Today, I am embarking on a journey. It is a journey that I will hope end with the answer to a question that I have had throughout my life. It is a question that is not only weighing on my mind but it is weighing on other people's minds as well.
The question "Who Is Bryguy1955?" It is a simple question and should have a simple answer, or so you would think. In my case it isn't quite that simple. To answer the question for everyone else who is wondering is very easy for me to answer but for me... I'll get into that a bit later.
For now, I will tell you a little about myself. My name is Bryan Lass. I am a computer programmer, blogger, author(sort of... I have one book on Amazon but I'm working on a novel as well) and a photographer from time to time. In fact I am a lot of things. I am a Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, etc... I have a lot of hobbies as well but I won't bore you with a long list but I am all over the internet. You can Click Here to view some of my photos
You can also find me on twitter @whoisbryguy1955, @privetanna, @bryguy1955 and @aviatoroflove. I am also on YouTube and you will find links to my channel on the blog.
You may also enjoy(or not) searching Google for "Design by Bryan Lass". There you will find a number of web templates that were designed by me in use on thousands of websites.
Back to the subject at hand, I was born in Illinois in the early 70's to my parents Pat and Kathy. There I spent the first 6 or 7 years of my life (give or take) before my parents decided to move the family to Idaho. I can't remember exactly how old I was but I do know is that we had grown to a family of 8 at the time. To top it off, my mother was pregnant at the time. In fact one of my younger sisters was born in a rest stop during our journey across the United States.
We traveled across the country in a full size King Cab Dodge pickup truck(similar to the one pictured above) pulling a 24 foot trailer that was to be our home for a for a while. I don't remember much more of the move to Idaho because I was very young at the time. I think we lost a wheel on the truck during the trip and there was a time when the trailer came disconnected from the truck at as well.
After moving to Idaho, we lived in Boise for a year or two before my father bought some land in Garden Valley. After purchasing the lane, we loaded the truck(now nicknamed "Old Reliable" or as my father called it "The Caleb Express") and trailer and we moved to the mountains. We lived in the trailer while my father began to build the house of his dreams.
Garden Valley was a great place to grow up. I made good friends that have lasted a lifetime and I have a great respect for the outdoors because of it. I spent much of my childhood hiking in the mountains, fishing and hunting in the Great Outdoors.
I attended elementary and junior high(now called middle school) at the Garden Valley School and The Middle Fork Christian School. During my high school years, my parents chose to home school the children (All 9 of us: 4 boys and 5 girls). Thus, I graduated from The American School(the home school curriculum my parents chose) in the late 80's.
After graduating high school, I chose to work construction for a while before I decided to join the United States Navy.
I spent 4 years in the Navy as a GMM(Gunners Mate Missile) the majority of which was on board the USS Paul F. Foster DD-964; A Spruance Class Destroyer. Yes, I sailed across the world and visited various locations throughout the world including; Hong Kong, Thailand, Bahrain, Kuwait, Guam, etc... I had a good time and made many lifelong friends.
After 4 years, I was honorably discharged from the Navy in February of 1994 and I have spent the remaining portion of my life in Idaho. I love it here and I don't plan on leaving any time soon.
That is enough about me. I want to return to the question. Who is Bryguy1955? Simple question, right? I answered it for you but I still ask the same question. Who is Bryan Lass? Where did he come from?
These are questions I want to know myself. For all my life I have been wondering about my ancestral history but I haven't learned much. I have heard that my mother is from Irish descent and my father is from German descent. On my mother's side of the family we have a lot of information and I have a good knowledge of her side but my father's side is a bit trickier.
I have been told all of my life that my great-great grandfather fled Germany during the rise of Hitler. After coming to the United States, he changed his last name from ____________...??? to Lass. I have been told the last name was pronounced 'von-schleeter' or something similar but I never learned the spelling of the name. I am not even sure if changed his first name also.
Needless to say, I cannot find any information beyond two generations on my father's side of the family.
To make a long story short(or this short story just a little longer), I am starting a journey to search for the answer to the question "Who is Bryan Lass?". I will document my discoveries that I make along the way. I will probably even create YouTube and Periscope(yes, I'm on periscope also) videos during the investigation. Make sure you follow me everywhere; Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube, Google+, etc... I will be posting updates in the most convenient network at a given time so you never know which one will have the latest updates.
I will also publish my discoveries here from time to time as well.
You can learn more about my family here also.
Thanks for reading. #WhoIsBryguy1955
The question "Who Is Bryguy1955?" It is a simple question and should have a simple answer, or so you would think. In my case it isn't quite that simple. To answer the question for everyone else who is wondering is very easy for me to answer but for me... I'll get into that a bit later.
For now, I will tell you a little about myself. My name is Bryan Lass. I am a computer programmer, blogger, author(sort of... I have one book on Amazon but I'm working on a novel as well) and a photographer from time to time. In fact I am a lot of things. I am a Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Uncle, etc... I have a lot of hobbies as well but I won't bore you with a long list but I am all over the internet. You can Click Here to view some of my photos
You can also find me on twitter @whoisbryguy1955, @privetanna, @bryguy1955 and @aviatoroflove. I am also on YouTube and you will find links to my channel on the blog.
You may also enjoy(or not) searching Google for "Design by Bryan Lass". There you will find a number of web templates that were designed by me in use on thousands of websites.
Back to the subject at hand, I was born in Illinois in the early 70's to my parents Pat and Kathy. There I spent the first 6 or 7 years of my life (give or take) before my parents decided to move the family to Idaho. I can't remember exactly how old I was but I do know is that we had grown to a family of 8 at the time. To top it off, my mother was pregnant at the time. In fact one of my younger sisters was born in a rest stop during our journey across the United States.
We traveled across the country in a full size King Cab Dodge pickup truck(similar to the one pictured above) pulling a 24 foot trailer that was to be our home for a for a while. I don't remember much more of the move to Idaho because I was very young at the time. I think we lost a wheel on the truck during the trip and there was a time when the trailer came disconnected from the truck at as well.
After moving to Idaho, we lived in Boise for a year or two before my father bought some land in Garden Valley. After purchasing the lane, we loaded the truck(now nicknamed "Old Reliable" or as my father called it "The Caleb Express") and trailer and we moved to the mountains. We lived in the trailer while my father began to build the house of his dreams.
Garden Valley was a great place to grow up. I made good friends that have lasted a lifetime and I have a great respect for the outdoors because of it. I spent much of my childhood hiking in the mountains, fishing and hunting in the Great Outdoors.
I attended elementary and junior high(now called middle school) at the Garden Valley School and The Middle Fork Christian School. During my high school years, my parents chose to home school the children (All 9 of us: 4 boys and 5 girls). Thus, I graduated from The American School(the home school curriculum my parents chose) in the late 80's.
After graduating high school, I chose to work construction for a while before I decided to join the United States Navy.
I spent 4 years in the Navy as a GMM(Gunners Mate Missile) the majority of which was on board the USS Paul F. Foster DD-964; A Spruance Class Destroyer. Yes, I sailed across the world and visited various locations throughout the world including; Hong Kong, Thailand, Bahrain, Kuwait, Guam, etc... I had a good time and made many lifelong friends.
After 4 years, I was honorably discharged from the Navy in February of 1994 and I have spent the remaining portion of my life in Idaho. I love it here and I don't plan on leaving any time soon.
That is enough about me. I want to return to the question. Who is Bryguy1955? Simple question, right? I answered it for you but I still ask the same question. Who is Bryan Lass? Where did he come from?
These are questions I want to know myself. For all my life I have been wondering about my ancestral history but I haven't learned much. I have heard that my mother is from Irish descent and my father is from German descent. On my mother's side of the family we have a lot of information and I have a good knowledge of her side but my father's side is a bit trickier.
I have been told all of my life that my great-great grandfather fled Germany during the rise of Hitler. After coming to the United States, he changed his last name from ____________...??? to Lass. I have been told the last name was pronounced 'von-schleeter' or something similar but I never learned the spelling of the name. I am not even sure if changed his first name also.
Needless to say, I cannot find any information beyond two generations on my father's side of the family.
To make a long story short(or this short story just a little longer), I am starting a journey to search for the answer to the question "Who is Bryan Lass?". I will document my discoveries that I make along the way. I will probably even create YouTube and Periscope(yes, I'm on periscope also) videos during the investigation. Make sure you follow me everywhere; Facebook, Twitter, Periscope, YouTube, Google+, etc... I will be posting updates in the most convenient network at a given time so you never know which one will have the latest updates.
I will also publish my discoveries here from time to time as well.
You can learn more about my family here also.
Thanks for reading. #WhoIsBryguy1955
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