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Category Archives: NY History
Fixing the Car
My grandfather often told of the times in the 1920s, when he was a young man and a good mechanic. Here’s a story of how his children helped him and he had to fix the car. In the 1920s we … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Norvell Family History, NY, NY History
Tagged 1920 Chevrolet, Fixing the car
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My Grandfather and the Great Depression
Next to the Civil War, the Great Depression was the single most major event in American history that impacted nearly all Americans. John Steinbeck wrote the story of the “Okies” who lost their land and were forced to move … Continue reading
Niagara
When I was a kid, I heard the story of my grandfather’s aunt Isabella Norvell Miller Keith, who in a bout of postpartum depression, of course they didn’t call it that then, supposedly had committed suicide at Niagara Falls. That … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Niagara Falls, NY History
Tagged New York History, Niagara Falls, Norvell History, Suicide at Niagara
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Snow, Snow, Snow
Living in upstate New York other people, who don’t live here, are always fascinated with the weather here in the winter. Since we grew up in this area it really is no big deal to us. In fact, the area … Continue reading
With the Sioux 1
My great-grandfather Colonel Freeman Norvell (1827-1881) married Mary Dean Redfield (1843-1918), the daughter of Alexander Hamilton Redfield, a descendant of pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins Alden and a distant cousin of President John Adams. Redfield was born in Phelps, … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Family History, Famous Alden Descendants, Genealogy, Internet genealogy, Michigan History, Native Americans, New York State History, Norvell Family History, NY History, Redfield Family History, Sioux, South Dakota History, Western History, Yanktons
Tagged Dakota, Michigan history, Native Americans, Opening of the west, Sioux, Western History
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