I never really appreciated how creative my dad was. He wanted to be a photographer when he was young but the Navy suggested electrical engineering and off he went in that direction. He never put his camera down though and if he wasn't photographing something, he was filming it. When I watch our old home movies now, I spot the times he was directing us to add a little interest or humor to the usual recording of events. At the beginning of this clip he got creative with a time we were leaving for a camping trip. I did a little editing to make it how I think he intended. (late 1960s)
Going On A Camping Trip
I never really appreciated how creative my dad was. He wanted to be a photographer when he was young but the Navy suggested electrical engineering and off he went in that direction. He never put his camera down though and if he wasn't photographing something, he was filming it. When I watch our old home movies now, I spot the times he was directing us to add a little interest or humor to the usual recording of events. At the beginning of this clip he got creative with a time we were leaving for a camping trip. I did a little editing to make it how I think he intended. (late 1960s)
Favorite Photo
It would be impossible to have only one favorite photo when I am fortunate to have so many wonderful photos of my family. This one is definitely one of my favorites.
The girl on the right is my mom, Dolores, and she is with her dad, Charles Rakiecz, and her sister Marlene. We haven't figured out where this was taken but it wasn't their house. It would have been taken in the late 1930s.
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| Marlene, Charles and Dolores Rakiecz |
Frank Comes to America
My great grandfather, Frank, came to America in 1886.
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| Youngest photo I have of Frank is his wedding photo. He was 24. |
I don't have any photos of him when he was really young. He arrived here when he was only 7 along with his mother Helene, 33, and his sister Cecelia, 11 months.
His surname was Navrocki at the time which was later changed to Nawrocki and then he officially changed it to Norwood in 1938.
I believe his father, Thomas, was already in America but I do not have any records of his arrival. Helene, Franz, ( his name on the passenger list) and Cecelia traveled from Prussia to the port in Hamburg, Germany and sailed on the Steamship Rhaetia to the port of New York in July of 1886.
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| Ancestry.com. New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957 Year: 1886; Arrival: New York, New York;Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897;Microfilm Roll: Roll 496; Line: 1; List Number: 856 |
Frank and his family lived in different places such as New Jersey, Buffalo, NY and Patchogue, NY. Once he was married, Frank and his wife and children moved to Canonsburg, PA around 1910 and lived there for the rest of their life.
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| Frank and Rose Norwood |
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