Prior to 1845, Ireland was on the verge of disaster. Three quarters of the work force could not find jobs, and housing conditions were appalling. Impoverished land tenants were paid a minimal wage and lived in shacks. Beds and blankets were a luxury; potatoes and water their only nourishment. Add insult to injury: The Potato
But will my boy have the chance to do The things I’ve never done Or will he like me be told That he must be his father’s son? ~Ricky Skaggs “My Father’s Son” John and Catherine Hausrath were married in Germany in 1866. In 1882, the couple and their five children boarded the ship Stella
From The Sun Magazine, Sunday, January 7, 1968 “THE CHANGE IS IN THE PEOPLE AND NOT IN THE LAND, DESPITE ALL THE DIGGING AND GOUGING” By F. De Sales Meyers Mr. Meyers, the son of a coal miner, grew up in George’s Creek Valley, in Lonaconing, where his mother still resides. “I have many friends
