Guten Morgen, Montag!

​I have looked at so many records written in German, Latin and Polish that I feel like my eyes are crossed. I have new information and a few stories to tell but I have to get all the facts straight in my head in order to relay the information. I was able to go back another generation on the Wisloski line and the information is fascinating—well at least to me. After all these years I have gotten pretty good at reading German and Latin documents. I still have some words interpreted for me but all in all I am good at reading. Just do not ask me to speak it!

Things have been busy around here with Aubree back in school. Early mornings, school drop offs, pickups, homework on top of weekend riding keeps everyone in this house moving. We also have a yard project going on so contractors have been here for a week and we expect to have them working for the next couple of weeks. Concrete foundation, pavers, fencing, retaining wall along with cameras with video surveillance installed. 

My grandson Nikolas has been working on the wrought iron fence on the front porch. He is stripping and repainting it. Since he does wrought iron and welding for a living, I hired him instead of hiring someone else. Because the masonry contractors started the backyard and we needed the porch to store a few things, the porch project is in a holding pattern. 

I have to say I really have some wonderful grandsons. They have grown up into amazing men and I am so proud of them. I love spending time with them. They can make me laugh. Just thinking about it brings a smile to my face. 

Family Genealogy Update

Genealogy work takes many forms, and lately, I have focused on honoring my ancestors by managing 105 (and counting) of their memorials and building 43 (and counting) virtual cemeteries. Though this project is tedious and time-consuming, it is the best way to ensure their digital records accurately match my genealogical research. However, this project has also exposed a dark chapter in our family history. I discovered that numerous Mervine ancestors were disinterred and relocated decades after their original burials. When Philadelphia cemeteries like Odd Fellows, American Mechanics, and St. George M.E. Church were dissolved in the late 1940s and 1950s, families were supposedly notified. Yet, the sheer number of Mervine relatives who were separated and buried in mass graves makes me doubt that city officials did their due diligence. Instead of receiving proper reburials, many were split up, while their headstones were used as infrastructure fill in the Delaware River to build bridges. Uncovering this history only makes me more determined. I will continue searching for our displaced ancestors to ensure they are properly remembered and memorialized.

Mom and Dad and Brother

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Mother of Sons

The years slip by so quickly. One moment you have three little boys clinging to your skirts and the next moment they are adults. Meanwhile, you are left wondering where all the time went. ​

Leverington Cemetery

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St. John the Baptist Cemetery

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Memories

The first picture is my mom and my oldest granddaughter Ava. We were down the shore. ​The second picture is Ava and I celebrating her 4th birthday.

Paperworks

​Paperworks also known as Flat Rock Paper Mill was built in 1828. It used the power of the Manayunk Canal and Schuylkill River and became the world’s leading paper making mill by 1860. It closed its doors permanently in 2017. A Fire broke out in that same year and destroyed most of  the building.

Photos were taken by Michael Pearson and Noah Cote. 

Main and Leverington Ave in 1927 Manayunk. The large building straight ahead right over the Leverington Street Bridge is Namco Sosp Company.

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The 6100 block of Ridge Ave in 1934.

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Roxborough Memorial Hospiral June18,1951

Hospital where my siblings and I were born in the years 1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1969.