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November 2009 
How did your grandparents meet?
Posted on Jun 27th, 2009
by 
mimi
mimi
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 26, 2009:
My paternal grandparents were from what is now Belarus. My grandfather Mikhail was Russian and my grandmother, Elana Polish. Evidently, my grandma was very desirable - she drove a horse- driven beer wagon. He met her on one of her deliveries. They came to Canada in early 1900's.
. My grandmother was a kitchen maid for some rich people. My grandfather was a military man in the Dragoons in what at that time was the Austro-Hugarian Empire. He was quite dashing in his uniform. The rich people had a son in the Hussars too. When my grandfather was invited to dinner and spotted my grandmother, Anna, he thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She said she had had lots of suitors because she WAS so beautiful. My maternal grandparents were from what is now Ukraine.
I urge everyone to find out their family history NOW.. Your children and grandchildren will want to know - some of them will. Ask you grandparents about their lives, and their parents' lives. Right now my 90 yr. old aunt is still wanting to know her grandmother's maiden name. One of my cousins may travel to Belarus to find the church records in a small town called Malech.
. My grandmother was a kitchen maid for some rich people. My grandfather was a military man in the Dragoons in what at that time was the Austro-Hugarian Empire. He was quite dashing in his uniform. The rich people had a son in the Hussars too. When my grandfather was invited to dinner and spotted my grandmother, Anna, he thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. She said she had had lots of suitors because she WAS so beautiful. My maternal grandparents were from what is now Ukraine.
I urge everyone to find out their family history NOW.. Your children and grandchildren will want to know - some of them will. Ask you grandparents about their lives, and their parents' lives. Right now my 90 yr. old aunt is still wanting to know her grandmother's maiden name. One of my cousins may travel to Belarus to find the church records in a small town called Malech.
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I have read the Poland people went through great hardships during the famous wars and later. Most have migrated to America. The third para mentions a super thing. I tried this but there is nothing much to learn and most of our elders are not living now. National geographic magazine offers the searching for genes too.