grandfather

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Around the end of the 1930s, Randy Bierlein’s grandfather first started selling Chrysler vehicles out of his family’s dealership in northern Michigan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

She relocated to the country of her birth in the early 1960s with my grandfather, José Miranda, after frost and drought ruined the family farm in their hometown of El Cargadero.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

While speaking with the outlet, Russell revealed that his affinity for log cabins began in childhood, when he lived in a Rangeley, Maine, cabin constructed by hand by his grandfather in 1939.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Despite the business lessons gained from his grandfather, Daily admits that his family life was "broken" when he was growing up in Denver.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

“I sat on it. I sat on my ass, which sat on the rifle, which had belonged to my grandfather during the Civil War that he did not fight in.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse