Genealogy Presentation
Transcript: Nathaniel's Ancestors Coats of Arms were made for telling families apart in battle. They put different symbols on to represent responsibility, courage, occupations and other ideas they wanted their family to have. Some of the symbols on them are lions, birds, stars, and trees. Mine is called the Collins crest. Most of my great great grandparents came from Ireland or Germany in the 1800s. Most came because of religious freedom or famine and war. Most of them settled in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Canada. Many are still in those areas even though my grandparents and I are in Florida. Some of the occupations of the first immigrants in my family were shoemaking, cultivating which means farming, tavern operator and coal mining. Another occupation was riverman. He kept the logs moving down the river to the lumber and saw mill by standing on the logs that were moving down the river. The occupations of my grandparents and parents are: engineer, midwife, and guidance counselor. For many years my ancestors have been teachers. Back in the 1800s there was a school called The Moran School that was named after my ancestors who settled in New Brunswick, Canada in 1826. My 2nd great grandmother, Margaret Flangan was a teacher in Boston in the earlly 1900s. My great grandmother Mary Hoffman taught in a one room school house in Maine in 1941. My grandmother Karen Moran taught elementary school in NH. My great uncle Patrick teaches electronics in a college in Boston. My great Aunt Lauren teaches drama and music in Massachusetts. Traditions and Stories My 2nd-great-grandmother had a recipe for chicken soup. My family still makes it today and it is one of my favorite dishes. This is the funny part of the story: She said to mix all the ingredients and let it cook while reading the Sunday newspaper. You knew the soup was done when you had finished the paper. Some of the cooking traditions that my family has are baking Congo Bars. My mother also makes nutsticks and a supper called "woodchuck", both recipes came from my great-grandmother. When my great grandmothers and grandfathers met, my great grandmother made woodchuck for "lupper." I think they thought it looked gross, but they ate it to be polite and found out it was yummy. Every year we make a different kind of icecream. This tradition goes back to my great-grandfather, Joseph Moran who made home-made icecream. Every year we go camping. This tradition goes back to my great-grandparents, who went camping. My immediate family and my grandparents started to camp for birthdays about 7 or 8 years ago. Revolutionary War soldier, John Hugus, 7th great-grandfather Logging on the Miramachi Rita Hayes and Joseph Moran 1939 shoemaker Great grandfather Edward Hoffman World War II Soldier, 1943 11 The Saxonia in 1867 Otto and Althea Reisch, 1939 Farming my mother and father 2002 my Father's parents, 1967 me Elizabeth Murray and James Connelly 1869 (3rd great grandparents) 3rd great grandfather tavern owner Michael Flanagan Clock made by my 6th great-grandfather, Jacob Hugus in 1830 Mary and Edward Hoffman , 1941 Mary Connelly Hoffman 1941, Teacher Reisch Coal Mining my mother's parents 1970 (cc) image by anemoneprojectors on Flickr
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