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Comments was not working. I have reset the Hovering thing, and regret the inconvenience this has caused to you and the world. So not Kelvin should be able to wax eloquent.

Indifference. To the Stoics, indifference to all things which were beyond their direct and complete control is the standard response. This is how I feel about all things computer / IT related.

What is under their complete and direct control? Not much. Our judgement, opinions, some non physical desires, beliefs after review, and perhaps some non physical aversions. Some thought more, some less. The only good is virtue, the only evil is vice. All else is indifference. Including computers, clouds, software switches, toggles, background processes, embedded objects, and turkeys.

Be happy. Soon we forget. Soon others forget us. All is impermanent. Enjoy what life has to offer in the now.

The Romans at the time of Marcus Aurelius said people are related by seed or by blood. I how you know what the mean. So the RNA is only transferred by blood, and DNA by both.    

Fred    

Contact

Yes, there is life out there. I have made contact with a second cousin, the grand daughter of Adolph (Ed), one of grand fathers younger brothers. More on this later.

A Black Post

Death

I am finding this family history site difficult for non obvious reasons, dealing with the dead. I find that the continual listing of the dead draining, depressing, sucking up all the dopamine and serotonin that I produce. So negative it would kill a battery at 100 paces. I am most likely in the last quarter of life so death, my own upcoming death is something that I need to rap my mind around, or deal with in some way. As Marcus Aurelius sort of put it: soon we will forget and soon after that, we will be forgotten. Memory lasts about as long as those we have know well. Stories perhaps another generation or two. Life is short, and we must learn to deal with our impending death.

In modern life, we are mostly sheltered from direct exposure to the dead and dying. Mortician's and funeral directors take care of most issues. Death denying religions (eternal life, Christians, Moors) protect us from the finality if we subscribe. Those without that subscription may have alternately subscribe to a reincarnation, or chose to deal with reality, the soul, spirit, directing mind or what ever you name it, the thought pattern portion of us, demises along with the physical portion. When the plug is pulled, it is all over.

Now some of us choose the Stoic approach, going along with nature, without regard for potential address change, and accept the end is final to the realm of the living. We are returned to where we came from, or not. Children come to visit the living, and seniors and others are returned or not. It is beyond our knowledge. We can choose to be concerned about living well, in accordance with nature, prudently, justly, moderately, frugally. Unlike the Buddhist that say, reincarnation, rebirth, relocation; it is your choice to go up or down, the Stoic have a real concept, death is final, so anything you want passed along, you had bloody well pass it while you are alive. The typical legacy, even then, was your name chiselled into stone.

This blog may take a turn toward pictures and stories to spare my dopamine and serotonin or not, or just go stale, I do not know.

The artefacts must also go somewhere afterwards, so if you want them, speak up in the comments, otherwise Nicole may just put them in the dump.

Be well, eat real food, breath deeply, smile easily, and enjoy what life has to offer. Daoish. ft

William Carl Meilicke (1885- 1974)

William Carl 5 1885 10 1974

William Carl Meilicke, born May 17, 1885, at Dallas County, Iowa. 
       sixth child of Gustav and Matilda

Married Jennie Myrtle Little, March 1910 at Kirksville
Died October 16, 1974. Buried at Kirksville, Mo.
Farmer

Five Children

Mildred Romana Meilicke 5.1911 - 
Willard Gustav Meilicke 10.1912
Fred Samuel Meilicke 7 1914
Ardis Ora Meilicke 8.1916
William Little Meilicke 12.1918

 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meilicke&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GRid=59673435&
LAST KNOWN RESIDENCE La Belle, Lewis County, Missouri 63447
http://www.adairchs.org/cemeteries/MapleHills.PDF
Meilicke, William C. 5-17-1885 10/16/1974 L NE 1/2 189

Mary Pickford 1914

Gustav Meilicke Family

The picture was labelled with stick on so only Jewel and Lizzy labels remain
so the other are guesses / deductions, scanned from a paper copy.

Fred, Jewel, Mary, Carl, Lizzy (Louise), Gustave
Ed, Gustav, Mathilda, Samual

Year ?? Samual was born in 1891, I will guess 1900

P1  Gustav Meilicke, 3 1851 Prussia , d 10 1929 (cancer) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30716535
P2 Mathilda (Schallert) 11-1849, 6 1927 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30739138

C1  (Mary) Anna Maria Helena 11 1873  4 1961
C2 (Lizzy) Louise 12 1874
C3  Frederick G 1877 1944 (first three born in Frankfort on the Odur, Prussia, east of the river)http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meilicke&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GRid=30739270&
C4  Gustav E 1881 7 1965
 http://meilickeancestors.blogspot.ca/search/label/G%20E%20Meilicke%20%281881-1965%29
C5  Julius Albert  April 15, 1883, Jan. 1971 http://meilickeancestors.blogspot.ca/2012/09/mayerthorpe-cemetery-15sept2012.html
C6 William Carl 5 1885 10 1974 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meilicke&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GRid=59673435&
C7 Adolph (Ed) Henry 4 1887 11 -1923 Adolph Henry Meilicke (1887 - 1923) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=81511183
C8 Samual Tilden 1-1891 2 1978 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Meilicke&GSiman=1&GSsr=41&GRid=30674304&









 daugthers: Mary (WEST) and Lizzy (Heinz). Adolph married Mary Virginia WRIGHT

Gus's Barn

Note says Gus's first barn, 1909, 30 ft by 30 ft, house to the right, so this must be the south side. The house front door faced south. The barn was north and west of the first cabin, both located near the south line about middle of the south east 40.

Happy Holidays

I wish you all a merry Christmas
and a happy new year,
and to you non Christians,
I wish you whatever would be appropriate,
 for your persuasion.

For the early Stoics,
happy Saturnalia;
for the Greco-Roman Stoics,
I wish you well in the upcoming year,
for the Newstoa,
we do not have a official greeting other than hello,
but we do not care much as you:  time and
Christmas are beyond our control and influence.

To the Yetish, happy Hauanka,
and to the Yetties, stay away from me, I have a camera.
To the Druidry it was Winter Solstice,
to the Neodruidit,
have another beer and keep on not paying taxes.
To the oilies, and antiTrudeaus
Winter is here. May you freeze in the dark, you eastern B____s!!

Most religions and cultures have some kind of seasonal shortest day year ,
days start to get longer type of celebration.
Here is to whatever you call it.

Now I will be off to join a different circus.

Joseph Teter Rorabaugh Family

Last day, you meet Hannah as Mrs. George W Schnelle, and here she is as JTR's daughter

Mary, Cora, Laura, Emma

Martha, Joseph, Hanna 

P1  Joseph Teter Rorabaugh, b Mar 3 1835, d Sept 27 1908
P2 Martha (McLean) Rorabaugh, b Apr 19, 1833, d Aug 16, 1931, married Dec 31, 1857

C1 Hanna Martha Rorabaugh, b May 2 1859, d Nov 1, 1933 Married GW Schnelle Dec 31,1857
C2
C3 Laura Ellen, b Sept 7, 1863, d Nov 2, 1949
C4 Mary E, b Oct 16 1865, d  Apr 13, 1931
C5 Drucella Emma, b Apr 27, 1868, d Sept 28, 1953
C6
C7 Cora Alice, b Feb 9, 1873; d Dec 23, 1952

Joseph and Martha were neighbours on the farms in Virginia. Albert and I carry Martha`s mitochondrial DMA.

Please comment else this will end.

George Washington Schnelle Family

Ray, Libby,Aaron, Emma, Ira, Dan
     GW, Rueban, Hanna, Ruel
                Allie

P1   George Washington Schnelle b July 4, 1852
P2   Hannah Martha (Rorabaugh) Schnelle b May 2, 1859

C1   (Allie) Sara Alice b Oct 21, 1879, d Aug 10, 1910
C2   Ira Walter b Mar 5, 1881
C3   Joseph Aaron b Apr 24, 1883
C4   Ray Sylvan b Jan 17, 1885
C5   Martha Elsie (not in picture) b Jan 9, 1887, d Dec 1896
C6   Emma Constance b Mar 15, 1889
C7   Carrie Elizabeth b June 26 1891
C8   George Daniel b Dec 11, 1893
C9   Reuel Elmer b Feb 4, 1895
C10  Rueben Wesley b May 25, 1901

Year 1908


There is a picture in the Schnelle book that looks to be the same shoot as this one, judging from the attires and background.

Please acknowledged in the comments if you read this.

also http://kimsfamilyhistory.com/f3931.htm
http://kimsfamilyhistory.com/f4653.htm