Description: Esther Livingston, daughter of European immigrants, grew up on a farm outside Washington, Iowa. She writes of her own and her husband's famlies, their family history and life in early America and Europe. Author also tells the story of her 10 years in Korea in 1950's and 1960's, raising her family in the war-torn old rural culture just after the Korean war.
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sther Livingston grew up on a farm on the edge of Washington, Iowa. Her father's parents were immigrants from NW Germany who spoke little or no English. Her mother's family had come to this country early on and had a long heritage from the early pioneer days. Her mother's mother passed away when her mother was only age 9, so her mother had to keep house for her father and baby sister at a tender age -- all she knew how to cook was oatmeal! You can read about both families and their stories in Mom's Story ,
Esther was the youngest of four children; her older brother, a twin, passed away at age 13 from spinal meningitis when she was only one year old. She grew up with her two sisters and parents on the farm during the depression. In high school she met her husband, David Livingston, Jr., who was attending junior college on the second floor of the highschool building. He had a good view of the high school students as he climbed the stairs to class, and the beautiful young Esther with her mischievous sparkle caug
As a child, Esther was a member of 4-H and helped with the care of animals on the farm as well as sewing projects. She loved to crawl in a quiet corner and read Betty Zane, which she wore out. She walked to the little one room school house up the road where her sisters had attended before her. The girls loved slipping the horses out of the barn, unbeknownst to her dad on during his Sunday afternoon nap, and go for a wild ride. After high school, Esther went on to Bob Jones for two years, majoring in home ec