I was wondering about where my red hair came from, so I emailed my grandma on my mothers side and she was telling me the story about how where I got my red hair from. (Written in her point of view.)
Your red hair must have come from your 3rd great-grandfather Henry Albert Robinson. He was born 12 Aug. 1864 near a town called Holland in Wood County Ohio. He was 6'6" tall. Aren't you glad that you didn't inherit THAT from him? Maybe Clayton did. Anyway his family never remember him wearing anything but black and he had flaming red hair and a long mustache. He always wore black boots that laced up to his knees. He was known for his great feats of strength. The boots play a part in one of the stories.
They tell of a time when the local men had gotten together to bring in hay for a neighbor. In those days they didn't bale it but piled it high on a wagon, then drove wagon to the barn and used a huge 'fork' to pull the hay into the top part of the barn. It was muddy and the wagon got stuck. The horses couldn't pull it forward or back it up. Great-grandpa Henry went in and lifted the wagon and pulled it and the horses out of the mud. He strained so hard that he burst the laces on his knee boots. Another story is told about him going into town to get some food for his family. They were very poor and the store owner knew it. He had a freshly butchered hog that weighed over 300 lb. He told Great-grandpa Henry that if he could carry it home he could have it. It seems that half the town turned out to follow him home. He did it. A mile or a mile and a half all the way to his house. So when you get to heaven and see a huge man with red hair and a red mustache, dressed all in black with lace up boots clear to his knees; don't be scared. It's just your great-great-great-grandfather wanting to pat you on the head.
His wife; your 3rd Great-grandmother was only 5' tall and he would carry her around on the palm of his hand. She would be yelling at him the whole time to put her DOWN!!
Her kids, my grandparents, would laugh so hard when they would tell about that.
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Your red hair must have come from your 3rd great-grandfather Henry Albert Robinson. He was born 12 Aug. 1864 near a town called Holland in Wood County Ohio. He was 6'6" tall. Aren't you glad that you didn't inherit THAT from him? Maybe Clayton did. Anyway his family never remember him wearing anything but black and he had flaming red hair and a long mustache. He always wore black boots that laced up to his knees. He was known for his great feats of strength. The boots play a part in one of the stories.
They tell of a time when the local men had gotten together to bring in hay for a neighbor. In those days they didn't bale it but piled it high on a wagon, then drove wagon to the barn and used a huge 'fork' to pull the hay into the top part of the barn. It was muddy and the wagon got stuck. The horses couldn't pull it forward or back it up. Great-grandpa Henry went in and lifted the wagon and pulled it and the horses out of the mud. He strained so hard that he burst the laces on his knee boots. Another story is told about him going into town to get some food for his family. They were very poor and the store owner knew it. He had a freshly butchered hog that weighed over 300 lb. He told Great-grandpa Henry that if he could carry it home he could have it. It seems that half the town turned out to follow him home. He did it. A mile or a mile and a half all the way to his house. So when you get to heaven and see a huge man with red hair and a red mustache, dressed all in black with lace up boots clear to his knees; don't be scared. It's just your great-great-great-grandfather wanting to pat you on the head.
His wife; your 3rd Great-grandmother was only 5' tall and he would carry her around on the palm of his hand. She would be yelling at him the whole time to put her DOWN!!
Her kids, my grandparents, would laugh so hard when they would tell about that.
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Exactly her words! It was pretty fun to learn about this part of my ancestry.
lol.
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