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Wednesday, November 12, 2003
The Hub of the Extended Family
One of the great things about going back to your roots is visiting members of your extended family. For me that means seeing all my cousins, aunts, and uncles. But most of all it means seeing my great aunt Dorothy who keeps the communication going between the divers members of the family that have literally spread from Sea to Shining Sea! She lives in Valley City, North Dakota only 20 miles from the farm. We have been thinking of having a Craft family reunion to celebrate the 100 th year of the farm. The Crafts moved from their homestead in Sanborn to Spiritwood, the location of the present day farm, in early 1905. Alice, Adeline, Dorothy, and Blanch are all part of my great grand father's family. There were 18 brothers and sisters that grew up in Spiritwood! Thank God that Dorothy can keep all the third and fourth generations straight.
One of the great things about going back to your roots is visiting members of your extended family. For me that means seeing all my cousins, aunts, and uncles. But most of all it means seeing my great aunt Dorothy who keeps the communication going between the divers members of the family that have literally spread from Sea to Shining Sea! She lives in Valley City, North Dakota only 20 miles from the farm. We have been thinking of having a Craft family reunion to celebrate the 100 th year of the farm. The Crafts moved from their homestead in Sanborn to Spiritwood, the location of the present day farm, in early 1905. Alice, Adeline, Dorothy, and Blanch are all part of my great grand father's family. There were 18 brothers and sisters that grew up in Spiritwood! Thank God that Dorothy can keep all the third and fourth generations straight.
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