At the age of fourteen, Mubilajeh's father passed away, which left his mother alone to raise six children. Mubilajeh was the oldest of the six children. After his father's death, Mubilajeh felt obligated as "man of the house" to financially support his family. These difficult times forced him to quit school, and he found a full-time job at a neighborhood library. Mubilajeh had always been an excellent student in school; he especially missed writing his creative stories.
For a year after surgery she suffered from an speech impairment and had to learn how to speak again. She also remembers watching the wedding of Charles and princess Diana. At age 60 Lena finally retired from the broad of Education, traveled extensively throughout the U.S. she’s lived to see her grandchildren graduate from college. She’s still waiting to become a great grandmother. At age 70 She’s still retired , She works occasionally for the board of voters registry and she’s just enjoying life as the wife for the past 55 years, the first lady of first Baptist Church for thirty years.
George Whitefield and James Madison This paper is written for the purpose of comparing two historical figures: George Whitefield and James Madison. Written in this report are the following: backgrounds about the life of George Whitefield and James Madison, their similarities and their differences. George Whitefield George Whitefield was born at Gloucester, England, into a prosperous family. Tragically, his father died when he was two years old. His mother ran their Inn in with the help of her eldest son, (George was the sixth child).
Igor Sikorsky was last born, the youngest of five, into a privileged family on May 25, 1889. He was born in Kiev of the Russian Empire (Peck, 2013). His father was a successful psychologist who wrote over 100 books on child psychiatry. His mother was a non-practicing physician so she home schooled Sikorsky. At a very young age he took interest in Leonardo da Vinci’s life and works as well as Jules Verne novels.
Maya Streloff 14th/04 /2012 Social Studies 9 John Kay (Flying Shuttle) John Kay was the twelfth child born. He was born in the Lancashire hamlet of Walmersley just north of Bury in England in June 17th 1704. John Kay’s father Robert owned the park estate in Walmersley, but before John Kay was born his father had died and his mother was responsible for his education till she was remarried. At age twenty-two John Kay only had forty dollars and an education until he was fourteen. After John Kay has traveled the country with his brother William they both got married to Bury women.
THE LIFE OF MARCUS GARVEY By: Marcus Garvey, aka Marcus Garvey jr., was born August 17, 1887 and had 11 brothers and sisters. Only Marcus and his sister, Indiana, would live to be 21. Marcus’s father owned a large library and where he got his love of reading. Marcus got his first taste of racism while he was in elementary school. In 1900, Marcus started an apprenticeship with his uncle who also owned a large amount of books.
Eugene V. Debs’ father, Jean Daniel, was born in to a very well-off family which owned 2 businesses, one being a textile mill and the other being a meat market. Debs was married on the ninth of June, 1885 at the age of thirty, to Kate Metzel. The two never had children, but their home is still standing in Terre Haute, Indiana, on in the middle of the Indiana State University campus. Eugene V. Debs dropped out of school at the age of Fourteen. This is not a very good trait of a real American Hero.
Kafka's mother, Julie (1856—1934), was the daughter of Jakob Löwy, a prosperous brewer in Poděbrady, and was better educated than her husband. Kafka was the eldest of six children. He had two younger brothers, Georg and Heinrich, who died at the ages of fifteen months and six months, respectively, before Kafka was six, and three younger sisters, Gabriele ("Elli") (1889–1941), Valerie ("Valli") (1890–1942), and Ottilie ("Ottla") (1892–1943). On business days, both parents were absent from the home. His mother helped to manage her husband's business and worked in it as much as 12 hours a day.
Sigmund Freud Biography Sigmund Freud was born on May 6th, 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia. He died a the age of 83 from cancer while he was exiled in London, England on September 23, 1939 . His parents were jewish. His mom’s name was Amalie and his dad ,Jacob, was a 41 year old wool merchant. Sigmund was the preferred child of his family and his family gave everything to give him a good education.
Introduction to Writing Dialogue The Great Mouse Plot By Roald Dahl Directions: Read the story below. After you’re finished reading, rewrite sentences 1 – 10 exactly as shown on a separate piece of binder paper. Be sure to include all indenting, capital letters and punctuation. My four friends and I had come across a loose floor-board at the back of the classroom, and when we pried it up with the blade of a pocket-knife, we discovered a big hollow space underneath. This, we decided, would be our secret hiding place for sweets and other small treasures such as conkers and birds' eggs.