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Wow, waretrop is very impressed.....:thumbsup
 
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Yes I have been there before. So where did your wonderful grandma open her first store?
 
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She and my grandfather were Polish immigrants. They opened their first store in New Rochelle, NY in the early 1920's. They called it White Way Dairy...White Way after "The Great White Way"...Broadway's bright lights...only "45 Minutes from Broadway"...a George M. Cohan song. You can't see it in the pic on my website because I cropped it out, but my mother wrote the info on the bottom of the pic.

Grandma & Grandpa Kraston - 1924.jpg


My mother, the oldest of 3 children, born in 1917, will be 100 years old if she lives until May 11, 2017.

Here is a pic of her and my grandparents

Mommy-around 1920.jpg


And, a pic of her with my sisters and brother on her 96th birthday...
Mom - Mary Ellen, Tandy, Sue.JPG


Pardon me for waxing nostalgia......
 
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Thank you for sharing. I love that you shared the pictures and the family history.
 
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I love to hear about family history...I go back in this country to 1725. My hubby's family came over on the Mayflower. His family tree that one member did is over 20,000 people...What a large tree...LOL
 
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@MoonShadows I finally got round to checking our your website. Wonderful story and business! I wish I could buy and sample some of your products. Maybe one day when I talk you into flying over here for a visit? ;)
 
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waretrop said:
I love to hear about family history...I go back in this country to 1725. My hubby's family came over on the Mayflower. His family tree that one member did is over 20,000 people...What a large tree...LOL
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I love to hear about family history, too. According to what my father told me many years ago, our family, on his side, date back to the House of Burgess in Virginia. The House of Burgess was the first legislative assembly in the American colonies in the 1600's. At that time, our name was spelled "Gwyn", not "Guinn".

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@MoonShadows I finally got round to checking our your website. Wonderful story and business! I wish I could buy and sample some of your products. Maybe one day when I talk you into flying over here for a visit? ;)
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Sumi...a visit to Ireland is on my bucket list...and, I'll be sure to bring you some of our products!
 
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