1. By: Nicolas Matschinegg

2.  My grandfather was  My grandmother was
German and Austrian Polish
 He served in the United  Worked as a bank
States Army during teller until she had
WWII kids so she became a
 After the service he house keeper
was a tool and die
maker for SKIL tools
until he retired.
•My grandparents had three kids: a daughter named
Carol, and two sons whose names are Edward and Bob

3.  My grandfather was Polish  My grandmother was
 He was originally a farmer Italian
until he met my  She worked at Pioneer as
grandmother and got well, however, only until
married. she had kids, then she
 After selling his farm and became a house keeper
moving into the city he
worked at Pioneer Geme
Motors where he worked
for until he retired •My grandparents had five
 Even after retiring he kids: two daughters whose
always found some kind of names are Judy and Nancy,
work to keep himself busy
and three sons whose names
are Dennis, Mark, and Peter

4.  Frank would always  Peter use to tell my
put giant chucks of sisters and I stories
chocolate in the about his farm and
cookies my grandma the animals he had
made for my birthday  Susan taught me how
 Violet taught me how to use a yo-yo
to play cards and
checkers
•One of my best memories of my grandparents is when
they use to take my sisters and I to the park near my
house
Frank and Violet Matschinegg Peter and Susan Snieg

5.  My father is a tool and  My mother works at
die maker like his father an optometric office
 He has lived in Chicago  She has also lived in
his whole life Chicago her whole
 My father would take me life.
fishing which was my  My mother always
favorite thing to do and helped my sisters and
still is today I with our school work
and was active in our
school participation
•My parents have had three kids: two daughter whose
names are Monica and Emily, and a son named Nicolas
(that’s me)
•When my sisters and I were younger my parents would
take us to Wisconsin a couple weekends every year

6.  My sister Monica is a  My sister Emily is a
junior in college sophomore in high
 She attends North Park school
University and is majoring She likes to read,

in nursing especially anime
 Even though she is the  She also she like to
oldest sometimes that’s design outfits and
hard to believe costumes, and is an
avid artist
•As younger children we argued a lot but we
always helped each other when we needed to,
we still argue now just not as much as we use to

7.  Is very book smart,  Is extremely creative
she studies a lot and has a really big
imagination
 In school her
strongest subject is  In school her strongest
English subject is reading and
art
 Even though she is
 She has a lot of dreams
really smart she is not for her future so she
a good test taker isn’t quite sure what
because she makes she wants to be but I
herself nervous and know it will involve her
freak out creativity
Monica Emily

8. I am Italian, German, Polish, and Austrian
 In school mathematics and computer classes
have always been my best subjects
 What I love to do the most is go fishing no
matter what time of the year, or time of day
 I also love to work with tools, especially
carpentry and electrical work
 My family tells me I am a jack of all trades
which I take as a good thing
 I like being able to help my friends and
family as well as learn from their experience

9.  The most important part of my life is my
family
 Every trait that makes up who I am comes
from a member of my family whether its my
determination, discipline, honesty, creativity,
curiosity, or my will to work hard
 I am proud to be part of my family and hope
they are proud of me as well