My Family Values In The Father Of My Father's Family

Chapter One I was born on December 21, 1992, However, that is not the beginning of my story. My family history began far before 1992 in a small town called Holyoke Massachusetts in the year 1936. It just so happens that both of my grandparents on my Father 's side were born in March in 1936 in the same town. My grandmother was a first generation American her parents had emigrated from Poland in the early 1900 's, they wanted a better life and at that time, there were rumors of World War II making its way into Poland. Her mother never did learn how to speak English although, she did attend a nunnery school which she went to at the same time my grandmother was beginning school. They would walk every day to school and her mother would work odd jobs in her spare time mainly cooking or cleaning for other families. My …show more content…
The church played a large role in how they were raised and what values were taught in both my grandmother and grandfather 's families. My grandmother was always taught to serve the church and their community that there was always someone she could be helping even if it was just offering food or a place to stay. This value of wanting to help people was transferred over when my grandmother like her mother before her decided to become a nurse. My grandfather had a very similar upbringing as my grandmother since they were both Polish and lived in the same town. He took more of an active part within the church becoming an altar boy for seven years and was very strict in upholding his religious values. He went to school when he was only four years old and he graduated high school at age sixteen. He would not go to college for many years and only has completed some of his undergraduates. He worked odd jobs for the longest time until he joined the army, however, by 1955 he was discharged he blew his eardrum out. He was a second generation American his father was a car salesman and when money was tight his father would deliver bread for