Jennifer's artifacts
Jennifer's dad (Pablo)My dad was born and raised in Ahualulco, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He along with his 8 siblings lived a small house made out of old wood in the country. Throughout his life it was all about work. He never got things handed out to him because they were very poor. He learned to be independent because he had to take care of his siblings along with his mother. He moved to The United States to get more money and provide a better life for him and his wife Paula. There he worked in factories, the field, etc. He’s always been a hard worker and spent most of his life working.
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Jennifer's mom, dad, and sisterMy dad moved in Michigan when he was 19. And later on in his life he brought over his wife, Paula. He met her in Mexico. During the time they met they also got married at 19. Right after getting married my mom Paula was pregnant with her first daughter, Claudia. My dad and my mom bought about 3 houses during their 5 years of being in Grand Rapids. They put hard work and effort into working so they could get the house. In the picture it shows one of the three houses they own. My dad worked day and night to get them and my mom worked that much as well.
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Conner's artifacts
Katherine and Henry
Conner's grandparents
My great grandpa was 80 years old and my great grandma was 80 years old. This was a picture of their 60th anniversary. They met in Holland Michigan. Where all the dutch people met and lived. This was taken a year before my great grandpa died. And they lived in a small house. He dropped out of school in 8th grade to work in their family farm. They one had one son, his name was Dal Coop. He worked in the John Deer Company. It was a tracker company. He was very successful so in the job that his boss offered him a bigger position. but he turned them down to be with his family.
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My great grandpa used to built many houses, miniature doll houses, and cars out of wood. He built all that during his free time. Also he built them to give it to his grandchildren and his wife as a gift. He had a passion of building models of cars and doll houses. He spent hours upon hours building these miniature doll houses and model cars. He got the word from chopping trees in his backyard. He would also receive wood from his friends because they knew what he would do. He sometimes sold his creations and also he sold his family farm.
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Nicole's section
Karen morrow ottenjanPassed away on October 29, 2015 at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. Karen was born in Grand Rapids in the winter of 1972 to her parents, LeRoy and Marie Morrow. She always lived life to the fullest. She was also an avid collector of Angels & Bells. During her adult life, Karen worked as a Medical Transcriptionist from her home. Karen will be deeply missed by her mother, Marie (Ted) Smallwood; her father, LeRoy Morrow; daughter, Nicole |
nicole ottenjan karen ottenjanDecember 5, 1972 - October 29, 2015
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Elias section
Ranking PinsThese are Douglas's ranking pins. These were handed down to me about 4 years ago from him. Those are used to show your surrounding partners or commanders what your rank is so they know what your level is and if you are experienced enough to do certain jobs in the branches of the military. These are still used today for the same purpose and haven't really changed at all. These are very unique because they have a story behind them. Each set of these can contain a much larger story than what can be seen by just looking at them.
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CompassThis is the compass that Douglas was issued in the navy. This compass is around 40 years old and is made of steel. The compass itself still works and is very accurate for how old it is. It works very simply, you push the button that the arrow is facing which opes the lid protecting the inner parts. He handed this down to me 5 years ago and I display it in our house. Compasses like this one were used a lot during the war for navigation purposes. And ones similar to this are still used. But today's compasses are much more durable and more accurate for showing you which way north is.
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