Tus kabmob tsev neeg cov khoom muaj nqis

Weeks ago, Kuv nrhiav tau ib daim ntawv qhia txog Ivanhoe yog Sir Walter Scott ntawm kuv tus yawg laus tsev qiv ntawv. Yawg Gilbert P. Ellis muaj lub tsev qiv ntawv uas nws muab rau kuv hauv lub Kwvyees li xyoo 1990 thaum ntxov. Cov phau ntawv thiab nws lub rooj muaj treasures yuav nyob nrog kuv mus txog hnub kuv tuag.

Ua ib tug kas, Kuv siv zaum hauv nws lub hoob kaas thaum yawg Ellis sau tau ntawv mus rau nws tus phooj ywg rau nws laus kev tuav tshuab. Txawm tias tom qab fais typewriters los ua nrov, Yawg yeej ntaus cia nws qub kev tuav tshuab.

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Yawm Grandma thiab yawg Ellis

Tom qab kuv nrhiav tau Ivanhoe, Kuv yog thumbing los ntawm cov nplooj ntawv thaum kuv pheej nrhiav tau lwm tus tshiab cov khoom muaj nqis. Yawg tau sau ib tsab ntawv rau tus phooj ywg Jim thaum lub caij ntuj sov ntawm 1932 tab sis yuav tsum tsis txhob txais nws. 82 xyoo tom qab, Kuv pom nws nyob rau hauv ib phau ntawv uas kuv muaj thumbed mus ua ntej, tiam sis tsis tau mus los nyeem tsis tau. For the Benefit of kuv tsev neeg, Kuv yuav sau ntawm no. Grandpa wrote the letter on a Monday at noon.

Nyob zoo Jim,

Tau txais koj tsab ntawv thiab ua twb zoo siab tau hnov los ntawm koj. Yuav tau sau ntxov tab sis ntsib ob peb tus hluas nkauj. O wv saib thiab yog kuv rov ua niam txiv koj paub li cas kuv uas cov menyuam ntxhais muaj heev txhawj.

Mus txog tsev kuv niam hlob thiab nws tus ntxhais ntawd muaj (tsis muaj tus piv). Nws thiaj coj kuv peb mornings txiav cov nyom. Kuv tuaj hauv tsev thaum kaum ob teev. Elevate koj tus tijlaug siab.

Koj yuav rov qab mus rau tsev kawm ntawv? Tsis txhob xav tias kuv yuav raws li qhov kev nyuaj siab damn muaj ntaus peb theej nyuab. Cramalia, Kuv tsis tau qhia koj lwm xyoo. Thov txim, Kuv tsis tau tuaj txog lub caij ntuj sov no tab sis tej zaum yuav muaj sij hawm tom qab qhov kev nyuaj siab. Yog puas. Franklin ib nqes hauv raug Luis nyob tom tsev thaum tseem xim av ntawd. Nws xav pom kuv tab sis twb tsis mus li vim ib co romance plhom moj. Koj tus muam little no li cas?

Cov neeg uas nyob rau lub sij hawm tam sim no kuv muaj ib tug ntxhais uas yog ib trifle me dua koj leej muam. Koj muaj kuv pab koj tu siab heartfelt.

Whereas yav tag los kuv tau tuav koj lub mentality rau cov neeg kawm ntawv poob qis, Kuv paub koj yog lub zog dua kuv. Koj puas tau tsis yuav pav cov ib tug hluas nkauj nyob rau hauv koj tsab ntawv. Kuv xav txog tej yam koj cov ntawv tsis hlub. Tab sis kuv rhais ib ruam damn, Kuv yuav hlub nrog peb cov ntxhais. Tab sis tau kawg, Kuv nyiam cov me pojniam plaub hau daj kuv twb hauv tsev kawm ntawv qhov zoo tshaj plaws. (Tej zaum) Toj hais muy loco par lum tunda tres querides, uno li ib uno temprano en eso malo diaz. Adios amigo, Bert.

This letter was a treasure for a couple of reasons. Ua ntej, nws ua kom peb muaj ib nyuag ntsia ntawm Kuv yawg nyob 17 xyoo. Thaum nws hlob mus rau nws tus ntxhais vwm theem thiab yuav kuv pog li 6 xyoo tom qab, yog pom kom meej meej rau hauv daim ntawv no nws muaj peev xwm tig ib kab lus thiab nws kev lom zem.

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Grandma thiab yawg Ellis lub 1930s los yog 1940s

Kuv nco ntsoov zaum hauv nws lub hoob kaas thaum nws muaj li ntawv los nws cov phooj ywg. Nws twb yeej sim seb nws nqe lus Grandma thiab kuv. “Pas dej, raws li kuv doubt tias koj shooting tau khees me ntsis lawm ntau, koj muaj peev xwm convincingly dag txog koj prowess yog heev khees me ntsis lawm.” Nws tau sau rau President Ronald Reagan ib zaug, “Feem ntau, Kuv taug kev mus rau hauv lub npav lub rooj muag zaub, tuav kuv lub qhov ntswg thiab mus rau lub lesser ntawm ob evils tab sis kuv yeej xav tias koj muaj tej yam ua lub ball thiab koj xaiv.” President Reagan lawv teb tsab ntawv.

Thib ob, Kuv yeej tsis paub hais tias yawg puas tau mus ua Bert. He must have used it in high school because Grandma and his friends called him “Gil”, thaum nws tsev neeg hu ua nws “Gibbs” zuj zus. Kuv muaj yeej tsis pom nws los yog leej twg xa rau nws li “Bert” ua ntej ua tsab ntawv no.

The challenge of history and genealogy is that if someone does not record the information, Nws yog ntev ploj. Nrhiav tau daim ntawv no yog ib yam li discovering kub. Kuv vam tias koj txaus siab rau nws.

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