DADDY and his 6 Siblings

MUDIES—My mother (Agnes Clark Mudie Geertz) was named after her father David Mudie’s mother whom she never met. They lived in Dundee, Scotland. She thinks his name was John and his mother was named Agnes Clark Mudie.

They had 7 children. Here’s what MOM said about them. She thinks this is the right order. Only 2 of them, Charlie and David, had children.

John, Elsie, Charlie, David, Syd, Bob, Lynn

John   immigrated to U.S. and he lived with us for a few years when we lived in the Beaver Falls house (the house in the country). Uncle John was funny and he used to do this little Scottish dance called the Highland fling and he wore a kilt to do the dance. Eventually he developed “hardening of the arteries” (dementia). Mum and Daddy were taking him to some type of doctor, maybe a type of chiropractor, but they couldn’t afford to keep paying for treatment. They asked Uncle Charlie if he would help pay for treatment, but he wouldn’t help. So reluctantly, Mum and Daddy sent him back to Scotland which had socialized medicine. Mom says, “It was very sad”

Elsie  was the only sibling who never moved to the U.S. She was a teacher in Dundee who never married. She visited once or twice, bringing some plaid material with her on the ship. MUM (Sadie) made dresses for the three little Mudie sisters, Elsie Lou, Buffy and Abbie. (See FOREVER PLAID post.)

Charlie   was a comptroller, pretty high up in General Motors. Comptroller is  a management level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. He drove a Cadillac. Charlie married Marion and had 3 children, Agnes, Bud and Jack.

 David  William Mudie (my grandfather) married Sadie Hartfeld.

 Syd  worked in an office. He never married.

Bob   joined the army and became a United States citizen. He was a carpenter and married Elsie Lemke when he was in his 50s. No children.

Lynn   eventually ended up in CA. She was an art teacher who never married or had any children.