Climbing My Family Tree » Wordless Wednesday

Not-So Wordless Wednesday: My mom in 1967

Jenn — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:01 +0000

I think that what I love about this picture so much is the pattern on her dress. You can’t get any more 60′s than that. (In my head at least – I never lived in the 60′s!)

Not-So Wordless Wednesday: Antique Store Photo

Jenn — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:00:26 +0000

I did some browsing at Whoopee Bowl Antiques a couple of months ago. They have a lot of wild stuff there.

No, I did not come home with a snowman or a crystal ball. Instead, I bought this photograph.

I have no idea who these people are, but I love old photos and I couldn’t resist buying it. Besides, it was taken by the “Photographers to the Queen” – Done & Ball (successors to Brown, Barnes, + Bell). How could I pass that up?

Not-So Wordless Wednesday: My Crazy Parents

Jenn — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:00:14 +0000

My sister recently sent me this picture of my parents and it cracks me up. What is it about photobooths that always makes people make crazy faces?

Not-So Wordless Wednesday: Louisa {Pottgen} Thornton (1836-1919)

Jenn — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:00:02 +0000

This photograph was shared with me by a cousin on my Thornton line. It was in the same album as the pictures of James Patrick Thornton, which I posted last week.
This is Louisa (Pottgen) Thornton, my 3rd great-grandmother.
I just love that I can now put a face to her name.

Not-So Wordless Wednesday: James Patrick Thornton (1824-1887)

Jenn — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:00:24 +0000

That feeling you get when you finally see a picture of an ancestor you’ve been working on for years and years (around 14) is absolutely priceless. Putting a face to the name you’ve been researching is so rewarding. It makes that ancestor so much more real (at least in my opinion). I can immediately relate to them more. I am more interested in learning their story.

I have a distant cousin who sent me these pictures this past month. I am so thankful and am looking forward to sharing them with the rest of my family.

These pictures are of James Patrick Thornton (1824-1887), my 3rd great-grandfather. He came to the U.S. (first to Illinois and then Nebraska) from Ireland.

These photos were scanned from an album in my cousin’s possession. The album has a stamp that says “Patent June 6, 1882″ in it.

Wordless Wednesday: My daughter at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop

Jenn — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:21:34 +0000

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Elgie Woods

Jenn — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 10:00:57 +0000

This is my husband’s grandfather, Elgie Spencer Woods. I’m not sure when it was taken, but it must have been in the 1920′s.

Wordless Wednesday: Lyle and Louise Weeks

Jenn — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:00:05 +0000

These are my husband’s maternal grandparents, Lyle and Louise Weeks.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Elgie Woods in 1927

Jenn — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:00:45 +0000

This is my husband’s grandfather, Elgie Spencer Woods in 1927. He died when my husband was 2 years old, so he never got to know him.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Helen Woods on her Honeymoon, 1928

Jenn — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 10:00:33 +0000

This picture is of my husband’s grandmother, Helen Cossaboon Woods. It is dated July 4, 1928 – at the little yellow house “on our honeymoon”. They lived in Lockport, New York, but I’m not sure where the little “yellow house” is. I’m pretty sure that they were married on 4th of July 1927, so this is most likely their one year anniversary.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Home from the Hospital

Jenn — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:00:30 +0000

Andy’s grandma, Louise Weeks, was in a horrible car accident back in the 1950′s. She ended up being in the hospital for months.

This is a picture of her, with her husband Lyle and 3 of her children on the day she got back home from the hospital.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Henrietta Jennie (Pierce) Baker and her daughter Laura

Jenn — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:00:27 +0000

According to the post-it note I stuck on the back of this picture about 10 years ago, this was dated May 25, 1910. I love the blouses and jewelry these women are wearing – and Laura’s hairstyle. It is exactly what I would picture a woman looking like in 1910.

Henrietta Jennie (Pierce) Baker was my husband’s great-great grandmother. She was born in PA in 1856 and died in KS in 1918. Here she is pictured with her daughter Laura.

Wordless Wednesday: John & Delia Edwards

Jenn — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:00:34 +0000

It’s always nice to put a face to the many names in our family tree and I’m grateful that another researcher shared this picture with me.

This man is John Edwards, my 3rd great-grandfather. On the right is his second wife, Delia (Rudd Bybee) Edwards. I’m not sure who the girl on the left is – perhaps one of their granddaughters (they had no children together, so it would be from one of their first marriages). John died in May of 1931, so this picture must have been taken before then.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Davidson Brothers

Jenn — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:00:24 +0000

First of all, I’m sorry for the quality of this image. It’s a scan of a color copy, so not the best.
I’ve always loved this picture though. It was taken across the street from the Davidson Brothers Motor Company in Kansas City, KS.

The four men sitting are the Campbell Alexander Davidson, Thomas Talbot Davidson, Matthew David Davidson, and John Caffrey Davidson. I believe the man standing on the left is Earl Davidson (he is one of those that owned the place), and a son to Campbell Alexander. I think that the man on the right might be Earl’s brother John, but I could be wrong (if you read this Mom Woods, please correct me if I’m wrong!!)

Wordless Wednesday: My husband as a Civil War Soldier

Jenn — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:00:23 +0000

I’m sure that my husband will be so pleased with me that I’ve shared this picture of him as a kid. He’s the one on the left, dressed as a Civil War soldier (I’m sure for some school function).

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Donna Edwards as a Child

Jenn — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:47 +0000

Donna Belle Deva Edwards (married Thornton) was my paternal grandmother.

I think this is the only picture I have of her as a small child and I cherish it. I know it needs to be fixed up and retouched (Cherie, I hear it coming!) but I’m holding off as I am hoping to get a better scan of the original picture. This is a scan of a bad copy.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Cecil Edwards in WWI

Jenn — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:38 +0000

I love old pictures of WWI soldiers, don’t you?

Maybe it’s because they wore the big round hats, like my husband did when he served as a Drill Sergeant. I think they looked very sharp in uniform.

This is my great-great grandfather, John Edwards Jr.’s cousin, Cecil Francis Edwards (1894-1969).

The picture was given to me by another Edwards researcher and I’m grateful for it – Thank you!! I really wish I had a similar one of my great-grandfather, Alfred Edwards, in his uniform.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: A Glimpse into an old Barber Shop

Jenn — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:00:46 +0000

My great-grandfather, Theodore Sanchez, was a barber by trade.

This is a picture I made a copy of when I was visiting my grandfather a number of years ago and of course I didn’t make any notation of where this shop was or who is in the picture. My grandpa has since died and I don’t know who has the original of this pic – and if it might have writing on the back of it. I really make myself mad sometimes.

Anyway, I’m assuming that this was his barber shop, or one he worked in. I’m just not sure of when it may have been taken and where it is located – in Minnesota or Washington. Any ideas on the time period?

That is not Theodore standing in the front, that I know. He might be the one standing in the background, but I’m not sure. I’m sharing this with family in hopes that they might have some answers.

If nothing else, this is a neat picture of an old barber shop.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Joseph David Hollingsworth Family

Jenn — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:10:18 +0000

This is a photo of Joseph David Hollingsworth (1851-1942), his wife Luelle Booth, and their children.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Precious Signatures

Jenn — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:19:29 +0000

I love it when I find a document that has my ancestor’s signature on it. There’s just something about knowing that they were the one that wrote that.

I was happy to find these signatures in a probate packet for Sophia Ross Pottgen (my 4th great-grandmother). It was dated 1877.

Joseph Padgen, Kate Harris, and Louisa Thornton (my 3rd great-grandmother) were her 3 children. James Thornton was Louisa’s husband and Philip was his brother. They lived in Alton, Illinois – not too far from St. Louis, Missouri.

It’s always interesting to me to see the different ways that Pottgen is spelled – and it makes me wonder if this is the reason that I have a hard time finding them. Besides being on both sides of the river (in the St. Louis area and in Alton, Illinois) the name also seems to have been spelled in various ways: Padgen, Potgen, Poettchen, Poettgen, Pottgen, Patkin, Podgen, etc.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Cousins

Jenn — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:00:57 +0000

My mom is the little girl in the front on the left. The rest of the children are her cousins.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Four Generations of Bakers c. 1905-6

Jenn — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:00:26 +0000

Four generations of Bakers: Rebecca White Campbell Baker (1821-1910), Harry Peter Baker (1856-1922), Florence Marion Baker Weeks (1875-1949), Florence Jenny Weeks Whittaker (1904-?). Based on ages, I’m guessing that this picture was taken around 1905-06.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Four generations of Edwards Men

Jenn — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:57 +0000

I love finding new cousins, especially when they are able to share pictures that I’ve never seen before!

This is only the second picture I’ve ever seen of my 3rd-great grandfather, John Edwards (1848-1931). I am descended through his son, John Edwards, Jr. (1877-1935) (whom I’ve never seen a picture of – if anyone out there has one, I’d love to see it!!)

This picture is of four generations of Edwards men.

John Edwards, Wallace Edwards, Cecil Edwards, Normand Edwards

Based on Normand’s age, this must have been taken sometime in 1930.

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: Elgie & Helen Woods, 1927

Jenn — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:00:59 +0000

This is a picture of my husband’s grandparents, Elgie and Helen (Cossaboon) Woods. It was taken in 1927, the year they were married. I suspect that they may have been on their honeymoon.