hotel staff taking a break
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"Doris" Voss went to India at age 18 from Germany. After a few years there she married Ferdinand Hahn. In 1906 Ferdinand, my great great grandfather, became ill. In 1910 they went up to Mussoorie so he would recover. She writes in her journal: " The weather was wonderfully warm and friendly, and he recovered rapidly, so that we were able to take daily long walks and enjoy thoroughly the glorious views up the mountains and down the slopes. He liked especially to walk to the cemetery where he could rest on a bench by the gate."
She continues (Maria is a fellow worker who also went to Mussoorie to recover): "When Sister Marie once said to him out of a feeling of personal weakness and in view of the many graves: “I do not know what the Lord is planning for us, whether we will find here our final resting place”, he looked at her with big eyes and said: “May the Lord prevent this, no! We are hoping to get well here in Mussourie, to be sure, and to return to our work in Purulia strengthened.” For as much as he used to talk about dying and going home, now he wanted to live and work! And no thought came to me that his end would be so near. How often did he suffer, and God had always given him new strength and health. "
found this old picture, likely late 1800, from Mussoorie Medley, still looks much the same
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Happy Birthday to my parents this week. Miss you. I know you are with me in spirit
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Yes! We walked up that steep foot path
with my new cane
from this angle it just doesn't show how steep and rugged the path truly is
while we could have taken this one easy path
So we took the road less travelled...well...it was locked. So what difference does it make?
look what they've done to my house!! Buona Vista is now that green complex up on top
Sisters Bazaar
I would live here just yo be able to have a dog like this (bhutia).
chai before it began to rain
and end the day with the best pbj sandwich ever
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a school is having their sports day
crack in the school bell
Today I began to research my two great Aunts: Dore (or Dora) and Libelle (called Elizabeth in English). while records are sparce for that period I learned quite a bit in a short time. Woodstock and Midlands were separate until 1912. Woodstock began a teacher training Fine Arts program affiliated with University of Allahabad from 1907 - 1921. in 1911 they added a BA program. The young women lived and studied in the same room. I still need to confirm when school began in 1910. I believe it would gave been in January. in which case it would be interesting if the two late arrivals are my great Aunts. From the journal: "Because Libele was not well at all, the thought came to us to make possible a stay in the mountains for her and for Dore. The “how” became clear by and by. but we can thank our dear father and his faithful care and energy, who achieved by his correspondence with Mrs. Andrews and his clear vision and understanding that both Libele and Dore would be received at Woodstock. And how he worked with Dore during the cold season to get her ready for acceptance into Teachers Training class."
first a sophisticated lady: then running down the ramp jumping to hit the beams
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Today, however, I do plan to take it easy. Going to the school to research two great aunts who went to Teacher Training School at Woodstock in 1910.
Here is a picture of Sandhya and me when we were here last
sun begins the day at 5:30 am
