Interesting story. I wonder if any records would exist that could prove or
deny it?
A friend of mine is named Smith. As a young man his great grandfather had
showed up in a town, said he was Smith from somewhere or other. Many years
later one of his descendants tried to figure out where he had come from and
the conclusion was that his name was not Smith before he showed up in that
town, and this story about where he had come from was probably a lie.
So now they have no idea at all where that branch of the family came from.
But my friends grandfather used to have a cool Art Deco truck that went to
someone else when grandpa died because my claim it should go to me wasn't
very strong...
There are lots of sites on the web for helping people sort our family
history. Is anyone aware of any sites that help trace a trucks history? I
know from the serial number on my Suburban that it was manufactured in
Oakland California. I bought it in 2002. Where was it between 1955 and
2002? I can trace it back just three or four years, but no further.
My '54 was built in St Louis (serial number again) and had a Texas title
when I got it. It would be interesting to track more of its history.
I bet the tools are not publicly available, but it would be fun if they
were.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Blaine & Maggie Dumkee" <bmdumkee@auroranet.nt.ca>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 7:05 PM
Subject: RE: [oletrucks] RE: Swedes, Norwegians, Minnesota cold
Cold, what do you mean by cold?
It is presently 0 F here!
As for Scandinavian heritage, I am the bastard descendant of the Swedish
Royal family. Family folklore has it that my great-great-grandmother was the
mistress of the Swedish King. When she became pregnant another man was paid
a silver watch to marry and become the father of this bastard royal child.
The story goes that this watch was passed down through the family and it
ended up with my grandfather (who was born in Sweden and moved to Canada
with his family around 1910). I was told my grandfather took this watch to
jewellery in the 50's and the watch was never seen again. BUT when my
grandfather moved into a senior's home I moved into his home and was then
given the task of cleaning out his home. Well guess what I found, a silver
watch! This was in 1993. I of course did not hear the story of the watch
until a family reunion in 2000, unfortunately my grandfather had passed away
in 1998 so I was not able to discuss this with him.
At the 2000 family reunion my grandfather's younger brother's widow was
talking about the story and she is convinced that the heart attack that
killed her husband on a bus in Sweden was partly due to the Swedish Royal
family because her and her husband were on their way to the Royal house to
ask about this bastard child.
Believe it or not, but something to think about on a cool snowy Saturday
night.
Blaine Dumkee
Fort Smith NT
Canada
http://photos.yahoo.com/bdumkee
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-oletrucks@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steven E. Jackson
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 6:49 PM
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
Subject: [oletrucks] RE: Swedes, Norwegians, Minnesota cold
I didn't mean to start a discussion of the relative virtues of the
Scandinavian foke, I was just trying to paraphrase a saying the an old
Native American friend would use. His version wasn't very PC but it was
quite colorful. Lets just say it involved a another part of a tall Native
American's anatomy.
Steve
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