My parents came up this past week to help with the cleaning and to get some of the more valuable items out of the house so that if someone decided to break in, they would not be able to steal anything of importance (not that they could find it in its current state). It was good to see them again. While they took some of the farm equipments and some of Uncle John’s wood work equipment, Mom and I found an old metal box that had the original deeds for the farm. It is an interesting read. It has a copy of the wills from every generation since William Hogg in 1836 when the original 300 acres were purchased from the Military Lands.
There were baptismal certificates, one birth certificate, and some property taxes from the 1930s and 40s.
I am starting to believe that Paul is the only one who got a Chauffeur's License. I found a few more of his licenses and 2 more pictures of him.
There is a letter written (I think in Mary’s, my great-grandmother, hand writing), really more of a note, not a letter, about Mike. It reads:
"Mother depends on registrant for the operation of the farm which she runs. The registrant with in 9 months old
fell on a broken crack (or crock) cutting the back of his head, and was injured so that he is not able to memorize; very slow to learn.
"Mike (Michael) Tony Haluczik fell when 9 months of age injuring skull resulting in pressure on base of brain.
"47 years
"Father dead. Mother owns farm upon which I worked, Mother receives income from farm and is dependent upon me to take care of it."
There is also an order number (380) I am not sure what it was for, but I did not know that he had any brain issues.
The following is the 10 questions that my great- grandmother (Mary) had to know (possibly for my great-grandfather (George) too, he applied for citizenship and naturalization also).
-By whom is the President elected? The people, through the presidential electors.
-Who was the first president of the
-Who makes the laws for the
-How many states in the
-Who makes the laws in the State?
-Where does legislature meet?
-Where do they make the laws for the State of
-Who is the highest officer in the city? The Mayor.
-To whom did this country belong before? to
-What are the colors of the American Flag?
There was also a recipe that I found that is for peppermint candy:
4 c water
4 Tbsp soda
2 level c of sugar
Boil until sugar is dissolved, let cool and add one ounce of essence of peppermint and one oz of essence of rhubarb.
For taxes (I am assuming here that it really was for tax purposes) there is a list of "Domestic animals, used in agriculture" and Farm Implements and their values. These are from 1936: 1 horse ($100), 4 cows ($110), 2 sows ($40), 4 shoats(? not sure what that is...), 100 chickens ($50), 4 turkeys ($10), 1 goat ($0.50, things haven’t changed much on the value of goats, hehehe), 4 calves ($25), 8 bees (?). The implements include 1 wagon, 2 plows, 1 corn planter, 1 disk harrow, 1 mowing machine, 1 drill machine. On another one from 1935 she had 6 ducks, 2 wagons, and 1 built-up tractor, but all the rest was the same. And with the list from 1935 is an add from the paper that has quotations on livestock, grain etc as of December 31, 1935.
Uncle Paul's letter of enrollment in the Army was in the box too.
Another interesting find (and I am sure that you know this already), Mary sued the railroad company for the wrongful death of Geo (as he is referred to on almost all of these papers) and received $1,120.00 in a settlement from the railroad company. I think I remember you saying that she sued them but I didn't remember the outcome of the suit. I found the papers from the attorney that proves she hired him and the outcome of the settlement.
It is said that Geo death was not an accident. And if you actually looked into how the turn house that he worked in operates, it could not have been an accident. So we believe that the reason for the settlement is to ensure there would be no investigation into the death of Geo.
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