tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post5025514566810020327..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: A Hiding PlaceJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-76440948772587675152012-08-29T19:07:07.145-07:002012-08-29T19:07:07.145-07:00Joan, so glad to have you along. :)Joan, so glad to have you along. :)Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-7244585033914040232012-08-29T19:05:00.697-07:002012-08-29T19:05:00.697-07:00Thanks for posting the translation, Iggy. I had se...Thanks for posting the translation, Iggy. I had seen that from Google translate, with the "sous" remaining untranslated. Don't know if that was student error. Though the scan didn't turn out too clearly, it was pretty clear when I enlarged it on Adobe PhotoShop. Perhaps it was an old form of money in France? Nah, probably just a student error...<br /><br />I actually don't know how Catherine Malloy made it to Chicago. She married into the Tully line, but her own immigration is yet a mystery to me. I'm presuming this was from school--but brings up the question: how does the daughter of a single-parent immigrant household afford such an education?<br /><br />It is remarkable that the page has lasted intact for so long--though it does look quite ragged, and was destined for the trash, except that something held me back from tossing that unclaimed pile of papers. So glad I paid attention to that "something."Jacqi Stevenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-62766609118165029132012-08-29T10:10:45.490-07:002012-08-29T10:10:45.490-07:00I be following your Catherine's writigs.I be following your Catherine's writigs.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-88643642602743832382012-08-29T08:55:43.376-07:002012-08-29T08:55:43.376-07:00"Would you like to give little Thomas three s..."Would you like to give little Thomas three sous to buy milk? Is it enough? It is enough. Will you buy it? It can be purchased at the market. Very well."<br /><br />Hmmm... intriguing. Do you suppose the Canadian branch of the family was 'exposed' to French? Or is this just 'good schooling'?<br /><br />I find it remarkable that a 146 year old bit of pencil and paper has lasted - I love forward to the poems - if she authored them or not - she had a nice ear for prose.<br /><br />Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.com