•  

    Story of the ring

  • My Grandmother had 4 sisters, and all was well until the death of her father in 1875. after that she had to go live with a rich family and be their servant girl.

    In about 1884, she met and fell in love with Richard who was a breakman for the hocking county railway system.

    Grandma gave birth to her son July 26 1906. He died shortly after birth. Then 4 days later, fate would take her. Richard was very distraught and he turned over the household to his eldest daughter Vera.

    Grandma was buried in mt calvary cemetery in the ender family plot, with her father and all of the other ender's were.

    Grandma was taken in the prime of her life, left 6 children, and a husband.

    Found in a little box at my grandma's was her wedding ring, inside it was inscribed with the initials of the man who loved her. I felt so humbled by being the recipient of this beautiful ring, and knowing who it belonged to.

    genealogy_manadded this on 5 Mar 2007

 Comments (44)

burberry bags

nonnie1106added this on 23 May 2013
I wanted to send you the little note to give thanks once again for these lovely views you've provided on this page. It is quite shockingly generous of people like you to provide without restraint what many individuals could possibly have made available as an ebook to earn some dough on their own, mostly considering the fact that you might well have done it in case you wanted. Those points also acted like the fantastic way to fully grasp that other individuals have a similar interest similar to my very own to know significantly more on the subject of this condition. I'm certain there are millions of more fun instances in the future for many who see your website.

vlkour

icrossleywardadded this on 15 May 2013
http://www.desertinvestmentadvisors.com/index.php/member/55221/ http://www.showband.co.za/cms/index.php/member/61797/ http://www.cleanroom-technology.co.uk/index.php/member/18396/ http://hamiltoncustomhomes.com/home_builder_longview_texas/index.php/member/77877 http://www.futurenetexpo.com/member/71587/ http://appetitholding.ru/main/index.php?subaction=userinfo&user=Mandyhts http://www.itimenz.com/viewthread.php?tid=1361450&extra= http://versatek.org/css/index.php?showforum=31 http://ifa-houseofwisdom.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=239542 http://aeoae.funbbs.me/viewthread.php?tid=132663&extra= http://www.mybox-stb.nl/forum/index.php?topic=409440.new#new http://tekniq.org/phpBB2/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=236360 http://www.lfilm55.in/forum/showthread.php?708232-www-nmact-org-image-christianlouboutin-php-nike-air-max-nth1510adjdru&p=1307090#post1307090 http://forum.unhasdegel.co.pt/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=128065 http://www.lfilm55.in/forum/showthread.php?702406-www-eastendtalking-org-uk-Stories-inc-php-UGG-boots-UK-oim151jpdemd&p=1292914#post1292914 http://teluguactress.asia/forums/showthread.php?5082-www.kyoto-symphony.jp-blog-media-oakley.php-%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C-nux289-jsdhdi&p=6157#post6157 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Mandythe"; profile edited; logged in; success - posted to "Main Forum"; http://www.thiruttuphotos.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=17820#p17820 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Suttonixv"; profile edited; logged in; nofollow is found; success - posted to "Test forum"; http://februaryit.com/ShulePro/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3892 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Mandyqag"; profile edited; logged in; success - posted to "General Questions"; http://forums.xpservers.net/profile.php?do=editsignature [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Suttonchi"; profile edited; logged in; success - posted to "CSS: Chat"; http://forum.solutionusb.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10339 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Mandyvci"; profile edited; logged in; success - posted to "Your first forum"; http://www.gtascooter.com/showthread.php?10579-www-kyoto-symphony-jp-blog-media-oakley-php-%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C-cdt2580-iidfwx&p=12023#post12023 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Suttonnuf"; profile edited; logged in; success - posted to "Main Forum"; http://forum.trshady.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=262850 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Suttonxjx"; profile edited; logged in; success (profile was registered successfully, but there is no permissions for creating new topic); BB-code not working; http://thpt-dongha.com/member.php?u=2740 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Suttoneaw"; ReCaptcha decoded; (JS); profile edited; logged in; success (profile was registered successfully, but there is no permissions for creating new topic); BB-code not working; http://generation-host.com/forum/showthread.php?54197-www-kyoto-symphony-jp-blog-media-oakley-php-%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC-%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AC%E3%83%8D-svr2550-czvlsx&p=69363#post69363 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Suttonmhw"; profile edited; logged in; success - posted to "General Discussion"; http://mjalsjed.com/showthread.php?7702-www.fujicitio.com-_upimg-coach.php-coach-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81-%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A6%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-dwh2160-posjkh&p=11149#post11149 [ Activation ] Result: chosen nickname "Mandyhbx"; profile edited; logged in; success (from first page);

wow gold

rjeanhenry13added this on 19 Oct 2012
I really enjoyed the Story of the Ring. It made me sad to think she was taken at such an early age. Especially leaving a husband and small children.Thank you for sharihg this delightful story.

jerry r joya

jerryrjoyaadded this on 8 Oct 2012
Well , life has its secrets lol

Story of the ring

Galvanic1963added this on 19 Mar 2011
True or not the story brings back memories. My Father passed from Alzheimer's, before he lost all memory he gave me all the family photos.As an avid photographer there are 6 boxes full dating back to my great grand mother. This story reminded me of the last time we were able to have loving father daughter time. He passed one year later.

Memories

RosaZadded this on 14 Jan 2011
Although a fictitious story it is a lovely example of memories that can be shared. I have my great-grandmother's wedding skirt and button-up shoes, my mother's wedding dress, as well as my own and my daughter's. My great-grandmother's dress is from 1905, my daughter's from 1995. My granddaughter is only 13, but she will make a lovely model for those dresses. Some day she may even add her own wedding picture to the collection.

yay

16RachelJadded this on 8 Nov 2010
Not only did it almost make me cry, but my great grandma's name is vera

Yay

16RachelJadded this on 8 Nov 2010
That is so awesome i almost cried

Wedding rings

dkayedunnadded this on 19 Jul 2010
When my grandmother passed in 1966, my mother inherited her ring, as the only daughter. She offered it to me, but as soon as I placed it on my finger, it was obvious I wasn't the one to receive it. Her brother's daughter had hands and fingers like our grandmother: long and slender fingers. My mother and I decided to offer it to her, my younger cousin. She was delighted and when she placed it on her finger, it was obvious that the ring was supposed to go to her; it looked like it had been on her finger for years. They were a perfect match. My cousin passed in 2008 and now my aunt has it. I know the ring will let her know to whom it should go next. After my mother passed in 1999, I inherited both her wedding rings. Her first one was a slender gold band with five small diamonds. Her second was a on her hand when she passed and the hospital had to cut it off. After I had it repaired, I wore it for years. Whenever I feel the need to feel close to my mother, I do wear it. I will decide which son will get hers and which will get mine. I had Mother's first ring resized for my pinkie. I hope to pass it to my granddaughter on her 18th birthday.

Story of the ring

Freedom55589added this on 23 Apr 2010
It was a very nice story. I do hope you find your grandmother's ring. I'm sure it meant alot to your family. My grandmother left me her ring when she die over 30 years ago and it means alot to me. I do hope you find your ring.

SAMPLE OF A FAMILY TREE.

LauterbachDadded this on 10 Mar 2010
We all sound like a huge family with our comments. Actually I feel such warmth in all of these comments. Good for us!

Story Of The Ring

elenatree8added this on 9 Mar 2010
I really liked the story of the ring, it made me start to tear up for your lost grandmother.

Story of the ring

jvazquez1281added this on 6 Mar 2010
That story is so nice!!

Ancestory

sunshinecherokeelady_1added this on 25 Feb 2010
Hope some of you out there are kin to me and will add something you know to what i already have here

The Ring

carolc41657added this on 18 Feb 2010
This is such a sweet story I remember my grandmother and I miss her so much thank you for sharing this story

THE RING

brenda_d_1957added this on 15 Feb 2010
I hope someday my daughter will past on my wedding ring with one of her kids and his childen and pass it along for a long time after that. I enjoyed the story very much i almost cried when i read it.

The Story of the Ring

EdanaDaithiadded this on 6 Feb 2010
The story of our family ring went back to at least my great great grandmother. It was actually a man's ring, just a simple 1/2 inch band of gold. My GG grandfather wore the ring, and then gave it to his bride as a wedding ring in 1880. When she passed, the ring went to the eldest son, who in turn wore it for several years then gave it to his bride. Pa Tate, my great,grandfather did the same, but his first marriage ended in divorce when his wife ran away with the local school teacher taking an infant, but leaving a two year old son, one gold earring, her wedding ring behind. My grandfather wore that ring for more than 15 years before he married my grandmother, and of course the ring was her wedding ring. They had been married more than 30 years before becoming grandparents, that first grandchild was me. From the time I was a child, I am now 64, I knew I was to be married with that ring. At the time of my marriage I just could not accept the ring as my grandfather was dying, and I knew Grandma had never taken it off since her marriage. We agreed that when she was ready, I would take the ring, wear it on my right hand, and pass it to my son. She gave it to me on her 100th birthday,while the local news station was filming her birthday celebration with five generations of females. My granddaughter was five weeks old. I gave the ring to our son when he was 35 and unmarried, it was the oldest possession in our family. As he travels with his job, he asked me to keep the ring until he married. A week ago a man who had been helping my husband build a porch on the front of the house, stole seven rings from my jewelery box. Of course he got that ring along with a couple of others I had inherited. We know it was he, because his little sister got a black safire ring for her birthday. And he dropped another one in his sister's house, who knew that ring was mine. Those, of course we recovered, but not the band. I was told several times to put those rings in a safety deposit box, but I just could not think of not having them with me. Please, if you are lucky enough to have an heirloom protect it. Don,t be as stupid as I was and think no one would bother trying to burgle a house as simple as ours. We let him in.

cemetary and rings

tinapickeringathome2000added this on 17 Jan 2010
Most of our family members are buried in the same cemtary back to my great-greats and I know where it is and who they were, all of our rings are past on as my too shall be, I may not be a recipt of any but am the book keeper of all pitures and stories that will be past on so our lives won't be lost to the ones forward

Story of the Ring

doreentaylor29added this on 15 Jan 2010
What a lovely but sad story how lucky you are to have the ring. Treasure it forever.

The Ring

kdclay55added this on 15 Jan 2010
Fiction or not it's a beautiful story. This is what we are here for. To find our history and share some good moments.

Thanks for allowing us to look

GertrudeZabeladded this on 14 Jan 2010
Thats a really nice story Thanks JZ

Story of the ring

revelation1916added this on 5 Jan 2010
I enjoyed reading the story. I though it was perfect.

The Ring

Janelda B. Whiteadded this on 5 Jan 2010
If the story were true. She may not have had the ring on because of swelling in her hands, She had to remove it when her finger got too big. I had to do that when I had my first child.

The Grandmother's ring.

jbennettkernanadded this on 3 Jan 2010
Today wedding rings are NOT buried with the deceased. They are removed before the coffin is sealed. And I have to agree, this is a SAMPLE WRITING, why did it open the gates and let emotions flow through?

Story of the ring

v_gollahonadded this on 1 Jan 2010
Although this was a ficticious story, as stated at the beginning of this site, it could very well have been based on actual events of some family of the times. Many mothers died very young and left rather large families, mine included. It may have been rare to have had a ring to leave in the first place unless they were pretty well off, but I have tin types and jewelry from my ancestors back to the early 1800's, so that too could have happened. Come on people, wake up and read what you are looking at! Good story!

The ring

pandypegadded this on 24 Dec 2009
When my mother passed away, my father asked if he should take her ring off. I said, "No. She wore it all those years without taking it off. Why would we do it now?" It was her ring, a symbol of her devotion to dad. Of course it was his choice alone. The ring was left on her. Each family has to make these decisions for themselves.

story of ring

Orangexadnadded this on 22 Dec 2009
I think it is true ,but why is the ring in a box and didn't she wear it when she was buried?

Ring

Victor_Leachadded this on 18 Dec 2009
My grandfather gave me my grandmother's ring,when she passed, I kept it until my oldest grandson turned 25, then I gave it to him. I was very honored that my grandfather gave me the ring. I wasn't the only grandchild, there were about 15 at the time.

story of the ring

kt1937added this on 25 Jun 2009
Truth is stranger than fiction, and this really could have happened to some family, some time, somewhere. Maybe I'm just a "romantic", but I loved the story.

????

AuntieRowadded this on 17 Jun 2009
Who did not see that this is a "SAMPLE" of a Family Tree??? Why are you getting so in to it??

Story Of The Ring

PLorge8849added this on 31 May 2009
thats sho is true well i think because it sound true anything written about death is actually true because you're not suppose to play with death and god.p.s anonymous.bye holler if you hear me p.s still anonymous.bye

The story is fiction, the emotions of the readers are real!

Amyjenkins68added this on 7 Apr 2009
Guys, the story is fiction. It is just trying to demonstrate that it does not have to be perfect to have meaning. Poeple whom, have read this found meaning and reflected back on their history even though this story is complete fiction. If we do not write about our families because we are afraid of not being perfect, think of the memories that will be lost.

Poorly written

Vicky0607added this on 11 Mar 2009
There are so many typos, who could figure out what they're trying to say.

story of the Ring

EvaWright40added this on 6 Mar 2009
I too have my grandmother's and grandfather's rings. They were removed before burial and I am glad to have them to pass down to my daughter.

Ring story

RobertaInglet1added this on 4 Mar 2009
Re: LuLu551 You don't know that for sure. Maybe her choice was to not wear her wedding ring when she died. I seriously doubt that you knew this fine lady and I'm sure that you weren't there at her funeral to see her in the casket and see that she had the ring on her finger. Don't make "off the wall" comments like that unless you can prove it.

BOOOOOOOO!

lulu551added this on 20 Feb 2009
This is a lie because they have their wedding rings on when buried!

The ring

icroseadded this on 4 Feb 2009
I also have my grandmother's ring and the ring my father gave my mother for their wedding in November of 1955. That is all my parents have to leave me and I am so glad I have it. I hope to pass it down to my grandaughter when she is older

Is this a true dtory?

Connie_Osburnadded this on 19 Jan 2009
Hi, I was just wondering if this was a true story or one made up by ancestery.com.

junehutto@yahoo.com

junehutto08added this on 1 Dec 2008
I am so glad i finely found some of my family.IT has been a long time. Now i am getting some answers. If anyone in this family get;s this please write back!

Gone Red

olympiangods189added this on 12 Nov 2008
The grandma left the ring, IN A BOX?!?!?!?!?!?!!!??!!?!?!!??!

Very Ancestry!!!

olympiangods189added this on 26 Sep 2008
pretty darn good for this web, bye love,hogsqueal

story of the ring

irish13151added this on 5 Sep 2008
My mother had seven children. two are deseased, three sisters, & a brother have had 50th wedding anniverseries w/ the yougest having their 46th. Four of the sisters take a week's vacation each year together, w/ the oldest turning 80 this year. We think that's remarkable, & we are truly blessed.

This story has a ring to it.

racelander64added this on 1 Sep 2008
Very nice story

Story of the Ring

berkerberker72added this on 4 Mar 2008
What a beautiful story! It must be wonderful to have such a keepsake of your family's.

Add a new comment

Add a comment below to communicate with others who may see this.
  • Subject
  • Comment (Maximum of 5000 characters)

Tools

 Print
Report issue

Attached to in this tree

Clara Jones 
1926 - 1993 

Other trees this object is saved to

 
The content of this page should adhere to our community guidelines.
Please report inappropriate content or possible copyright violations.
Click "Remove" to permanently remove this story from your tree.
 or Cancel
  • Visit our other sites:

© 1997-2013 Ancestry.com | Corporate Information | Privacy | Terms and Conditions