tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post8659367673103968294..comments2023-05-02T03:08:02.341-05:00Comments on The Checkered Chicken: Reader Beware: Dora's Demise is Graphically ReportedThe Checkered Chickenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11862213204312810794noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-71724408327768062132012-05-15T22:20:55.358-05:002012-05-15T22:20:55.358-05:00Oh Susan, it is later than you think. Diana and I...Oh Susan, it is later than you think. Diana and I are indeed sisters but we're both on your side of 45. Not 50-- but very nearly. We actually do not have Abner Faye's notes. Our main information is from our Cass side so we'd love anything we could glean from the Nye's. Can you tell us where to get one?The Checkered Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862213204312810794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-36090833056624728572012-05-15T03:13:25.083-05:002012-05-15T03:13:25.083-05:00Hi Diana,
I'll write Jennifer more ...Hi Diana, <br /> I'll write Jennifer more Tuesday in detail as I am just now getting back to this page. Nice to "meet you" too. I was raised in MD, am a bit older than you two, I just turned 50. My mother spent a fair bit of time upstate at her Nye Grandparents home. I left the east coast back in 2000, first for Scotland and then for Kentucky, Idaho and now San Francisco. I've always wanted to visit the upstate area and see the gravestones and land my people come from but as yet haven't been able to, all the time I do spend back east is spent visiting my daughter and grandbabies. I am a huge genealogy buff so I of course love what ya'll have done with your site. I have copies, as I am sure you do as well, of Abner Faye's notes for the Nye society, which are a treat to read...ok, I'm rambling now..am I right thinking you and Jennifer are sisters? If so she can forward you whatever I write her. TTFN, SusanThe Manse Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152987930972043259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-70777884538337899322012-05-15T03:02:40.810-05:002012-05-15T03:02:40.810-05:00Hi Jennifer,
Just now returning to ...Hi Jennifer, <br /> Just now returning to your page. Will write you privately this week, so keep an eye on your spam filter (-: <br />SusanThe Manse Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152987930972043259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-56960956125593423642012-05-04T11:30:27.113-05:002012-05-04T11:30:27.113-05:00Susan, Thank you for saying hello! I'm glad y...Susan, Thank you for saying hello! I'm glad you found us too. So Theron would have been your grandfather and first cousin to our grandfather Carl Nye. Where did Theron go that you don't know the upstate relatives?<br /><br />you can e-mail me directly at jokent8@yahoo.com if you prefer.<br /><br />I look forward to hearing from you.--JenniferThe Checkered Chickenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862213204312810794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-13272279217597802912012-05-04T07:25:30.092-05:002012-05-04T07:25:30.092-05:00Hi Susan: WOW! So exciting to find some Nye relati...Hi Susan: WOW! So exciting to find some Nye relatives. Where are you from?Diana Lucas Leavengoodhttp://www.willknotdi.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-20498863688469273822012-05-03T11:01:01.026-05:002012-05-03T11:01:01.026-05:00Ps, my grandpa Nye must have picked up his fondnes...Ps, my grandpa Nye must have picked up his fondness for the name Rhuma somewhere cause he named one of my aunt's "Rhuma"...sadly she goes by Randi. (I love her, but the name Rhuma is more interesting I'm afraid)The Manse Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152987930972043259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-19579704870714894832012-05-03T10:38:23.704-05:002012-05-03T10:38:23.704-05:00WOW, I cannot believe I found this amazing page. T...WOW, I cannot believe I found this amazing page. These stories are about Aunt's in law I never knew. My mother was one of Theron Gilbert Nye's brood and I have never met our upstate NY kin. Thanks so much for sharing these tales. I could read such all day. Your blog is gorgeous and well done!The Manse Henhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14152987930972043259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6055976241823156958.post-60507313725969571652012-04-24T08:55:19.751-05:002012-04-24T08:55:19.751-05:00Yeah, that IS weird that we thought of Dora (not s...Yeah, that IS weird that we thought of Dora (not such a great explorer) on the day of her awful death. It is NOT weird that I remembered correctly that a horse and a train were involved. Mom always said that she had an aunt who died crossing a train track in her buggy. What I am surprised about is how late in the century it happened. I always pictured it around 1888ish. Interesting to realize that most people were still in the horse and buggy in 1928. It is a breath of fresh air to start finding out about these folks since we know so much about the Cass side of the family. On a side note: I absolutely remember Great Aunt Fanny's 100th birthday party. It was in 1977. We all drove due north to see her. Uncle Andy brought his camera. He must have a photo. Also, she lived to a 102 and passed away in 1979. I think much to everyone's surprise as we didn't mark the 101st or 102nd birthdays. Mom inherited $500 from Aunt Fanny and in true Lucas fashion one of our cats became deathly ill and mom had to spend it all trying to first save him and then putting him down. She also inherited Aunt Fanny's mink stole and matching pill box hat. I have the stole now. Ditto the hat although I am not sure where it is. Perhaps it is out there in the universe keeping company with Jackie O's pink pill box hat from the nasty day in Dallas. No one knows where that went to either. Thanks for cracking open the Nye family album Jenny. I hope there is much more to follow.Diana Lucas Leavengoodhttp://www.willknotdi.comnoreply@blogger.com