Sentences with phrase «by his grandfather from»

The eggs were left to Miller by his grandfather from a collection made 75 years ago — when the birds flew in flocks that darkened the sun and broke branches off trees when they roosted en masse.

The eggs were left to Miller by his Grandfather from a collection made 75 years ago — when the birds flew in flocks that darkened the sun and broke branches off trees when they roosted en masse.

Not exact matches

His grandfather was Walter Rauschenbusch, the foremost champion of the Protestant «social gospel» movement, and it is to that creed, revised by Dewey to free it from an inconvenient God, that he would be faithful.

Occasionally I'm annoyed by a fly buzzing slowly past me (and I'm reminded of a line from a hymn my grandfather claimed to have sung: «There may be flies on you and me, but there ain't no flies on Jesus») Once in a while I feel twinges of boredom as the sermon wears on, or pangs of regret as my mind wanders back to the letters I meant to write the past week.

Through the centuries, Yemen has been ruled by governors appointed by the Hijaz government, by successive Zaidi Imams, by the radical Shi`a Qarmatians, by the Turks, and finally by the present dynasty, founded by the grandfather of the present Imam, who is a descendant of the first Zaidi Imam who came from Iraq.

Oh by the way there is a church a stones throw from my grandfathers home in Lahore, Pakistan so please do your research before labelling us all as intolerant.

True story from a pastor friend of mine: apparently the day after his paternal great - grandfather's death, the local priest dropped by Granddad's house... and the first words out of said priest's mouth were, «how much money did he leave to the church?»

Yet, less than a century and a half before, an 11 - year - old boy and his partly crippled great - grandfather had maintained a valley bottom outpost, unaided, against Indians, ice storms and wild animal depredations for almost six months until the rest of their family could return from a trip to Louisiana marked by a rash of mishaps.

After receiving the surprise email from Japan, I flew to Osaka to take part in Sunday worship and an afternoon anniversary celebration at the church founded by my great - grandfather.

After a late night of being regaled with stories of his grandfather (by way of adoption) Scipio Africanus» the general who defeated Hannibal at Zama» Aemilianus falls into a deep sleep and dreams that the spirit of Africanus has visited him and raised him to a place high up among the brightly shining stars, from which he may look down on Carthage.

She got her first driver's license 90 - years - ago by manipulating the legal system as a 12 - year - old, and hasn't stopped driving since (even learned a few tricks from a young Henry Ford, who worked with her grandfather.)

They start by addressing the needs of children, and from there work to improve the conditions that surround them so that mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, siblings, and the entire community are all affected.

Coca - Cola Consolidated has come a long way from the humble beginnings of its 1902 founding by the current chairman «s great - grandfather, J.B. Harrison.

When it was founded in 1933 by Varni's grandfather, Attilio Varni, the company cut its teeth bottling, labeling and delivering local wine from casks and barrels to restaurants and taverns in the Modesto area.

His grandfather, also named Carlos came from a cocoa growing family in Manabi and set up the company which is now also run by his son Julio, Carlos's father.

Roy's family has been farming land in the area since 1906, the year his grandfather arrived from England by boat, train and ultimately horse.

Hap & Harry's was established in 2011 by Lipman as an ode to his family — grandfather Harry Lipman and his friend Hap Motlow (of the legendary Jack Daniel family from Lynchburg, TN).

From the first planting by their grandfather in the 1960s, while under the communist system, they have followed this approach and the winery has come a long way.

The rants were countered by a Canadian genealogy website; it turns out that Colbert's great - great - grandfather immigrated to Ontario from Ireland in the 1800s.

For many parents whose son's first name is a family name, they use a strong middle one like Beck and will actually refer to him by his middle name to signify the difference of him from his father, grandfather, etc..

Reached by phone, Bailey said he was humbled to receive the endorsements, particularly from labor since his grandfather was a Teamster.

Lucy Waletzky, a Sleepy Hollow psychiatrist and big - bucks backer of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says the bankers who administered the trust left by her grandfather John D. Rockefeller Jr. — son of the Standard Oil founder — sold off the family's oil stocks in order to win fees from corporations like Boeing.

During our conversations about the Legislature, he repeatedly quoted a homespun homily — «You get more flies with honey than with vinegar» — from his grandfather Andrea, a grocer who came to America by boat from Southern Italy.

They will have detected some lasting cultural legacy from his efforts, to match that of the Festival of Britain in 1951, supervised by his grandfather, Herbert Morrison.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Standing across the street from the Catholic church in Inwood where her parents married and her immigrant grandfather's funeral was held, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn formally announced her candidacy for mayor on the morning of March 10.

But it is not some kind of Star Trek heaven — where a young, brilliant researcher with a bright idea today can save her old grandfather from dying of lung cancer 6 months later — as it is frequently portrayed by the media.

He did not seem distraught or unusually upset by his mother's death, Vogels says, noting that, if anything, Gray appeared relieved that his elderly mother was no longer suffering from a protracted illness, and he was in good spirits after becoming a grandfather last year.

Inspired by her grandfather and an uncle, both well - respected physicians, Timiras dreamed from childhood of becoming a doctor.

From the uranium inside a North Korean nuclear bomb to the gold on your grandfather's watch, heavy elements were likely once produced by two neutron stars smashing into each other at nearly the speed of light.

And by the way, melanoma is a big deal in my family — my grandfather died from it.

I know for me, I had to do deep, deep bond - breaking work about my ancestral wounds that I was holding onto coming from a family of child marriage and female suppression in Iran in the Middle East where, you know, I grew up with my grandma telling me, «I was married at 11 years old, and was raped by your grandfather.»

The philosophy of YogaDigital is strongly influenced by the tradition passed down from T. Krishnamacharya (acknowledged as the «Grandfather of Modern Yoga») through his son TKV Desikachar and passed down to his students.

I'm really excited about today's post on my trip to Sichuan Province in China, because it reminds me of colorful summer, something I've been looking forward to since November Sichuan has definitely been one of my favorite places to visit, not only because it is my hometown (my grandfather is from Sichuan), but also I'm amazed by the nature, the culture and the food this place has to offer.

the woman behind the counter told me that the shop had been built by her grandfather in 1914 after he walked across the island from hilo with her grandmother.

Personal or Handmade Touches - Handmade invitations (made by ourselves)- Handmade place settings (made by ourselves)- Handmade Guest Book (drop frame — guests signed a wooden heart, and dropped them into a frame)(made by ourselves)- Framed pictures for table names (made by ourselves, and named after cars from Harry's favourite film)- Personalised cake topper and cupcake decoration (cake topper from Ebay, and cake made by my Aunt)- Handmade bridesmaid's posies (made by my mum)- Personalised and hand painted wedding shoes (for Bride)(done by Beautiful Moments)- Personalised champagne glasses for Bride and Groom to use for toast (bought as a present by my sister and her family)- Ushers were bought cufflinks to wear that reflected their personal interests - Bridesmaids were given personalised flat shoes to wear in the evening (personalised by me)- Handmade bridesmaids dresses - Flowers and buttonholes, and bouquet all made unique, with my bouquet including charms with pictures of my grandfathers on them.

Having initially pursued a bachelor's degree in political science, Adajania, whose formative years were spent surrounded by influences from her grandfather's bespoke tailoring shop, began forging a career in styling soon after graduation, working as a costume designer for Bollywood films such as Cocktail, Dhoom 2, Everybody Says I'm Fine and Love Aaj Kal.

I and my brother Mike were grown by our grandmother Kathleen (our parents died in car crash when we were 5 and 3 years old) and grandfather Todd (he died from cancer 8 years ago).

Rating: 8/10 — a recreation of the kidnapping in 1973 of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer), and the subsequent attempts by his mother, Gail (Williams), to persuade his grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom, something the then world's richest man refuses to do; Scott's best movie in years, All the Money in the World is a taut, compelling thriller that tells its story with ruthless expediency and features yet another commanding performance from Williams, something that takes the spotlight away from the presence of Christopher Plummer (who's good but not great), and which serves as a reminder that money isn't the central concern here, but a mother's unwavering love for her child.

Film Review by Kam Williams Cash - Strapped Businessman Touched by Homeless Boy in Heartwarming, Holiday Morality Play It's late November in Grundy, Virginia, a tiny town whose economy revolves around Peyton Automotive, a family business inherited by Matthew Peyton (Ryan O'Quinn) from his late grandfather.

His father perished while trying to protect him, and now his mother keeps him in hiding from his grandfather and two aunts (both voiced by RooneyRead More →

This evocative tableau is comprised of a primary colored collage of Ana roaming around her familial grounds encountering everything from the bed - ridden corpse of her recently - deceased grandfather to a dangling crucifix to water dripping to her parents copulating as caught by the tyke through a tiny keyhole.

The shaggy - haired 16 - year - old boy, J. Paul Getty III, known as Paul (played by a young actor coincidentally named Charlie Plummer, though unrelated to Christopher), is chatting with prostitutes on a balmy evening in Rome when men pull up in a van and spirit him away, unaware that the boy and his parents are all but estranged from his paternal grandfather, the Getty oil tycoon.

Scott Barrett compares and contrasts these thoroughly British sporting cars / Auto - biography: Ludovic Lindsay Matthew Bell meets the documentary filmmaker and amateur racer who inherited his love of exotic cars from his swashbuckling father, the Hon Patrick Lindsay / Country Estate — Douglas Blain drives a Rolls - Royce 20/25 shooting brake once owned by Herman Andreae, his late grandfather - in - law / Festival of Speed — This year's Goodwood hill climb was, as ever, a visual (and aural) treat.

Beginning in 2017, IMSA will allow race cars from mainstream automotive manufacturers homologated as GT4 cars by the Stephane Ratel Organization (SRO) to compete in the series» top Grand Sport (GS) class alongside select «grandfathered» vehicles built to IMSA GS technical regulations that are currently racing in the class.

Thirteen - year - old Moxie is stalked by a mysterious woman who threatens to reveal Moxie's grandfather's participation in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, unless Moxie can get Grumps (who now suffers from Alzheimer's) to reveal the stolen art's whereabouts.

I'm often amazed by what American people have endured to be Americans including my German ancestors who came to American to escape Hitler's persecution of Jewish people; my husband's Norwegian grandparents who spent a North Dakota winter in a tent on the prairie; my Polish grandfather and his family who were displaced from their homeland by Hitler; and the brave people in my family who have fought in every war on American soil and abroad.

Roxanne accepted the odd condolence but from the corner of her eye she watched Philippe linger by his grandfather «s coffin.

By the end of the first book, the four children are reunited with their wealthy grandfather, who moves their boxcar from the woods to his yard.

Mischling begins when twelve - year - old twins Pearl and Stasha Zamborski arrive at Auschwitz in a cattle car with their mother and grandfather, where they are immediately separated from their family to become residents of a Human «Zoo» of sadistic experiments, run by Dr. Josef Mengele, who is commonly known as the «Angel of Death.»

Robert Trahan responds here to Amazon Reader Reviews: 12 Things Everybody and His Grandmother Needs to Know by Anne R. Allen, who seems to have heard from everybody and their grandfathers about it.