Woman Born in 1878 Talks About Her Childhood in Los Angeles, California in the 1880s

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  @mariekatherine5238 · 3 years ago

  The oldest person I ever met was 107, a woman who’d outlived three husbands and seven of eight children.  She was nearly deaf, but read lips and loved tell stories of her life and experiences growing up and living all her life in the same place, a small upstate NY town.  She was sharp as a tack, well-spoken.  She passed away later that same year, in her sleep in her own bed, same room as where she was born!  That was in 1978.  RIP Miss Helen  ❤ 😇

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  @Happy_nessaa · 3 years ago

  It’s amazing how her niece recorded this for her grandchildren- little knowing that thousands would take interest in the years to come. ❤️

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• AU

  @audreym3777 · 2 years ago

  Huge gratitude to the woman who was smart enough to know this was worthy of recording for the future …. ❤️

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• MR

  @mrchedda · 1 year ago

  The most impressive part of this audio recording is how articulate and concise her speech is at 86 years old. Such an incredible story about Los Angeles in the late 1800’s.

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• LO

  @loadoftosh-e4z · 3 years ago

  She has a voice like a warm cup of tea. I could listen to her all day. :) Sounds like she had a fabulous time growing up in old Los Angeles.

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  @Bradrick_Larney_Sr · 3 years ago

  A good friend of mine is going to be 97 this month. Born in 1926. He is the "baby" of his family who are now all gone. He has long outlived 2 of his 3 children and his wife. His last living sibling passed away 25 years ago. He has more energy than most people i know at my age! Still splitting wood, still gardening and loves to fabricate with metal. He is the grandfather i never had! I am 42 years old and i enjoy every minute listening to all of his stories, even if I've heard them already. And I've learned quite a bit from him

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• DE

  @deirdrenickel2987 · 3 years ago

  I was a dementia nurse. Many of the patients in long term care however are not there for memory loss.   Getting to hear the stories of their lives, and the stories from the family members of those who had no memory anymore made that job very interesting. We fail in this country, to show enough intrest in our elderly. They have so much to offer us.

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• TE

  @terrybarnes5266 · 2 years ago

  Imagine watching your hometown grow from 11,000 to 2.4 million in one human lifetime…

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• KR

  @krcmaine · 3 years ago

  I could listen to her for hours. What a memory!

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• KA

  @karentrimmer · 3 years ago (edited)

  I grew up in the L.A. area so I found this particularly interesting.<br>When my grandmother was little, her great-great grandmother Hannah lived with them. Born in 1801 and died in 1905, she told the children bedtime stories of her lifetime including the civil war. My great aunt, who was 12 years old when Gramma Hannah died, and remembered her very well, had the foresight to write down the stories and later typed them up, giving copies to family members. They are a treasure for our family.

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  @ms.marvel9197 · 3 years ago

  We have elderly people all around us right now with great memories and stories to tell all we have to do is make the time to listen to them speak.

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  @shadowweaver3693 · 2 years ago

  “You didn’t catch me going up the tree, you caught me going down” 😅 He’s sharp !!

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