On this day in 1869, Sanford Holman (my second great grandfather) married Elizabeth Hannah Allred (my second great grandmother). Elizabeth was 25 years old, and Sanford was 24 years old.
Tag: family history
In Her Own Words: Part 3
This is a continuation of a family history written by my grandmother. Click here to access Part 2. My mother was crippled with arthritis and had not been able to do laundry for years so she gained a girl to wash our clothes and one to iron. On every Monday morning, Mattie, our laundress, came […]
In Her Own Words: Part 2
This is a continuation of a family history written by my grandmother. Click here to access Part 1. In 1924, my father had saved enough money to buy a home for us and he hunted for a camp near schools. He went to work for Pike & Floyd Coal Company, an English based company. [In 1910, […]
In Her Own Words: Part 1
I am very excited to present a family history written by my grandmother, Mable Gerie Stafford (1919-2011). We simply called her “Grandma G.” I have inserted a few pictures and notes here and there; however, her words are presented exactly how she wrote them. Enjoy! Autobiography (Gerie Hunley Baughman) (the other coal miner’s daughter) I was […]
Striking Similar Poses
It appears the “annoyed pout” runs through the family! A younger version of myself is pictured on the left. I was probably 4 or 5 years old. My youngest daughter, Claire, is pictured on the right – she is 2 years old.
ABCs of Family History: A
A… is for ahnentafel. Yes, it’s German. Literally translated as “ancestor table,” an ahnentafel is a simple yet compact way to depict one’s family history. And it can be done without diagrams or the typical family tree structure. This makes an ahnentafel the preferred way to present genealogical information when schematics are limited or impractical (e.g., […]
Wednesday’s Leaf: Rodney Earl Lundquist
I wrote about Rodney Earl Lundquist (my grand uncle) last year. Rodney was born on October 16, 1923 in Smithfield, Utah. On January 4, 1943, Rodney enlisted in the U.S. Army as a Private. Recently, I stumbled across some wonderful photographs and documents pertaining to Rodney’s time in the military. Of particular interest was a letter […]
