Thread:CorgiMom/@comment-34076922-20190917012457/@comment-29989042-20190919145238

You need to change home school to on-the-go school! 😂 I need a nap just reading about your day!

Your great uncle’s story sounds incredible, especially since your mom never knew about it. Being a genealogist, I’ve heard of stories of “ghosts in the attic”, but that’s in other people’s trees, not mine. I do have one mystery I’d like to solve, and I think it involves a child being born out of wedlock in the late 1800s. This child grew up to become my great great grandfather, and my grandmother (this man’s granddaughter) is the one who told me the details she was told by he mother (my great grandmother). My grandma always hoped I’d be able to solve the mystery, but she passed away in 2010, and I still know little about him. I did find his mom, but I can’t find her maiden name. She married 4-5 times, some in eastern Canada, some in the U.S. (New England states). A child being born out of wedlock is not a scandal today, but it sure was back then. If that’s not what the secret is, then I haven’t got a clue. I did find out that some of my grandmother’s uncles used to pull of fake bank robberies on horseback on the prairies of Alberta, Canada about 80 miles east of Edmonton. This was in the 19-teens, and only the bank manager knew in advance. They ended the fake bank robberies after an retired Royal Canadian Mounted police offices fired real bullets at them as they left the bank. He was across the street and saw them ride their horses not the bank and thought he’d be stopping real bank robbers!

I’m ready to start loading the trailer and looking forward to getting away for a few days. Got the fruit all cut (cantaloupe and honeydew melon) and hubby has prepared our meals. We will be back Monday night. I think I’ll have WiFi, but if you don’t hear from me, you’ll at least know it’s a planned disappearance! 😂

Hoping you get in a lot more sitting/resting/chilling, my dear friend! 💖🤗🍁