Today I asked Jean some questions about his other grandmother, Amelia Ann Flinn Charles.
"In later years, Grandma and Grandpa Charles lived on a farm in Malta, in southern Idaho. Their cash crop was clover, and especially clover seed. That was their source of income, besides milk and butter from their two cows."
"I spent my summers up there with my grandparents in Idaho when I was in high school. Four summers. That was a wonderful time, out in the country, away from the big city. It was the best thing for me, a good experience. I helped them with the haying and other chores."
"They lived in a one-room house with no electricity or running water. The one room was for cooking, eating, sleeping, working - everything. I slept in the corn crib which was a separate building about 50 feet from the house, next to the hen yard."
"Grandma Charles made wonderful meals on the wood stove. She even baked cakes in that stove, with sage brush as the fuel. It's hard to believe how she did everything. She took things as they came."
"As a girl, she lived in a mansion. It belonged to her uncle, who raised her. He was wealthy. She had a dowry of $30,000 when she married Grandpa. That was a fortune in those days. Grandpa went through the money."
"The Flinn mansion where Grandma lived as a girl is still there, on the outskirts of Debuque, Iowa. It is remarkable. I went there a few years ago and saw it. How I found it? There was a newspaper clipping."
"In later years, Grandma and Grandpa Charles lived on a farm in Malta, in southern Idaho. Their cash crop was clover, and especially clover seed. That was their source of income, besides milk and butter from their two cows."
"I spent my summers up there with my grandparents in Idaho when I was in high school. Four summers. That was a wonderful time, out in the country, away from the big city. It was the best thing for me, a good experience. I helped them with the haying and other chores."
"They lived in a one-room house with no electricity or running water. The one room was for cooking, eating, sleeping, working - everything. I slept in the corn crib which was a separate building about 50 feet from the house, next to the hen yard."
"Grandma Charles made wonderful meals on the wood stove. She even baked cakes in that stove, with sage brush as the fuel. It's hard to believe how she did everything. She took things as they came."
"As a girl, she lived in a mansion. It belonged to her uncle, who raised her. He was wealthy. She had a dowry of $30,000 when she married Grandpa. That was a fortune in those days. Grandpa went through the money."
"The Flinn mansion where Grandma lived as a girl is still there, on the outskirts of Debuque, Iowa. It is remarkable. I went there a few years ago and saw it. How I found it? There was a newspaper clipping."
This is wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHave you thought of putting these things onto FamilySearch.org? If it is alright with you all, I would be happy to put them on there for everyone to see.
Please feel free to email me at newton.tiffani@gmail.com
Thanks,
Tiffani Charles Newton