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- From Nathlie Noreen Swett Jordan, daughter of John & Mildred (Riggs) Swett:
7 June 1996
Can't tell you much about Grammpa & Grammie Swett. I was
only three when he died and eight when Gram died. Gram was a regular
Grammie, held you on her knee and always made me my favorite pie
(blueberry), used to be my favorite. As I remember, she was quite a
cook, of course she ran a boarding house, they didn't live there,
but took all the meals and working lunches from her. She worked very
hard for the Wilton Methodist Church, also. And all the kids went to
Sunday School and when old enough. sang in the choir. Uncle Archie,
Uncle Pete and your Grandfather Swett knew the Bible forward and
backwards. But to my knowledge, none lived it. They had to learn a
passage from the Bible every day.
My Dad, your grandfather, always had a garden and Gram, my Mom,
always canned for the winter. They both worked in the Wilton Woolen
Mill for years. Mom went to work there the years before Durwood went
to school. Boy. that's a long time ago.
I can remember Dad doing tricks on the front banking with us kids
in the early evening. He was always quite limber. Mom would sit and
watch, or still be in the house working. He built, I don't know what
its called, but had poles with nails in each side, so far apart and
we would see how high it could be and still jump over the sticks.
Maybe you can envision it by my real good drawing. (Here she has
drawn two poles side by side with nails at even intervals with a
pole on one of them.) He also tried to teach us how to walk on our
hands. He could. His body up straight in the air.
I think all of my Uncles were musical, self-taught. Dad could play
almost any instrument. Never could take the time or have patience to
teach his own kids. I think of the fun we could have had if he had.
Mom taught me to cook. she was a wonderful cook, and house keeper.
I think of her a lot. she always enjoyed your and Larry's visits
very much. I have made her bedroom a de,. but every time I go in
that room. it is her bedroom.
Oh, yes. Mom worked for the Livermore Advertiser before her
marriage. She had beautiful penmanship.
Love,
Aunt Nat & Uncle Shine.[:ITAL]
This from Roberta Swett Thurston, daughter of John & Mildred (Riggs)
Swett: 5 December 1996
We had a good bringing up. Taught right from wrong, taught
compassion, sympathy & love.
They were both hard working. we were born so close, mama didn't
work out until later, she was busy with the house, children, washing
by hand. I remember the first washing machine, called "Easy", quite
a thing in those days.
They were good people, too. Daddy was very strict, that's the
truth, but I admired that a lot. But some things not quite fair, in
a way like - truth, if something happened, he taught if someone did
something and wouldn't own up to it, and we knew we weren't supposed
to tell on the guilty one, if that one didn't speak up, and even if
we did tell, we all got punished. Ha, ha.
We're all alive. We were a close family. Time goes by. Hope this
explains some. Peggy. I loved my father & mother. Sure we all did,
too. I do want to say, though, that I love all my brothers and
sisters and their spouses. They've all been good to me and Lynda,
I've been good to them, too.
Love,
Aunt Berta
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Old Dead Relatives
1901 - 1956 (54 years)
