{"id":1557,"date":"1937-05-20T01:25:35","date_gmt":"1937-05-20T06:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2014-05-30T22:11:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T03:11:13","slug":"back-from-sumter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/back-from-sumter\/","title":{"rendered":"May 20, 1937 &#8211; Just a quicky today.   Back from Sumter. Very busy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, 1937<\/p>\n<p>Just a quicky today. I have been very busy since I got back from Sumter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1565\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Hindenburg_1937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Hindenburg_1937-150x124.jpg\" alt=\"zeppln\" width=\"150\" height=\"124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Hindenburg_1937-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Hindenburg_1937-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Hindenburg_1937.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hindenburg Zeppelin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Too bad about the Zeppelin. Of course I did not receive the mail sent with it.<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1539\" style=\"width: 96px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jul-1937-Trudel-Madge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1539\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jul-1937-Trudel-Madge-86x150.jpg\" alt=\"Trudel and Madge\" width=\"86\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jul-1937-Trudel-Madge-86x150.jpg 86w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jul-1937-Trudel-Madge-172x300.jpg 172w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jul-1937-Trudel-Madge-590x1024.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Jul-1937-Trudel-Madge.jpg 1222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 86px) 100vw, 86px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trudel and Madge<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Leonard\u2019s grandfather on his mother\u2019s side, Maier Hochster, came from Alsfeld, Germany about 100 years ago. Aunt Flora\u2019s inlaws came from Essingen and Germersheim. The Grossmans from Dusseldorf. Just found this all out lately.<\/p>\n<p>Do you want me to send you a box of men\u2019s clothes etc? What you can\u2019t use you could give to a poor house.<\/p>\n<p>Enclosed are a few photos from Sumter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Love Trudelchen<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h1>Scenes from Sumter in the 1930s<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-02-150x114.jpg\" alt=\"Sumterold pres 02\" width=\"150\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-02-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-02-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-02.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-ruins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-ruins-150x108.jpg\" alt=\"Sumter=old pres ruins\" width=\"150\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-ruins-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-ruins-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterold-pres-ruins.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-melton-field-gates.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-melton-field-gates-116x150.jpg\" alt=\"sumter-melton field gates\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-melton-field-gates-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-melton-field-gates-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-melton-field-gates-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-melton-field-gates.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterstewards-hall-no3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterstewards-hall-no3-150x111.jpg\" alt=\"sumterstewards hall no3\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterstewards-hall-no3-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterstewards-hall-no3-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterstewards-hall-no3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterwade-hampton-original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterwade-hampton-original-150x105.jpg\" alt=\"Sumter=wade hampton original\" width=\"150\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterwade-hampton-original-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterwade-hampton-original-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterwade-hampton-original-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Sumterwade-hampton-original.jpg 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterflinn-hall-1920s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1571\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterflinn-hall-1920s-150x107.jpg\" alt=\"sumter=flinn hall 1920s\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterflinn-hall-1920s-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterflinn-hall-1920s-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumterflinn-hall-1920s.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-libraryscl-1940s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-libraryscl-1940s-150x111.jpg\" alt=\"sumter libraryscl 1940s\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-libraryscl-1940s-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-libraryscl-1940s-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sumter-libraryscl-1940s-1024x759.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<hr>\n<blockquote><p>Note: The information Trudel reports about my father&#8217;s ancestry differs to some extent from details I have learned recently on  Linda Scheffler&#8217;s HOECHSTER-HOCHSTER-HEXTER Family from Storndorf, Germany site on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myheritage.com\/site-55224581\/hoechster-hochster-hexter-family-from-storndorf-germany\" title=\"MyHeritage.com\" target=\"_blank\">MyHeritage.com <\/a> I must express my gratitude to Linda for the help she has given me with this site and her enthusiasm for family geneology.<\/p>\n<p>It seems Trudel sent most of her photos from the Sumter trip to Germany with her letter and didn&#8217;t save many. So I have inserted some photos I found online.  See a few photos of the people and places from that trip in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/sumter-trip\/\">Trudel&#8217;s previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 20, 1937 Just a quicky today. I have been very busy since I got back from Sumter. Too bad about the Zeppelin. Of course I did not receive the mail sent with it. Leonard\u2019s grandfather on his mother\u2019s side, Maier Hochster, came from Alsfeld, Germany about 100 years ago. Aunt Flora\u2019s inlaws came from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,5],"tags":[414,13,78],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chicago","category-immigrant-experience","tag-chicago","tag-letters","tag-work"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Trudel-head-cropTTScans295-e1400160027422.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1yA95-p7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lgrossman.com\/trudel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}