just an ordinary day....

By laineylou3

The announcement

Glasgow paper August 1930 announcing my grandparents marriage in Tarrytown, New York.
My grandpa went over to find work with his friends and my granny followed 7 months later. It took her about 6 weeks on the boat which I find remarkable. What courage to set out on your own, confident that when you get there you will meet and marry the man that you have last seen 7 months previously.
They returned to Scotland when my mum was 6 and my grandpa always said America is a wonderful country if you're doing well. It was the Great Depression and obviously they weren't.
Anyway, we are off to the states and I am hoping to visit this church and track down some of my American history.

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