{"id":673,"date":"2010-09-04T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/rottman-letter-circa-june-1940\/"},"modified":"2013-07-07T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-07T21:15:27","slug":"rottman-letter-circa-june-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/rottman-letter-circa-june-1940\/","title":{"rendered":"Rottman Letter, Circa June 1940"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the next several days I will be featuring letters written by my great-grandfather, George Rottman.\u00a0 The letters were written to his children while he was away from home visiting family in Iowa and Wisconsin in the 1940s.<\/p>\n

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Although this first letter is not dated, I am pretty sure it was written about June 1940 (he mentions a sale that ends July 3rd; he also mentions an upcoming wedding, which is likely his daughter Marge\u2019s that took place on 22 July 1940).\u00a0 The letter was written to Marge Rottman, Marie (Rottman) Miller, Ed Rottman, and Harold Miller.\u00a0 A transcription follows the images.<\/p>\n

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Lisbon, Ia
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Dear Marge[,] Marie & Ed & Harold<\/p>\n

Received your letter glad to hear from you.\u00a0 Well I am getting along O.K.\u00a0 It will take me 3 or 4 weeks more to do what they want done.\u00a0 I got the Basement done except build some shelves.\u00a0 I got to put the water system in yet so they can get sistern water in the basement and cut in a door in the Kitchen Build a porch and shingle a roof about 30 x 10 ft.\u00a0 I put a celotex ceiling on the Basement today.\u00a0 Well I was fishing Wednesday afternoon caught 2 small bullheads.\u00a0 They first wont bite.\u00a0 You can use worms now.\u00a0 I was fishing one day last week with night crawlers I caught 1 Bullhead 1 small carp and a fair sized white perch I am going to get some crawlers to-night and go fishing tomorrow there is a lot of them in our yard.\u00a0 Since the ice went out up to now nobody has caught any fish so Ed can use his own judgement.\u00a0 for myself Ill take Niffersuck Creek.\u00a0 I dont know what the fare is out here but there is a train leaves Chi[cago] at around 11:30 P.M. and gets here in time for breakfast 615 A.M\u00a0 The only train that stops here.\u00a0 I will be home in time for the wedding.\u00a0 I want to get a new suit of close.\u00a0 I seen a dandy suit in the Rapids for $17.50 Ill have to buy a new tire too one of mine went flooie Sunday.\u00a0 Monkey Ward have them advertized for 5.75 until July 3 so Ill have to put the B on sis.\u00a0 I only got one leaky spare.\u00a0 Well you didnt ans my last letter so see if you can find time and tell me some news\u00a0 I havent written to Mabel for a long time so Ill have to drop her a line.\u00a0 Clarence and the bunch are back from their fishing trip.\u00a0 They got a lot of fish, we have some yet.\u00a0 Well I will close for this time.<\/p>\n

Love to all<\/p>\n

Dad<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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