Big John Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Paternal - Nazi Prison Guard in Poland Maternal - Nazi Prison Guard in Austria Why you were adopted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Paternal - worked at Honeywell (I have his 25 year anniversary watch from there) Maternal - I think he was a logger up in Alaska for a while Interesting... both of my sets of Grandparents only had one child. So since my Mom and My Dad were both only children, that means I don't have any Uncles, Aunts, or 1st Cousins. That's odd for Catholic families from that generation. Yes that is odd. My Grandparents had large families. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 And the one i knew about was a school janitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 My paternal grandparents farmed during the depression. Dad said that they were packed up and ready to leave it all behind and try there luck somewhere else but at the last moment decided to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowboutthemCowboys Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 paternal - pressman maternal - owned a pool hall/cigar store (made book) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slambo Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Maternal - Farmer, lumberjack, boxer Paternal - Power plant foreman in Haifa, Israel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Maternal - Farmer, lumberjack, boxer Paternal - Power plant foreman in Haifa, Israel On behalf of my grandparents, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westvirginia Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Maternal: Commanded a machine gun nest in Korea, came back to be a gentleman farmer and the maintenance supervisor on a Army Corps of Engineers dam in WV. Paternal: A coal miner, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoJoTheWebToedBoy Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Both were farmers and both died before either of my parents were 5...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 paternal--farmer, and his dad, and his dad, and his dad etc.... maternal--barber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 On behalf of my grandparents, sorry. my realtive was in a Polish concentration camp--Krakow; he survived but they chopped off his tongue while he was there for speaking up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundaynfl Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Railroad conductor on my moms side Oil Field on my dads side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Dad's--Disabled. Was an early form of a stay at home Dad. Great cook. Was a cobbler, crossing guard, and did odd jobs. Grandma was a bindery worker full-time. Mom's--Factory worker. Died from a goiter at age 41. Edited July 18, 2012 by rocknrobn26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Maternal: Red Sea Parter Paternal: Chariot Racer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Maternal: Fire Maker Paternal: Cave Builder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 speaking of gas station owners--my friends grandpa owned one in east tx--one day, he pumped gas for the infamous Bonnie and Clyde duo...he was scared to death, but just tried to keep calm and unassuming. He filled their gas and they went on their way thank God! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattle LawDawg Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) Paternal - farmer, died before I was born. Maternal - owned a bunch of car dealerships, still kicking Edited July 18, 2012 by Seattle LawDawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_bone65 Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Fathers side - really not sure but I know he was involved with local politcs in Mass. Mothers side - In the "Gabage business" in Sicily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteoflovegm Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Paternal - Salesman for Welch's. Must have been good, he retired in his 50's. Maternal - Mason. Just found his tool chest full of trowels, levels, and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Both of my grandpas were teachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby's Hubby Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Mom - Lifetime Sharecropper Dad - Help build nat gas pipeline from El Paso to Cali. They lived in old army barracks along the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RC94 Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Father's side was a doctor of some kind. My mother's side he was a Sergeant in the Marines and then a teacher. Funny thing is both of my parents followed in their father's footsteps for the most part. My mom became a teacher and my father is a dentist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Paternal - general laborer I think, in his later years worked at a salvage yard. Maternal - architect and sales for farm buildings toward the later years. When younger he did some sort of engineering work with Polaris on snowmobiles. Served in WWII in the Philipines as a medic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainHook Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 My grandfather was a carpenter. My wife's grandfather was a fur trader and ginseng dealer. I CHIPS AHOY! you not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chester Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Interesting story. My Paternal Grandpa was offered to play minor league baseball out of college (not sure if they offered contracts back then?) in the 30s. He was also offered a job at a leather factory for like 14 cents an hour. He gave up baseball because a real job was hard to come by back then. He was given a sheet of leather and a template. He had to carve out as many shoe pieces as he could from each sheet. My father worked next to him one summer and said that after the summer he was going crazy because it was so mind numbing. My grandpa did the exact same thing from age 18 until retirement (62?). Maternal: factory until he lost a leg to cancer when I was young. Then did odd jobs until the day he died. Mostly working at scrapyards and such places answering phones and just being that guy that everybody in town knew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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