Category: Storyteller Tuesday
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StoryTeller Tuesday Challenge: An Ordinary Day in the Plunkett Household
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At 418 Van Brunt Street in Brooklyn’s Red Hook waterfront neighborhood, an ordinary day for the Plunkett household began with the sounds of dock work in January 1875. Peter operated as a middleman in the rag trade while Julia managed eight children at home. Every family member played a role…
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Storyteller Tuesday Challenge: A Turning Point: When Everything Changed at No. 6 Östad
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Sometimes a turning point doesn’t announce itself with fanfare—it arrives quietly, in the realization of an unexpected pregnancy. In the spring of 1866, two nineteen-year-olds lived and worked at the same farm in Näsum, Sweden: Sven Mattisson and Sissa Andersdotter. When Sissa became pregnant, Swedish church records documented what happened…