McCormick Zion Family History Pamphlet A True Treasure

This is a group of papers and photos I came across while getting organized. I had been given these a few years back and filed in the front of one of my family notebooks. This is copies of a family pamphlet entitled the " McCormic Zion record of himself and family. "

Has names and birthdays of his children. Included is a letter from the family member who has the pamphlet and a letter from my aunt Alice. Thanks to her hard work for years we got a good start on this side of the families history.

Included is a copy of the certificate of authenticity dated August 22nd 1988

This is a family treasure that is in the hands of a family member.

Memories of Christmas Past and Grandma's Brooch on Treasure Chest Thursday

During the last years my mother was with us every year she would give us gifts of her favorite treasures at Christmas .

This is one of my favorites. It is a brooch that my mother bought as a gift for my grandmother about 1942.

She gave me a note in her handwritting telling me that it cost her $12.00 which was a whole weeks wages and tips.

I think the best gift is our memories and things from the past.

Grandma Katherine and Her Guardian Angel

I have this wonderful vintage picture that hangs over my bed. It is called " The Guardian Angel". It once belonged to my great grandmother Katherine. I was told it hung over her bed and now has been handed down to me.

Vintage treasures that belonged to our ancestors are the best treasures I think. Money can buy new things but they have no value to me compared to knowing my great grandmother once held this picture in her hands.

Katherine was my grandma Grace's mother. She was born to Irish parents who came to America after the potato famine in Ireland. Lived almost all of her life in Minnesota , the last years in Mora.

This is Katherine with her husband Appleton.