Rebekah (Gaddy) Mandina
Honor Code SignatorySigned 15 May 2016 | 3,422 contributions | 98 thank-yous | 1,968 connections
Rebekah is Grants first cousin Rebekah is Krista first cousin once removed Rebekah is Dakotah mother
I was born in 1965.The fifth child born to George and Shirley. I am the only child who was not born in St. Louis. I dropped out of high school in 1982 and became a mother. I had two children at age 20 Joseph M. and Samuel J. It was about the time Sam was born I discovered my love for writing poetry, although I just recently allowed anyone to read any of my writing. My husband asked several times for us to be married but I refused. I did not want anyone having to give us permission and repeatedly told him we would wed after I was 21 but only on a Friday the 13th (truly that is my sense of humor). My reasoning was if we ever divorced I could blame the date not him or I. We were wed June 13, 1986. I received my G.E.D. in 1991 and A.S. in 1994. I have worked as a gas station attendant pumping gas checking oil and weighing trucks, a prison guard, cleaning houses, dish washer, store clerk and a bottle maker at Flat River Glass. I currently spend most of my time on wiki filling in the family tree. I am fortunate in that I had relatives on paternal and maternal lines who had done a tremendous amount of work. I merely need to find sources for the first 4 generations on paternal side. Maternal side came with a scanned version of my 4th times great grandfather Minister Jesse Underwood's Family Bible which has been tremendously helpful.
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