Family History

Family History Essay         During the hard times in the stratum of 1900, a beautiful baby girl named Catherine was born in Seneca, South Carolina. Catherine was my great-grandmother. She was a mixture of Indian and African- American. She was a caramel brown complexion with long, wavy black hair. By the age of two, Catherines father gathered her and her siblings together, put them all into a truck and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Her father hoped for a better living in Cleveland rather than their unstable, prejudice, and segregated living in the South. Cleveland wasnt as segregated and was known to have better job opportunities for Blacks brook then.

        Catherine never knew her real age because in 1900 when she was born, the Seneca, South Carolina urban center Hall burned down with all of her important documents in it. Her age really wasnt of a big impressiveness to her. What was important to Catherine was staying alive in her then, segregated world.

        Catherine met a art object name Elmer and later married. Elmer was born in Maryland in 1897. Elmer was a mixture of German and Black. His family also moved to Cleveland for a better living. Together they had three children. When the children were born, Catherine didnt work much.



In those days, it was the woman who usually stayed business firm and took care of the cleaning and the children as the men worked to support their family.

        Elmer worked in an Ice Cream set up for years. Catherine was a strong woman and when her children were off to school, she refused to stay home and clean all day. At age 40, Catherine found a job as a cleaning lady making $5 dollars a week. Everyday she cleaned on her hands and knees to avail her husband support the family. Catherine finally sent...

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