tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post4070652953268290742..comments2024-03-26T12:10:51.054-07:00Comments on the lazy farmer: I think I talk too much and don't get my work done...buddeshepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-21001359771790734332010-10-29T22:55:35.807-07:002010-10-29T22:55:35.807-07:00At the time my ancestors came to America, the name...At the time my ancestors came to America, the name was Nussbaumer. They were German-Swiss, the name loosely means nut-tree farmer. I had a professor in college who thought it was a travesty that I didn't grow hazelnuts.<br /><br />Anyway, they dropped the "er" pretty early on, then they dropped the second "s" during WWI to sound less German. I have the Nussbaumer family Orin Nusbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866830808570707036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-79071710901011484472010-10-29T22:47:22.905-07:002010-10-29T22:47:22.905-07:00Gorges, There is a pretty dedicated crowd who disl...Gorges, There is a pretty dedicated crowd who dislikes McArthur. Plus, he was Army and my neighbor was a Marine.<br />Ralph, It was a different time. I have mixed feelings about it all. I think the Japanese and the Germans were treated really badly. My uncles agreed at coffee time. But, they also talked about how upset everyone was after Pear Harbor. People were scared. Just another example of buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-63202331424645657792010-10-29T20:36:28.955-07:002010-10-29T20:36:28.955-07:00My husband's mother's maiden name was orig...My husband's mother's maiden name was originally "Zauszniewski". They lived in the NE United States where, in 1944, the name was legally changed to "Zann". I have often wondered if it was to avoid persecution for a Polish, but also German-sounding, name. The official family story was that it was too long for my then 5 yo mother-in-law to spell.thefrumpyhousewidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-184181232087499432010-10-29T19:23:28.477-07:002010-10-29T19:23:28.477-07:00As usual I had to click "interesting" Bu...As usual I had to click "interesting" Budde. You do meet some interesting people in your life. We had internment camps here in Canada too during WWII and a lot of Japanese people were treated pretty badly after Pearl Harbour attack. Turned out of their homes and property and sent to work camps.Ralph Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873610891410100788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-54480973461502780792010-10-29T15:13:59.726-07:002010-10-29T15:13:59.726-07:00I've heard that story about McArthur, too, but...I've heard that story about McArthur, too, but I also heard it was the photographer that kept asking him to do it over and that he finally said, "Enough!" Don't know if that's true, or just one of those infamous government cover-ups.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-847607839935207022010-10-29T07:18:17.768-07:002010-10-29T07:18:17.768-07:00Orin, The stories were pretty interesting and I ad...Orin, The stories were pretty interesting and I admit to talking instead of working. The one thing that struck me was that the same sorts of morons who sent German Jews back to German during WWII (see links following story) and who sent American citizens to internment camps, are the same sorts who denying the modern ethnicity crisis. After reading the stories about this WWII shame, I'm kind buddeshepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10747323705664619491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-3746754682838496312010-10-29T04:52:43.664-07:002010-10-29T04:52:43.664-07:00Now THAT is a story Budde! You won't find man...Now THAT is a story Budde! You won't find many stories like that anymore but we sure need to hear them, as there were so many just like that one!Ed Winklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07299533401041542458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8527757877422839218.post-88596505562099906182010-10-28T22:24:10.095-07:002010-10-28T22:24:10.095-07:00I hope someone is documenting that story. That kin...I hope someone is documenting that story. That kind of "micro-history" is absolutely priceless. One of the ones from this area: There was a German immigrant orchardist very near here in the 30's. For some reason (I'll ask dad why in the AM) he returned to Germany before the US was involved in the war. Clifford, one of my Grand-dad's buddies, was captured and placed in a Orin Nusbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15866830808570707036noreply@blogger.com