My mother, Mary Lucille Gros/Younge was one of 12 chidren. She was born Dec.30, 1918. She had three brothers and eight sisters. Her brothers were Felix, Ray and Johnny. Her sisters were Agnes, Adelia, Ann, Isabel, Dorothy, Gertie, Wilma and Loraine (we called her Aunt Toots).
My dad, George Wendell Younge, was one of 7 children. He was born Feb.6, 1919. He always joked with mom that he married an older woman (which he did by a little over a month). He had two brothers and four sisters. His brothers were Elmer and Hank. His sisters were Hazel, Pauline, Vivian (Vivy) and Mildred.
They were all raised in this same area of Kansas that I was born in and lived till I was not quite four. Most of them married and raised their children in the same area. Most of them had quite a few children, but a couple of mom's brother had none. If any of you ever want to look up some of your 3rd, 4th, 5th ect. cousins a good start would be around Topeka, Manhattan, Wamego, Louisvillle and Flush area.
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One day at the ranch, mom and I started counting our cousins. We lost track after 126 and we knew there were more.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many hundreds of them there are now because they were all large families and when each of them started having their families and so on, wow!
ReplyDeleteI love big families! And of course, I'm a beneficiary of grandma and grandpa's big family. It would be amazing to find out just how many cousins there are now, huh?
ReplyDeleteI had not thought of Uncle Elmer and Aunt Gertie in a very long time. My biggest memory of them is riding one of uncle Elmer's pigs. Of course I remember talking about it than I actually remember doing it.
ReplyDeleteI have far more vivid memories of Uncle Ken and Aunt Toots. I especially remember going to a family reunion in 1976 with Grandma and Aunt Michelle. I can't remember for sure if Aunt Kathy rode with us or not, but I think she did. I remember picking sweet potatoes with Uncle Ken and eating A LOT of Aunt Toot's pies. After a few days in Kansas I looked like I was about 7 months pregnant!
You rode the pig when you were two and your dad was in Viet Nam. You had a lot of fun with Uncle Ken and Aunt Toots. Aunt Toots adored you and made you any kind of pie you wanted and I mean daily. I don't think Aunt Kathy went with you that time.
ReplyDeletewhat a nice short sweet little family history lesson
ReplyDeleteMaybe it will come in handy for a family tree some day.
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