Originally Posted by
Cute Boy Horse
I feel you should more accurately portray a man of the era by working twelve hours a day and putting your third dead child in a mass grave because you can't afford proper burials. Or shoes.
Well, my family was quite affluent during that same time period. My father's family came over from Ireland with a lot of money. His mother came from Sweden, also with a lot of money. My father's family lived in Enniskillin Castle for 450 years. His mother's family were famous architects and builders. They built apartments in Chicago and New York.
My family on my mother's side was here from the very beginning (Jamestown on one side, Plymouth on the other). Her family included frontiersmen and farmers, and four US presidents. But, none of my ancestors were shoeless. Many worked long hours, but, that was by choice.