Happy Tewsday! Well gang we gave it a shot! Apparently we needed this quiz scored on a curve! As for bragging rights on getting the high score on the quiz the honor gets to be split between Dad and Paul who both scored 80%!
Some additional tidbits about the quiz.
1. Our great, great, great grandfather John Tews served in the Civil war.
Did you know that John’s birth certificate name was Johann?
2. Where is John Tews buried?
He died in an unfortunate accident while traveling back home from the Civil war when a trunk fell on him.
3. Where was our great, great grandfather August Tews born?
Hinterpommern was where August Tews was born but today you will find it on the map as
4. When was our great grandfather Otto Tews born?
Pretty cool that Emma shares the same birthday with Otto!
5. What day did grandpa Arthur and grandma Hilda get married?
Pretty cool that this one shares the day with Marah’s birthday!
6. According to Ancestry the sir name Tews was formed:
Unsurprisingly many of you went with Tew which means portly or plump!
7. How many siblings does Jerry Tews have?
When I was I testing this quiz out I got it wrong – apparently you guys are smarter than me. I thought 7 but of course Dad was included so it was 6.
8. How many of Jerry and Lynn’s children were born in Wisconsin?
Well had kind of surprise answer on this one – the person that had the four children thought two of them happened in Wisconsin – love you mom!
9. At what age did Jerry leave the farm to go away to school in Milwaukee?
Seems pretty crazy now to think about it going away from home at 13. Glad he turned out as great as he did!
10. What did the boys love to do with their Dad (Jerry) while growing up?
All of the activities were part of our childhood. Some of the early mornings to go cut wood took some real effort to get us boys out of bed.
11. What was grandpa Arthur’s favorite nickname for grandma Hilda?
Dad could add some more color to this story I’m sure….not sure that was grandma’s favorite name!
12. Where did grandpa Jerry Tews and grandma meet?
Luckily nobody responded with family reunion!
13. How many of Jerry’s sons got married in the state of Wisconsin?
Little bit of a tough question for most apparently by the number of wrong answers given!
14. How many of Jerry’s sons have a middle name that starts with A?
Easy to remember now – all four of us do! Arthur, Andrew, Anthony, Allen
15. Where did Jerry and Lynn reside when they got married?
Like me Mom and Dad lived a lot of different places but St Louis started their married life together.
