Lura Naomia McIntosh Williams

Lura Naomia McIntosh was born on Jan. 3 1913 in Harland, Harrington, Texas. Her parents were Samuel Hollie McIntosh and Ethel B. Lollar. An interesting thing is that when her birth was registered, the doctor who reported the baby girl's arrival to this world, informed that her name was Mary. The family lived in Ashland, TX then.

Name: Mary Mcintosh
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 03 Jan 1913
Event Place: Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Father's Name: S H Mcintosh
Mother's Name: Ethel Mcintosh

Record Source:
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMK-G9G : 9 March 2018), Mary Mcintosh, 03 Jan 1913; citing Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States, certificate 1536, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,136,953

Maybe the doctor did not know what name had been chosen for the newborn baby and just gave any female name for the record.

Much later, the information on how "Mary" was really called by her parents was officially clarified by her sister Cora Belle.

Lura Naomia Mcintosh
Texas Birth Certificates
Name: Lura Naomia Mcintosh
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 03 Jan 1913
Event Place: Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States
Father's Name: Samuel Hollie Mcintosh
Mother's Name: Ethel B Lollar

Record Source:
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLMK-G9R : 9 March 2018), Lura Naomia Mcintosh, 03 Jan 1913; citing Harland, Harrison, Texas, United States, certificate 1536, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,136,953.

I have tried to find some information on the place where our aunt was born: Harland, Harrison County, Texas. Without any success so far.

The 1920 Census tells that Lura's Father Samuel was a log sawer. In 1920, the family still lived in Harrison, Texas.

Lura Mc Intosh
United States Census, 1920
Name: Lura Mc Intosh
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1920
Event Place: Justice Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age 7
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Sheet Letter B
Sheet Number 4

Household
S H Mc Intosh, Head, Male, age 31, born Texas
Ethel Mc Intosh, Wife, F, 25, Texas
Opal Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 9, Texas
Lura Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 7, Texas
Corabell Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 5, Texas
Vernona Mc Intosh Daughter, F, 3, Texas
Bessie Mc Intosh, Daughter, F, 0, Texas

Record source:
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHB9-DKN : accessed 27 August 2018), Lura Mc Intosh in household of S H Mc Intosh, Justice Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 4B, line 73, family 76, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1816; FHL microfilm 1,821,816.

There is a mistake in the above Census record. Samuel Hollie and Ethel had a son Vernon (not Vernona - a daughter - as listed above).

10 years later, Samuel Hollie worked as a farmer. Laura had four more sisters.

Lura Mcintosh
United States Census, 1930
Name: Lura Mcintosh
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1930
Event Place: Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age 17
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter
Birth Year (Estimated): 1913
Birthplace: Texas
Father's Birthplace: Texas
Mother's Birthplace: Texas
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6

Household
S. H. Mcintosh, Head, Male, age 41, born Texas
Ethel Mcintosh, Wife, F, 35, Texas
Lura Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 17, Texas
Cora B. Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 15, Texas
Vernon Mcintosh, Son, M, 13, Texas
Bessie Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 10, Texas
Ludine Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 8, Texas
Paulin Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 6, Texas
Ruth L. Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 3, Texas
Winona Mcintosh, Daughter, F, 0, Texas

Record
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H1GC-JW2 : accessed 27 August 2018), Lura Mcintosh in household of S H Mcintosh, Precinct 6, Harrison, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 6A, line 30, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2353; FHL microfilm 2,342,087.

Lura got married about 1937 (?). Her husband, J D Williams, was born in Ashland, where Lura lived.

Williams
Texas Birth Certificates
Name: Williams
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 May 1914
Event Place: Ashland, Harrison, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Father's Name: J A Williams
Mother's Name: Eula Killian

Record Source:
"Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLSK-LF2 : 9 March 2018), Williams, 01 May 1914; citing Ashland, Harrison, Texas, United States, certificate 16560, Bureau of Vital Statistics. State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,156,847.

As you can see, the doctor who reported the Williams childbirth did not mention any first name. At least JD's parents did not have to straighten up anything later.

Lura and JD had four children: a daughter Shirley A. (born on 29 July 1939 in Dallas, TX) and three sons - Gerald (born in 1940), Donald Ray (born on 4 April 1943) and Chester Glynn (born 30 Sept. 1944 in Kauffman, TX).

Between 1935 and 1940, JD and Lura and they two children rented a place at Austin Street in Garland, Texas. JD worked as a laborer with WPA Building Constructions then.

J D Williams
United States Census, 1940
Name: J D Williams
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Garland, Justice Precinct 3, Dallas, Texas, United States
Sex: Male
Age: 26
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Texas
Birth Year (Estimated): 1914
Last Place of Residence: Bowie, Texas

Household
J D Williams, Head, Male, age 26, born Texas
Lura Williams, Wife, F, 26, Texas
Shirley A Williams, Daughter, F, 2, Texas
Gerald Williams, Son, M, 0, Texas

The records also say that both JD and Lura had completed nine years of education. In April 1935 JD lived in Bowie, TX, Lura was still in Ashland.

An interesting fact is that they lived next to our paternal uncle Arley, his wife Elby and their children.  Maybe that was how our parents met? While visiting their relatives?

In April 1935 The Arleys family lived in the town of Vickery, in north central Dallas County. Uncle Arley was a car mechanic. Most probably, one of the four automobile repair shops in Vickery was his workplace as well.

During WW2, from 7 April 1944 to 17 August 1945, JD served in the US Navy. His rank was S/2C (Seaman 2 Class). (1)

December 1946 brought tragedy to Laura's family. At that time, they lived at 805 North Medora St. in Terrell, Kaufman County, Texas. The house no longer exists, though.

JD worked as a truck driver. 15 December must have been a snowy/icy day. When he was driving on a bridge in New Hope (nowadays within Sunnyvale), Dallas County, his truck hit the bridge, turned upside down while falling down into the stream. JD drowned. (2)

Laura was 32 then. Her children were 7, 4, 3 and 2.

JD was buried at Oakland Memorial Park in Terrell.

Laura never remarried. I do not know what she did, where she worked after her husband's death.
Laura Naomia lived sixty-five years, nine months and thirteen days. She died in Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas on 29 November 1978. Lura's burial was serviced by Anderson-Clayton Bros. Funeral Home. (3)

Information Sources:
(1) "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-NPNZ : 15 March 2018), J D Williams, .

(2) "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K39F-V3T : 13 March 2018), J D Williams, 15 Dec 1946; citing certificate number 54335, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,504.

(3) "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH3X-L59 : 13 March 2018), Lura Naomi Williams, 29 Nov 1978; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, 92388, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Austin; .

Pictures of gravestones: Anne McGrew

Governor John West

John West served as the third Colonial Governor of Virginia (1635-1637). According to my finds, he was our ten-times maternal great-grandfather. His name already appeared in one of the posts when I wrote about our/his direct ancestors Catherine Carey and Mary Boleyn.

John was born on 14 Dec. 1590 in Hampshire, England to Thomas Leighton West, 2nd and 11th Baron De La Warr, and his wife Mary Knollys.

Hampshire, England - marked red

Around 1613, John married Miss Anne Percy (born about 1594 in England), the daughter of George Percy and Ann Floyd. The couple had one son - John.

John passed circa 1660 in West Point Plantation, King William County, Virginia.

Virginia marked green

John West
⇒ his son Col. John West II (b. 6 June 1632,Chicksack Bellfield Plantation York River, New Kent, Virginia/d. about 1689, New Kent now, King William, Virginia)
⇒ his son Capt. Thomas West (b. 1670, West Point, Virginia/d. 1720, West Point, Virginia)
⇒ his son Col. Francis West (b. 1704, King William, King William, Virginia/d. 28 June 1796, King William, King William, Virginia)
⇒ his son William West (b. 1704, King William, King William, Virginia/d. 28 June 1796, King William, Virginia)
⇒ his daughter Martha Hagood nee West (b. circa 1755, Virginia/d. 16 Nov. 1829, Pickens, South Carolina)
⇒ her son James J Hagood (b. 1780, South Carolina/ d. about 1874, Forsyth County, Georgia)
⇒ his son Lemuel Davis Hagood (b. 20 July 1820, South Carolina/ d. 15 August 1909, Fulton, Georgia)
⇒ his daughter Hannah E Ledbetter nee Hagood (b. 1839, Georgia)
⇒ her daughter Jurita Elizabeth McIntosh (Ledbetter) - our great-grandmother


John was not only Virginia Governor in the West family. Also, his older brothers Thomas, 3rd and 12th Lord De La Warr and Francis West served at the position as well.

Thomas was born on 9 July 1577 in Hampshire, England. He governed Virginia from 1609 to 1618. Thomas perished at sea, off the coast of Nova Scotia, on 7 June 1818 when he was returning from England to Virginia on the ship Neptune. His body was brought to Jamestown where he was buried.

Francis was born on 28 Oct. 1586 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

Salisbury Cathedral, England

Captain Francis West was the Commandant of Jamestown from 1612 to 1617 and the Deputy Governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia from 1627 to 1629. He died around Feb. 1634.

There are many Governors of Virginia in our extended family tree but only John West and his two brothers are our direct relations.

Pictures:

Map of England: By Nilfanion - Ordnance Survey OpenData:County boundaries and GB coastlineNational Geospatial-Intelligence AgencyIrish, French and Isle of Man coastlines, Lough Neagh and Irish border, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12131879

Salisbury Cathedral: CC BY-SA 1.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=220400

Information sources:

• my MyHeritage research,
• geni.com,
• Wikipedia

Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe

Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe was born about 1800 in London, England.

Henry's parents were John Oliver Hedgcoxe and Ann Bool of Sussex County, England.
The family came to America in July 1819 on the ship George Washington. They landed in Baltimore, then, Henry and his parents settled in Clark County, Indiana.

Indiana marked on the map of USA

Henry Oliver married on 3rd April 1823 in Indiana. His first wife was Miss Elizabeth Ann Parks.

Henry Oliver Hedgecock
mentioned in the record of Henry Oliver Hedgecock and Elizabeth Ann Parks

Name: Henry Oliver Hedgecock
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 14 Apr 1823
Event Place: Clark, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Marriage: License Date 03 Apr 1823
Marriage Place: Clark, Indiana
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Ann Parks
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: Guy Guernsey
Page 70
Number of Images 1

Record Source:
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXPM-S45 : 8 December 2017), Henry Oliver Hedgecock and Elizabeth Ann Parks, 14 Apr 1823; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,415,852.

The couple had seven children - four sons and three daughters.

After the death of his first wife, Henry married again. On findagrave.com I found the information that his second wife was Indiana Goodwin.

Henry O Hedgecox
mentioned in the record of Henry O Hedgecox and Indiana Goodwin

Name: Henry O Hedgecox
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Date: 06 Feb 1840
Event Place: Clark, Indiana, United States
Gender: Male
Marriage License: Date 06 Feb 1840
Marriage Place: Clark, Indiana
Spouse's Name: Indiana Goodwin
Spouse's Gender: Female
Officiator's Name: Newton Short
Page 268
Number of Images 1

Record Source
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXPM-LXX : 8 December 2017), Henry O Hedgecox and Indiana Goodwin, 06 Feb 1840; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,415,852.

The Hedgcoxes moved to Texas in 1843.

Henry was designated as an agent of the Texas Emigration and Land Company. He worked efficiently though soon, his actions related to company policies were found controversial by the settlers and the company antagonists. It all resulted in the so-called Hedgcoxe War (15 July 1852). Henry Oliver was forced to leave Dallas. Sometime after the incident, Henry Oliver settled in Austin, Texas where he died ten years later.

I have found the 1850 Census records which say that Henry Oliver, Indiana, their son, and Henry's daughter from the first marriage lived in Galveston. How was that since Henry Oliver worked in Collin County? Besides, the record tells that Henry was born in 1810 not in 1800 as some sources inform*. What's more, according to the info given on findagrave.com, Indiana was to be a younger sister of Felix George Goodwin who was born in 1818.

The record says the particular Indiana Hegcoke was born about 1816. If it was Indiana meant by the findagrave.com post author, she was not younger than Felix. Maybe there was a mistake in the records? Was it then the same Henry O. who worked in Peters' Colony? The man recorded in the Census was born in 1810 in England. Well, seems as if it was 'our' Henry Oliver. Who knows why there were in Galveston then.

United States Census, 1850
Name: Indiana Hegcoke
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Race: White
Birth Year: (Estimated) 1816
Birthplace: Indiana
House Number: 361
Household
Henry O Hegcoke, Male, age 40, born England
Indiana Hegcoke,  F,  34, born Indiana
Henrietta Hegcoke, F, 18, born Indiana
Felix Hegcoke, M, 8, Indiana

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXLK-NV8 : 12 April 2016), Indiana Hegcoke in household of Henry O Hegcoke, Galveston city, Galveston, Texas, United States; citing family 372, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Galveston, Texas

Henry and Elizabeth's second son John Oliver was born on 6 Jan. 1828 in Jeffersonville Clark County Indiana. John was our great-great-uncle by marriage.

How? John's second wife was Abigail Obelier Stimson, the daughter of Isaac Stimson and Rachel Obelier Tucker. Abby was born on 6 August 1825 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. She was a sister of our great-grandmother Rachel Belle Zorie Stimson.

John and Abigail got married on 2 March 1858 in Texas. They did not have any children. In 1880 the couple lived with John's niece Margaret at Justice Precinct 1 in Plano, Collin County, Texas.

John Hedgecoxe
United States Census, 1880
Name: John Hedgecoxe
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1880
Event Place: Precinct 1, Collin, Texas, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Occupation: Farmer
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Self
Birth Year (Estimated): 1825
Birthplace: Indiana, United States
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Sheet Letter D
Sheet Number 72
Person Number 0
Volume 2
 
Household
John Hedgecoxe, Male, age 55, born Indiana, United States
Abigal Hedgecoxe, Wife, F, age 53, born Virginia, United States
Mary Hedgecoxe, Niece, F, age 15, born Texas, United States

Record Source:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFFB-7S2 : 15 July 2017), John Hedgecoxe, Precinct 1, Collin, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 19, sheet 72D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1296; FHL microfilm 1,255,296.

According to the notes provided by cousin Rachel G. B., Abigail passed on 6 May 1894. The date had been copied from her gravestone by aunt Lula (at first, Abigail was buried at the Stimson Cemetery). Later, Abigail's body was transferred to Rowlett Cemetery in Plano. John died on 20 April 1909 in Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico.

UPDATE

Reading the book (mentioned below*) I learned that the Hedgcoxe War was not a riot organized spontaneously by colonists. It was actually a movement set and run by land speculators who lived outside Peters Colony

In 1853 Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe Sr. was issued a land certificate (Fannin Third Class cert. #954) by the Collin County court.

According to the records, his sons arrived in Peters Colony before 1 July 1848.

H. O. Hedgcoxe II (born 1823, Indiana) - in 1850 he reported that he was married but his wife was living in Indiana. The man claimed 640 acres but was granted only 320. Despite that, he patented 640 acres in Collin County (Fannin Third Class Certificate No. 976).

Robert Farsey Hedgcoxe (b. 1827, Indiana) - settled on a company survey - as a single man, he was granted Fannin Third Class Certificate #975 for 320 acres (he patented the land in Denton County).

Family tree line

Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe Sr.
⇒ his son John Oliver Hedgcoxe
⇒ his wife Abigail Obelier Stimson
⇒ her sister Rachel Belle Zorie (Stimson) Howard - our great-grandmother

* "The Peters Colony of Texas. A History and Biographical Sketches of the Early Settlers" by Seymour V. Connor, The Texas State Historical Association, Austin 1959

Credits:

Information sources:

1. *my MyHeritage research;
2. findagrave.com;
3. Stambaugh, J. Lee, b. 1889; Stambaugh, Lillian J., b. 1888 & Carroll, H. Bailey. A History of Collin County, Texas, book, 1958; Austin, Texas. (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth61096/: accessed August 20, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu.

Pictures

1. The map: By This version: uploaderBase versions this one is derived from: originally created by en:User:Wapcaplet - own work by uploader, based on Image: Map of USA without state names.svg, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4857003
2.  Galveston: By Nsaum75 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7904630
3. Gravestone: the courtesy of  Ms. Sherry Biehn

Update

The information provided by Ms. C. Warman: 

"After the war, the oldest son Oliver had stayed in the area. In the 1870 Census, Oliver's niece, Marietta is living in his household, and later that year he died.  Marietta then went to live with John, the second son, who by that time (1880 Census) was in Austin.  The patriarch Henry had become the official State Surveyor for the State of Texas, responsible for managing many surveyors under him.  He died in 1860 and was buried in Austin.  His first Surveying job was with the State of Indiana in 1838, which I assume is the reason he got the nod to take over as Land Agent for the Louisville, Kentucky Consortium (Peter's Colony) which was licensed first by Mexico, then by the State of Texas to bring colonists to the area".

 

Dwight David Eisenhower

Today, I am coming back to our Mary Gant nee Boone who was the wife of Absolom Bobo Gant, our 1st cousin, six times removed. According to my research, Mr. Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Texan born US President, was Mary's third cousin, three times removed*.

Eisenhower birthplace, Denison, Texas

 Mary's family line:
⇒ her father Hiram Boone (b. 1765, Culpepper County, Virginia/d. 13 March 1826, Savannah, Hardin, TN)
⇒ his father Hezekiah Boone (b. 22 May 1735, Exeter, Berks, Pennsylvania/d. 20 Dec. 1820, Woodford, Kentucky)
⇒ his father George Boone (b. 13 July 1690, Bradninch Devonshire England/d. 20 Nov. 1753, Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania)
⇒ his sister Sarah Stover nee Boone (b. 29 Feb. 1692, Bradninch, Devonshire, England/d. 20 Nov. 1743, Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia)
⇒ her son Abraham Stover (b. 1720, Oley, Berks, Pennsylvania/d. 1787, Carter, Tennessee)
⇒ his son Daniel Stover Sr. (b. about 1750, Augusta Co., VA/d. 25 March 1811, Augusta Co., VA)
⇒ his son Daniel Stover Jr. (b. 23 May 1780, Augusta Co., VA/d. 18 Jan. 1862, Mt. Sidney, Augusta Co, VA)
⇒ his son Simon P. Stover (b. 28 Sept. 1822, Mt. Sidney, Augusta Co, VA/d. 10 Dec. 1873, Augusta, VA)

Augusta County countryside, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

⇒ his daughter Ida Elizabeth Eisenhower nee Stover (b. 23 Sept. 1863, Elizabethville, Washington Twp, Dauphin Co, PA/d. 10 March 1942, Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas)
⇒ her son Dwight David Eisenhower (b. 14 Oct. 1890, Denison, Grayson County, TX/d. 28 March 1969).

Greene Corner, Tryon, North Carolina

our Absolom Bobo's family line:
⇒ his mother Mary Gant nee Armstrong (b. 17 Dec. 1761, Tryon, Polk, North Carolina/d. Oct. 1848, Bedford, Bedford, Tennessee)
⇒ her sister Elizabeth Gant nee Armstrong (b. 4 Feb. 1762, Mecklenburg, North Carolina/d. 4 Jan. 1834)
1 ⇒ her daughter Margaret Lollar nee Gant - our four times-great-grandmother (b. 1791, South Carolina/d. 1825, Tuscaloosa, Alabama)
2 ⇒ her husband Lewis Bobo Gant
his father John Gant - our six times-great-grandfather

*based on my MyHeritage research 

Photos
Eisenhower Birthplace: By TxHC at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19446389
Augusta County countryside: By Hamiltonl at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2408679
Greene Corner, Tryon, NC: By Janet Gray - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15088396

Wywiady Klubowe: Rozmowa z Martyną Niedzielską

Wakacje mają się ku końcowi. mam nadzieję, że mieliście mozliwość odpocząć i skorzystać z uroków lata.
Dzisiaj powracamy do Niemiec. Tutaj umówiliśmy się z Martyną, która już czeka na nasze spotkanie.

Witaj Martyno! Dziękujemy za zaproszenie do rozmowy.
Pytamy jak zwykle na początku Wywiadu:
Martyno, gdzie jest Twoje miejsce w Polsce?

Pochodzę z Bełchatowa, bardzo centralnej Polski. To miasto, które ku zaskoczeniu wielu NIE leży na Śląsku. Mamy jednak kopalnię, elektrownię i Skrę Bełchatów. To tam mam całą rodzinę, tam jest rodzina męża i to właśnie tam wracam podczas podróży do Polski.

w Bratysławie

Jak dawno temu wyjechałaś z Polski?

Z Polski wyjechałam 10 lat temu. Właśnie mija rocznica. Zawsze wiedziałam, że chcę się wyrwać z Bełchatowa i zawsze szukałam swojego miejsca. Chciałam wyjechać daleko na studia, chciałam się szybko usamodzielnić. Dotarłam najpierw do Londynu, gdzie pracowałam jako au-pair, bardzo szybko jednak przeniosłam się do Niemiec, gdzie mieszkał już mój ówczesny partner, który teraz jest moim mężem. Po dwóch latach w Niemczech, wraz z pracą mojego męża przenieśliśmy się na kolejne 4 lata do Chin, a teraz znów jesteśmy na południu Niemiec i właśnie mija czwarty rok naszego pobytu. Czy to koniec podróży? Nie sądzę, czekam, co przyniesie mi los, ale czuję, że to jeszcze nie jest to miejsce na ziemi.

Fuerteventura

Jakie masz wyksztacenie?

Z wykształcenia jestem przedszkolanką i mam też takie szczęście, że mogę pracować w swoim zawodzie. Pracowałam w przedszkolu w Chinach i Niemczech, a dwa lata temu przeniosłam się do niemieckiej szkoły podstawowej i praca ta sprawia mi ogromną frajdę.

Szanghaj

Twoje hobby to...

Temat rzeka. Mam tyle pomysłów, co bym chciała robić, że nie wyrabiam z czasem. Największy mój hobbystyczny projekt to blog, któremu poświęcam 80% mojego wolnego czasu. Oprócz tego kocham podróżować. Każde ferie szkolne to kolejny wyjazd, najczęściej organizujemy sobie też weekendy poza domem. Mieszkamy jednak w pięknym miejscu, czasami więc spędzamy po prostu czas w domowym zaciszu, szkoda bowiem mieć tak piękny dom i z niego nie korzystać…

Z czego jesteś dumna?

Chyba z tego, jak udało mi się ułożyć moją zawodową drogę na emigracji. Z tego, że mimo nieznajomości języka, odważnie, krok po kroku budowałam swoją pozycję w pracy i udało mi się dojść do takiego momentu, że ludzie chcą i lubią ze mną pracować, mimo mojego słabego niemieckiego. Pokaleczonym językiem udało mi się zdobyć szacunek rektorów, wychowawców, rodziców i przede wszystkim dzieci, którzy zabiegają o mnie na każdym kroku. Nikt mi nigdy nie wmówi, że jesteśmy poniewierani za brak znajomości języka, że traktuje się nas jak nic nieznaczącą siłę roboczą. Jestem dowodem, że wszystko można, jeśli się tylko chce.

Wakacje na Korsyce

 
Kiedy zaczęłaś pisać bloga / o czym piszesz na blogu?

Bloga zaczęłam pisać w pierwszym roku emigracji. Najpierw był to blog kulinarny, później po wyjeździe do Chin założyłam bloga podróżniczego i prowadziłam je oba. Po powrocie do Niemiec zaczęły mnie one trochę uwierać, zmieniłam dietę, z wegetarianizmu przeszłam na weganizm, podróże też trochę poszły w inną stronę. Te dwa blogi były znakiem, że coś się w moim życiu pozmieniało. Dlatego od niedawna mam moje nowe miejsce w sieci, w którym opowiadam o życiu w rytmie słów. Łączę wegańskie gotowanie z podróżami i leniwą codziennością, zapraszam do siebie gości, opowiadam o tym wszystkim, co jest mi bliskie na co dzień. Zapraszam Cię do mojego miejsca w sieci www.zyciewrytmieslow.pl.

Tyrol

Czym jest dla Ciebie Klub Polki?

Klub Polki to wyjątkowe miejsce i szczerze powiedziawszy, od dłuższego czasu nie wyobrażam sobie bez niego mojego świata online. Dziewczyny są dla mnie inspiracją. Razem tworzymy portal, razem wspieramy się w naszych życiowych smutkach i radościach. Czasem uda nam się spotkać. Dziewczyny z Klubu to moje koleżanki na odległość i choć z większością nigdy się nie spotkałam, mimo dzielących nas kilometrów czuję, jakbym je wszystkie znała. To taka trochę paczka przyjaciół rozsiana po świecie. Uwielbiam!

Co jeszcze chciałabyś nam powiedzieć o sobie?
 
"Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." ("Życie zaczyna się na końcu Twojej strefy komfortu" - tłumaczenie red.)

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MARTYNA NIEDZIELSKA

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Martyno, dziękujemy za rozmowę. Życzymy Ci powodzenia i pomyślności w Twojej życiowej podróży!


Nasza seria Rozmów z Paniami należącymi do Klubu Polki na Obczyźnie rozpoczęła się w październiku 2016 roku. W trzydziestu dwóch wywiadach 32 Polki mieszkające w różnych krajach świata, na różnych kontynentach, opowiedziały nam o sobie, podzieliły się swoimi przemyśleniami i doświadczeniami związanymi z Ich emigracją.

To już ostatni Wywiad Klubowy.  Wszystkim naszym wspaniałym Rozmówczyniom oraz Czytelnikom, którzy towarzyszyli nam w Rozmowach, dziękuję za wspólnie spędzony czas.
Wszystkiego dobrego!


Zdjęcia: Martyna Niedzielska