Thu 8/6/2020 10:05 PM
Mark,
That’s what I must have seen somewhere.
The one story that I remember was that your Dad was only once in a position to draw his gun. Unfortunately, he was in the police car, and his seatbelt prevented him from doing so. Is that a true story?
John, IV
Thu 8/6/2020 10:11 PM
John,
That is a true story, but it wasn’t my dad that was my stepbrother. Ronnie, his police cruiser, was shot up that day.
Mark
Thu 8/6/2020 10:20 PM
Mark,
It just shows how important it is to ask questions. I’ve been telling this story wrong for years. Ouch!
Also, it would help if you told me more about yourself. You love to fish is one place to start. Are we talking rainbow trout or something larger?
I sent one summer trapping lobsters in a place called Winter Harbor, Maine, just across the bay from Bar Harbor. We had a great time and did it in a rowboat. ?
John, IV
Thu 8/6/2020 10:27 PM
John,
I like fishing for brook trout salmon, and like kraut, I do a lot of spring fishing. I also hunt deer. It’s funny; I can remember when you guys lived in Winter Harbor. I can remember coming and visiting you guys there.
Mark
Fri 8/7/2020 8:49 AM
Mark,
Winter Harbor was one of the best times. For the first time in my father’s navy career, we lived close to family.
The setting of lobster traps is one of my more vivid memories as it was one of the first times I remember getting in trouble. My friend’s dad was a lobster fisherman; Keith Tory and I would use his dad’s rowboat and set lobster traps. Only the lobsters were valuable, so I got to bring home crabs for my mother, who loved crab meat. She would make sandwiches, but not for me as I didn’t care for them.
How did I get in trouble? Well, the entire community must have ratted on me. It seems even then; you were required to wear a life vest on a rowboat. Who knew? Not me. Ouch!
Years later, when I lived in Maryland, I learned just how dumb crabs are. In Maryland, you can tie a string to a chicken neck and catch crabs off the pier. They will grab onto the chicken neck and not let go. That is dumb.
The punishment for the crabs was more than I got.
John, IV
Fri, Aug 7, 2020, at 12:17 PM
Cousins, etc.,
Is there is a relation that connects the waves of Elcik (Elick, Elsik) families that immigrated to America in the 1880s? I can connect two as being us. We share a common heritage (Austria/Hungary/Slovakia), surname, and given names; specifically, John and James. We all settled initially in Lisbon Falls or Durham, Maine. Those that eventually went on to New York are part of the group I’m researching to see if a link exists.
I can’t yet place the following family:
John Ilcik (Slovakia) (1886-1962); There is only a 10-year age difference between this individual and my Grandfather. I think families are related, but I don’t have evidence. I suspect the link exists in Europe.
I would dismiss this as an Ellis Island spelling mistake except for New York John, and I see a family resemblance in some photos. We may decide to take DNA tests as…
Curiosity killed the cat satisfaction brought it back. 🙂
Any thoughts?
John, IV
P.S. And then there is another John Elcik (22 DEC 1931- 14 APR 2019) that I can’t place anywhere. Beth, it is these facts that could drive me crazy. 🙂 Have I mentioned that there are other ways to spell John? Johann, Jan. Am I crazy?
Fri 8/7/2020 4:58 PM
Beth,
I should have led by observing that 80% or more of family trees limit themselves to photos of gravesites. Very sad.
John, IV
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