Family Lore
Two broken bones, a house fire, a tornado and a winter storm, plagued this family holiday annually during the 1970's
Easter!
Is it Stanley's or Staley's that you smell?
Staley's, which is now offically Tate & Lyle
Flour, eggs, milk are the basis of which family favorite?
Grandma's noodles
Great Grandma Gibbons real first name was and her preferred name was?
Wilma Pauling Connell Gibbons
Where did Great Grandpa would babysit your parent where did he take his grandkids for a milkshake?
Decatur Airport
This gang of family members ran liquor during prohibition.
Great Grandpa Gibbons and Uncle Brad worked at this factory who is a major soybean and corn processor today?
ADM
What family weekly family dinner did Great Grandma Crist consider foreign food?
Spaghetti!
Great Grandma Crist is a quilter. Great Grandma Gibbons preferred this fiber art?
Knitting
Did Great Grandma grow up in an Amish or a Mennonite community?
Amish
How many generations back does our family go in America?
18 Crist
8+ Gibbons
6+ Gibbons
5 Connell
Identify one of three farms in our family as of last month?
the Connell Farm in Flora, IL. the Jacops Farm in Memphis, TN. the Gibbons farm in Argenta, IL?
What was our Sunday sit-down family dinner?
Porkchops, fried potatoes, applesauce and butter beans.
Great Grandma and Grandpa Gibbons were snow birds. Where did they spend a season of the year?
Uncle Brad was a winning athlete on this field and on the court.
Track and Field, Racquetball
How many foreign wars have Crist men fought in?
At least WWI, WWII, Vietnam, Gulf II
Pla-Mor Lanes is "the house" of the Crist men of Papa and Great Grandpa's era where they met to ___.
Bowl!
What did Papa bring home every Saturday morning after payday?
Mister Doughnuts
Great Grandma and Grandpa Gibbons had many hobbies. Motor sports among them. What was their favorite professional sport that they travelled the country to participate in?
Nascar and stockcar racing!
Great Grandpa Crist went to work for Caterpillar the year the plant opened. Take a guess at his badge number. Papa's badge number was #66779.
21
Your 6x's great grandma Elizabeth was this ethnic minority?
IA - Chickasaw
Why is the Dog N Suds a significant family location?
Where Grandma and Papa met :) Also, in the family.
Papa always made a great chili, but when he put together this ethnic specialty, he became a legend for it.
Taco sauce
How old was Great Grandpa Gibbons when he played Bluegrass fiddle in area bars for money?
12
What two candies were always in Great Grandpa's lunch box?
Cinnamon and Butterscotch