How did your family get to the United States?
Like Mary and Joseph, who had to flee to Egypt and eventually return to Israel, families move for different reasons. VOICE wants to celebrate your family's arrival. Tell us in about 100 words how your family came to the United States. Submit the form below to the parish office or email to goodshepherdvoice08@gmail.com. VOICE will share these stories at the crèche exhibit on January 5, 2020 so we all can learn more about our fellow parishioners.
(VOICE Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Involvement)
Like Mary and Joseph, who had to flee to Egypt and eventually return to Israel, families move for different reasons. VOICE wants to celebrate your family's arrival. Tell us in about 100 words how your family came to the United States. Submit the form below to the parish office or email to goodshepherdvoice08@gmail.com. VOICE will share these stories at the crèche exhibit on January 5, 2020 so we all can learn more about our fellow parishioners.
(VOICE Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Involvement)
SAMPLES:
My Grandfather, Bohumil was born in rural Bohemia and apprenticed as a butcher at age 15. Following his army service, while working in a civil service job, he took advantage of a chance to join other Czechs living in Omaha. In 1910, with help from other Czechs and knowing no English, he took a steamboat from Germany to Ellis Island and a train to Omaha. Health good enough to climb the steps at Ellis Island and $25 cash in his pocket was all he needed to immigrate. He went on to be the wholesale sales manager at Armor & Co. (100 words)
My Great Grandfather, Thomas Kelly, was born in Ireland and his wife, Mary Madigan, was born in England. They came through Ellis Island in 1880, and had seven children born in the United States. Their middle son, my Grandfather Edward Kelly, married Marie Catherine Schoup. Marie’s Grandmother, Mary McCauley was born in 1836 in County Wicklow, Ireland. She was apparently a weaver who married Canadian James McCauley and, in 1859, they moved to Avoca, PA whose mill is famous for its weaving to this day. (85 words)
My Grandfather, Bohumil was born in rural Bohemia and apprenticed as a butcher at age 15. Following his army service, while working in a civil service job, he took advantage of a chance to join other Czechs living in Omaha. In 1910, with help from other Czechs and knowing no English, he took a steamboat from Germany to Ellis Island and a train to Omaha. Health good enough to climb the steps at Ellis Island and $25 cash in his pocket was all he needed to immigrate. He went on to be the wholesale sales manager at Armor & Co. (100 words)
My Great Grandfather, Thomas Kelly, was born in Ireland and his wife, Mary Madigan, was born in England. They came through Ellis Island in 1880, and had seven children born in the United States. Their middle son, my Grandfather Edward Kelly, married Marie Catherine Schoup. Marie’s Grandmother, Mary McCauley was born in 1836 in County Wicklow, Ireland. She was apparently a weaver who married Canadian James McCauley and, in 1859, they moved to Avoca, PA whose mill is famous for its weaving to this day. (85 words)