The Jordan Story

Appendices

Letters
Elizabeth M. Jordan's Letter to Dave Jordan
Dec. 29, 1977
Background

Elizabeth Jordan sent this letter to Dave Jordan. Elizabeth's parents were John and Anna Page. Dave is her grandson.

December 29, 1977

Dear Dave and Beez,

Received your xmas card and letter and money. Thanks so much, ment to write sooner but the holidays were to much. I am fighting a cold right now.

Went to Pat's house last night. They have a beautiful new home, mountains all over, we had a turkey dinner.

You are asking for information about my parents. They spoke good english, my mother's was a little broken, good Americans, my father always voted. They were not very tall, both had dark brown hair, and both were slim. Mom died of an outward goiter, and my father died of old age, he had a bad heart I guess.

He didn't know his birthday. He celebrated it on Jan 1st we always had a party, friends and relatives came over, and lot had instruments. My father played the violin, he tried to show me how to dance the two step when I was about 10 or 11 years old.

I saw at my cousin's house, pictures of my Dad's two brothers in Germany uniforms. My dad left Germany when he was 19 years old, as he did not want to be in the army. He had two sisters here one in Michigan where he worked in the woods I guess cutting down trees.

As for food I do not know the kinds of food they liked or disliked, I never payed attention.

Oh yes on my Dad's birthday they always had a 1/4 barrel of beer.

I'm seeing double will quit now.

Love Grandma

Letter Comments
  1. Grandma Elizabeth Jordan sent this letter in response to a request for information about her family for my genealogy project. Elizabeth M. Jordan is David's grandmother.
  2. The cousins she refers to would be the family of Michael and Frank Page Pajewski, brothers of her father. Of her father's two sisters, Veronica Nicolei was one. Nicolei was her married name. Later Grandma told me she was a half sister. No other information has been obtained about the sister that lived in Michigan, although it suggests that when John came over, he stayed with her in Michigan when he worked as a lumberjack before moving to Chicago.
  3. Spelling is as in the original letter. There are minor punctuation improvements.