[Magdalen] Incroyable

[Esther Williamson]

Indeed!

Esther

On 8/11/2015 2:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
> This sort of thing just never happens with just one kid.
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> http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=306317739
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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
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> 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.
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>> 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).
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>> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> And of course there is..........Moi, who wouldn't be here without his
>> leap of faith into the New World.
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>> David Strang.
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