Brenda

Funny Friday, A Narrow Escape

I was doing Somber Sunday and just had to post this Funny Friday early!

Grand Traverse Herald
Traverse City Michigan
23 Mar 1893 pg 6

A Narrow Escape
Harbor Springs Republican

Mrs. J. L. Morrice, residing a short distance north of town, visited her henery one evening last week to gather some eggs, and as she thrust her hand into one of the nestings she felt something soft and warm. She seized hold of what proved to be a live animal of some kind.

Fortunately she had caught hold of its tail--she carried it to her house which is some distance away, and then to a neighbor's house across the street. Her neighbors soon informed her that the animal she had so courageously tackled and which she had in her possesion, was nothing less than a sharp-eyed, pretty black and white polecat. Mrs. Morrice did not faint away by any means, and escaped without any damage. The animal was shot then and there.

Fun/Funny Friday: MISPLACED CONFIDENCE

MISPLACED CONFIDENCE

Morning Record, Tuesday, 16 May 1897

Experience of Enoch Kratochvil and John Cutler

The is a story of misplaced confidence; The victims were John Cutler and Enoch Kratochvil.

Enjoy!! Prove is in the puddin' what makes the guy swoon as they used to say!!

Enoch and John took a rig and started for the farm of Jesse Wells with a cow which was to be put out to pasture. The cow was led behind, part of the way. Shortly after leaving the city Enoch and John overtook a couple of women whom they had thought to be footsore and weary as Enoch and John were to learn a short time afterwards. But the women were not tired as Enoch and John are tender hearted; and seeing the women trudging along through the dusty road they bethought them to proffer a little aid. Said Enoch to John, “Suppose we get out and walk along and let the ladies ride, while we lead the critter behind?” Said John to Enoch, “Suppose we do.” And they did. The ladies were grateful for the kindness displayed towards them and they said, “Thanks, with all the graciousness necessary at that time. But when they had become comfortably settled in the buggy it was different. They became bold.

So bold were these weary ladies that they whipped up the horse, waved their handkerchiefs merrily to Enoch and John, and with a jolly “ta ta, boys!” away they drove like the wind. This performance made Enoch and John very wrathy (sic), but they hurried along hoping to overtake the ladies again but the cow was not able to keep the pace, and the women soon drove out of sight. However, after disposing of the cow they continued on at a rapid pace towards Fife Lake, but the girls drove to fast for them and continued along happily and had a lot of fun at the expense of the men. After a while the men copied the girls driving around a hill. Knowing that the road led nearly around it, they skipped around the other way and the first thing the girls knew they ran their horse almost upon the anxious Enoch and John. The latter invited the ladies to get out and walk, which they did, without un-necessary observation. But as they had all the fun they wanted and had nearly reached their destination they had the laugh on the boys, and so has everyone else who has heard about it. (A short story here while a whole column in the newspaper)

Wordless Wednesday 4Mar2009

Tombstone Tuesday: Civil War E. W. Trumbull

Leelanau County Marriage Records on http://labs.familysearch.org gives us the following information on Edmond W. [Trumbell]

Age 52 years b. abt 1819 in NY and married Elizabeth Roben age 44 years b. abt 1827 London England. They married in Glen Arbor, Leelanau, Michigan on 18th October 1871. There are not any parents listed and it states they were not married before.

The 1880 census shows him living in Glen Arbor with Elizabeth. His parents are shown as being born in Vermont. The 1900 census shows Elizabeth living on South Manitou Island, Leelanau county. It also gives us July 1828 and England as a birthdate and birthplace with her father being born in France and her mother in England. She is the widowed mother-in-law in the home of Richard Dumbrill. Eliabeth had 3 children and 3 children living and immigrated to the U.S. in 1869.

Namesake Day~

Laura Smith tapped me as a follower on Twitter. In going to her site I came across this excercise of Namesake Day. It led me to want to write about my namesake.

In this case, it is not so much _who_ I was named after but who named me! I am the youngest of 3 children. Sort of the 'after the fact' child. My sister is fourteen years older then me. It is pretty evident she read the Sunday comics as my name Brenda came from Brenda Starr the girl reporter. I am very proud of my name and have never wished to have another. I consider the name Brenda a gift from my sister who passed away in 1971 at age 38 years.

whitepages.com says: Brenda is the # 63 ranked first name in the United States. Although when I got the name in 1946 it was not near as popular. If I recall right there were only 3 of us in my 3 grades of high school.

Others with the name Brenda found in 3 pages of google.com
Brenda Pacewicz at the Met Life Data Center
Brenda Blethyn, Date of Birth: N/A
find Brenda Jenkin
Candidate’s Name: Brenda Howerton ...
Brenda Song. Home / People / Artists. Brenda Song (birth name Brenda Xiong)
wink.com/name/Brenda-Brown
actress Brenda Lee Strong,
Of course, Brenda Lee singer
and, Brenda Merriman, Genealogy Researcher
Brenda from the Sarcoidosis Illness chat

This Brenda says:
Brenda is a female name (good beginning for me!). This is a name with origins Gaelic, Irish, Norse, Scottish, Teutonic, Germanic (none of which I have that I am aware of yet~) Brenda says: According to each origin the name Brenda has a different meaning. "Sword, Torch, Unforgettable Brand, Little Raven, Beacon on the Hill. (http://brendaguarisma.spaces.live.com)

This Brenda (moi) found that the name is derived from Brendan and male Irish name. Behind The Name site has this to say: Possibly a feminine form of Old Norse name meaning Brandr, meaning sword which was brought to Britain in the Middle Ages.

Thanks for the opportunity to write about this.

Somber Sunday Obituaries

"Somber Sunday" is going to be posts in which I add obituaries or a sad story situation to my blog. Any genea-bloggers that wish to join in are welcome. I will also be doing Fun/Funny Friday and these will be done on Friday and Sunday after the initial post.

Traverse City Record Eagle
2 Aug 1989

Mt. Pleasant--Clifford L. Forton, 73, of Mt. Pleasant, died Wednesday at Central Michigan Community Hospital, Mt. Pleasant.

He was a native of Traverse City and had lived in Mt. Pleasant for 43 years. A member of Sacred Heart Parish and the Ushers Club. Clifford was employed by Kroeger's Store as a manager and was owner/operator of Fortons Supermarket and Witbeck's IGA in Clare. He was a veteran of the World War II in the Army.

Born, January 28, 1916, in Traverse City, he was the son of Angus L. and Josephine N. (Kratochvil) Forton. On September 29, 1951, in Mt. Pleasant, he married the former Rose Ann Scully, who survives.

He is also survived by four daughters, Mary Jo Kennedy, Kathryn Anne Lemanek and Toni Raymond, all of Saginaw and Karen S. Gumbert of Grand Rapids; three sons, Robert of Decatur, Alabama, Richard J. of Dewitt and Thomas J. of East Lansing; nine grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart Church, Mt. Pleasant. The Rev. Richard Jozwiak will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemtery, Mt. Pleasant.
Friends may call until 9 p.m. and the rosary will be recited on 7;30 p.m. today at the Lux Funeral Home, 503 E. Broadway, Mt. Pleasant.

Memorials may be directed to the Sacred Heart Academy Foundation of the chairty of one's choise.