice, and there were 13 children with the first
> wife, and then 10 with the second wife who was my great grandmother.
>
> Additionally they were into reusing first names, such that my  grandfather,
> Andrew, had a half-brother whose name was Andrew.  This family
> attempted to farm the rocky soil in the Trondheim, Norway area, and
> my grandfather's share of the family assets was one cow on one acre.
>
> His life as a streetcar superintendent on the Duluth/Superior Transit
> (MN/WI) was much nicer than it would have been on the banks of
> the Nidaros.
>
> And of course there is..........Moi, who wouldn't be here without his
> leap of faith into the New World.
>
>
> David Strang.
>