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Floyd R. Turbo

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8. I shared the story with my daughter over the weekend.

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Wed Sep 6, 2017, 03:04 PM

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As a young child my grand aunt often told me stories about her youth. She was in her seventies at [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 OP

I find this extremely moving. LisaM Sep 2017 #1

I shared the story with my daughter over the weekend. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #8

My grandmother had 4 sisters and one brother, Sammie. He went sinkingfeeling Sep 2017 #2

A really long shot, but some counties have a monument with WWI names on them. Lars39 Sep 2017 #3

Perhaps something here: Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #9

PMs sent. I found Sammie with the info from your PM. Thor_MN Sep 2017 #23

Maybe he didn't perish in the war Saboburns Sep 2017 #37

My mother had 8 brothers and sisters. After the yellow fever epidemic hit, she and Nay Sep 2017 #4

Isn't it terrible what families had to go through? TeapotInATempest Sep 2017 #6

i like cemeteries. and see things like that. more children + younger women. one i saw was a multiple pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #10

Very sad. My maternal grandmother had fifteen children. Only seven survived childhood. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #11

That happened back then, I don't know how people coped Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #24

And now they aren't forgotten TeapotInATempest Sep 2017 #5

Thank you. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #12

She was about 28 when Geronimo died, she sure came from a different world. braddy Sep 2017 #7

Even sixty plus years ago it was difficult to relate. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #13

My husband's family still owns murielm99 Sep 2017 #14

My mother grew up on a farm with a family plot. I know the general area but not the exact Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #15

it's such a sad story, but it's so touching... renate Sep 2017 #16

A couple of my grandmother's siblings died in the Spanish Flu epidemic. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #17

Everyone in my mother's family fell ill with the Spanish Flu in 1918 Glorfindel Sep 2017 #19

My grandmother lost her first husband and two baby sons in the Flu epidemic. femmocrat Sep 2017 #29

Terrible episode! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #30

You should write this down for your descendants Louis1895 Sep 2017 #18

That's an excellent resource! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #25

I have discovered the graves of my great grandparents, grandparents, and no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #27

Indeed. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #31

That is love world wide wally Sep 2017 #20

Indeed! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #32

Wonderful that you were able to find their graves LeftInTX Sep 2017 #21

Very sad. Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #33

that is good news and great story... handmade34 Sep 2017 #22

Interesting! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #34

Through newspapers.com I found about 100 articles about the uncle no_hypocrisy Sep 2017 #26

Wow! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #35

Wisconsin Death Trip cyclonefence Sep 2017 #28

Thanks for the lead! Floyd R. Turbo Sep 2017 #36