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<p>[QUOTE="David B. Harding, post: 10788875, member: 94958"]Thank you for the reply, I do have an account on Ancestry.com but I am not very active. The maternal side of my family was the Hilton family in Marysville, WA. I am purported to be the 9th great grandson of Hugh Moser. Bertha Moser being my father's mother. Which Ancestry.com seems to indicate. I am by DNA, 72% English and some Irish, Scottish and Wales. Even though the ancestors I have in recent memory all lived in America.</p><p><br /></p><p>My wife and I had taken the DNA test, in hopes of having a spicy ancestry. In the end it was what we already suspected.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for occupations I know of Dairy farming done by the Hilton's and my grandfather Harding owned Green Wood Autobody in Seattle WA. We migrated from back east during the great depression. The great dust bowl destroyed my family's ranch in Ohio. My mother owned a travel agency, and my father was an electrical engineer in Boeing Aerospace for 30 years. I inherited a lot of antiques but unfortunately, I had no place to put them, so I had to sell many of them. Most were actually gifted to someone I had considered to be a friend with the promise that I could have them back at a moment's notice.</p><p><br /></p><p>My life has been a struggle, like most people I know. When I was a child I had a moose head in my room with two original Edward C. Curtis photos of native Americans. They were priceless, unfortunately one was sold the other stolen. Another topic for another day. But if anyone is interested in /my history/this history let me know on another post. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you to all who had replied. </p><p><br /></p><p>David Harding[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="David B. Harding, post: 10788875, member: 94958"]Thank you for the reply, I do have an account on Ancestry.com but I am not very active. The maternal side of my family was the Hilton family in Marysville, WA. I am purported to be the 9th great grandson of Hugh Moser. Bertha Moser being my father's mother. Which Ancestry.com seems to indicate. I am by DNA, 72% English and some Irish, Scottish and Wales. Even though the ancestors I have in recent memory all lived in America. My wife and I had taken the DNA test, in hopes of having a spicy ancestry. In the end it was what we already suspected. As for occupations I know of Dairy farming done by the Hilton's and my grandfather Harding owned Green Wood Autobody in Seattle WA. We migrated from back east during the great depression. The great dust bowl destroyed my family's ranch in Ohio. My mother owned a travel agency, and my father was an electrical engineer in Boeing Aerospace for 30 years. I inherited a lot of antiques but unfortunately, I had no place to put them, so I had to sell many of them. Most were actually gifted to someone I had considered to be a friend with the promise that I could have them back at a moment's notice. My life has been a struggle, like most people I know. When I was a child I had a moose head in my room with two original Edward C. Curtis photos of native Americans. They were priceless, unfortunately one was sold the other stolen. Another topic for another day. But if anyone is interested in /my history/this history let me know on another post. Thank you to all who had replied. David Harding[/QUOTE]
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