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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Brenda Anna, post: 133574, member: 1778&quot;][GALLERY=media, 675]Ancestral home in Sweden by Brenda Anna posted Apr 5, 2016 at 10:37 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>The house in Sweden which my great-great grandfather built, not sure of the date. I&#039;m guessing 1885-1890</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 673]Great Granddad the Blacksmith by Brenda Anna posted Apr 5, 2016 at 10:37 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>My mom&#039;s paternal grandfather, a blacksmith by trade, fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, and became a devout pacifist as a result. </p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 670]Granddad&#039;s siblings 1900-1910 by Brenda Anna posted Apr 5, 2016 at 10:37 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of Mom&#039;s father&#039;s siblings are in this pic taken between 1900 and 1910 in rural Georgia, northwest of Savannah.</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 671]Grandad 1910 or 1912 by Brenda Anna posted Apr 5, 2016 at 10:37 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p>My granddad, the blacksmith&#039;s son, when he was 10 or 12.</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 672]Grandad 1918 by Brenda Anna posted Apr 5, 2016 at 10:37 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>And when he was 18.</p><p><br /></p><p>[GALLERY=media, 674]Grandad as a Marine by Brenda Anna posted Apr 5, 2016 at 10:37 PM[/GALLERY]</p><p><br /></p><p>My dad&#039;s father when he served in the Marines around 1920. He served onboard the USS Olympia when it returned the US&#039;s first Unknown Soldier from France.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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