tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post4271866350139926161..comments2024-02-18T00:25:14.658-08:00Comments on looking for identity: Poverty in Galicia definitely influenced my ancestors...Gosiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-53041682718374822172015-10-24T12:10:27.067-07:002015-10-24T12:10:27.067-07:00Linda , UI am glad I can share my post with others...Linda , UI am glad I can share my post with othersGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-34995458603177906022015-10-24T12:09:45.875-07:002015-10-24T12:09:45.875-07:00Cynthia you are right be an immigrant is not easy ...Cynthia you are right be an immigrant is not easy in the past and now,And the first generation in new country is lost but the second can achieve success...Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-68991318217533936162015-10-24T12:08:40.204-07:002015-10-24T12:08:40.204-07:00Mitchel it is sad but death was waiting for him th...Mitchel it is sad but death was waiting for him there. Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-83875597401666326282015-10-24T12:08:04.892-07:002015-10-24T12:08:04.892-07:00Mart so it means my ancestors didn't choose th...Mart so it means my ancestors didn't choose the right place but as I know they had a distant family there. But death of John really devasted my grandfather's life..Gosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-45088530313236977922015-10-24T12:06:54.730-07:002015-10-24T12:06:54.730-07:00Margaret you are right it was hard time but defini...Margaret you are right it was hard time but definitely better was in USGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-4403203082649476382015-10-24T12:06:11.054-07:002015-10-24T12:06:11.054-07:00Andrew you are right. But I check why it is called...Andrew you are right. But I check why it is called Commonwealth of PAGosiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14604712540141917583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-37968094103666873542015-10-23T08:38:02.432-07:002015-10-23T08:38:02.432-07:00Gosia, thanks so much for sharing our story and fo...Gosia, thanks so much for sharing our story and for linking in to my blog. Great job with this one.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-49274553334620179682015-10-22T11:57:33.635-07:002015-10-22T11:57:33.635-07:00I think it was a struggle for most immigrants to s...I think it was a struggle for most immigrants to survive in America and still is today. It's not easy to learn a new language well enough to support a family and most have to work jobs well beneath their status in their country of origin. It's the succeeding generations of the family that have a chance at a far better life. <br />I hope one day you are able to visit your great grandfather's grave. Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16035113274497372396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-36140852445710346332015-10-22T11:30:41.404-07:002015-10-22T11:30:41.404-07:00So sad and not uncommon for people to have travele...So sad and not uncommon for people to have traveled to other countries for better opportunities only to suffer hardships in their new homes.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-53613623232180426992015-10-22T07:36:31.780-07:002015-10-22T07:36:31.780-07:00I suspect that making it in the promised land coul...I suspect that making it in the promised land could have been dependent on where the immigrants settled. One set of my great grandparents, the Schipp family, went to St. Paul, Minnesota and did fairly well. In the 1880s the twin cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis were going through a "golden age" - rail, lumber, and grain milling were rapidly growing industries. Another set of my great grandparents, the Dachtera family, went first to Pennsylvania - probably to work in coal mines. They stayed three years before moving to Minnesota to take advantage of the jobs available there. Pensylvania's steel and mining industries both had brutal working conditions. Mary Foxworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10920635118761855399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-91743709719737876762015-10-21T16:10:22.076-07:002015-10-21T16:10:22.076-07:00That was sad for the family dying so very young......That was sad for the family dying so very young...hard times and i suppose they wondered why they went to America..even though it was extremely hard in Poland..Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8897600511871114781.post-55799307617327081242015-10-21T14:53:37.949-07:002015-10-21T14:53:37.949-07:00It is so young to die. Very good that you have the...It is so young to die. Very good that you have the death certificate. I wonder why it was called the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com