We have some identifications of persons in the July 11, 1937 group photo. Please contact us if you can identify other family members.
Broida Family
1937 Broida Family Reunion Photo- some identifications
Tag: Gertrude Belle Broida Cooper
Family Recipe Friday: Helen (Cooper) Lee’s Cinnamon Rolls
Cooper Family, Broida Family (Click for Family Tree)
Helen (Cooper) Lee was a wonderful cook. She loved cooking for family and big get-togethers at their beautiful contemporary home, designed by her architect husband, Bob Lee. This picture shows her in the lovely galley kitchen in their home that was in Jefferson City, Missouri.
Helen was an accomplished Chinese cook, as well as with all the popular foods of the 1950s, 60s, 70s… One of the family favorites was her cinnamon rolls. She made a yeast dough and then rolled it up with sugar, cinnamon, nuts, and raisins. Because her mother, Gertrude (Broida) Cooper, did not like raisins (a woman after my own heart!), Helen made two batches- one without raisins, and another, larger batch, with them. A powdered sugar glaze was swirled over the rolls after they had cooled a bit. Seems she always made small rolls, not like the big ones purchased at malls. The rationale was that one could control their portion size- or at least not feel as guilty eating 2 or 3 or 4, because they were small. Sometimes quantity is more satisfying than size… but the quality was always there.
The following is the recipe written in Helen’s own hand, about 1981.
The recipe starts with ‘cakes’ of yeast, which are hard to find these days as they are so perishable and few people use them. An equivalent is 4-1/2 teaspoons of dry yeast. Make sure to follow the directions on the yeast package for the temperature of the water to be used, or the yeast will not “bloom” (grow) properly. The “pinch of sugar” is added to the water with the yeast as it is food for the microorganisms.
In case it is not clear to modern cooks, the sticks of butter are put in with the milk when it is scalded. One could instead use reconstituted powdered milk rather than scalding liquid milk (and having a messy pan to clean), as the processing causes it to no longer have the enzymes that destroy yeast. Use 2/3 cups of non-fat dry milk (NFDM) plus a scant 2 cups of water to equal the milk called for in this recipe, and mix well. Make sure the water is not too cold, or it may slow (or stop!) the yeast from making the dough rise well. The butter would be melted separately and slightly cooled before adding in at the same time as the milk in the updated recipe.
Yummm- these may need to be on the menu for this weekend! Sure wish Helen could be here to share.
Notes, Sources, and References:
- Family Treasure Chest for photo and recipe.
- Learn more about recipe conversion and baking with yeast at the Red Star Yeast website, http://redstaryeast.com/yeast-baking-lessons/yeast-conversion-table/
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All because two people fell in love… Part 2
McMurray Family, Roberts Family, Lee Family, Broida Family, Cooper Family (Click for Family Tree)
Three years ago today I posted some images along with lyrics from Brad Paisley’s song, “Two People Fell in Love.” Seemed like that was just not enough pictures of our ancestors who fell in love, so we decided to provide Part 2 and make it a series, as wonderful pictures become available.
Of course, the secret to a good marriage is making every day a day to celebrate your love, not just a day in the midst of February. Our ancestors probably struggled with this concept like we sometimes do, especially when the mundane gotta-dos of life get in the way. Many of them had long, loving marriages though, and they were good role models for their descendants of today.
Please enjoy these lovely people on this Valentine’s Day of 2018 !
Notes, Sources, and References:
- “All because two people fell in love” HeritageRamblings.net post, 14 Feb 2015– http://heritageramblings.net/2015/02/14/all-because-two-people-fell-in-love/
- “Two People Fell in Love,” song by Brad Paisley- see above article for more information.
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A Very Special Day
McMurray Family, Helbling Family, Cooper Family, Broida Family, (Click for Family Trees)
Today is a very special day in our family- there will be a wedding!
Young brides and grooms think that their wedding is a celebration of their love, and it definitely is that. It is their most special day, to long be remembered by themselves and all the loving family and friends who share the joyful event.
But…
♥ Every wedding is a reaffirmation of love and how it endures through the years.
♥ Every wedding is the start of something- a new chapter in the book of life, in which one builds a career, maybe a business, a set of new relationships, and (hopefully) a lifetime of love and support.
And…
♥ Every wedding is a reinforcement of the new family as a small unit within a much larger set of families.
So it is also a time to think about all those marriages that came before and helped to make us who we are, with our random inheritance of DNA.
Today, let us take a bit of a walk through the past, remembering the marriages of our ancestors and the happiness they must have felt on their own special day, or that of their children. Joy fills our hearts as we think of the life these couples built together, and the legacy they have left us.
The above is the oldest wedding picture we have.
Cooper was Helen’s maiden name- they were second cousins- so that made things easy name-wise.
Some folks eloped so we have no actual wedding picture of them:
Sure seems like there would be wedding pictures somewhere within the Payne-McMurray family, but don’t have any for this couple either:
Lynette was just nineteen, and had been living with her maternal uncle, Court K. Burnell, after she moved from California to Iowa. C.K. travelled quite a lot, and that may be why A. S. Burnell gave permission for Lynette’s marriage.
A.S. Burnell was most likely another maternal uncle, Arthur Strong Burnell, who was living in Newton, Jasper, Iowa, in the 1900 US Federal Census. Both uncles had daughters around Lynette’s age (and C.K. also had sons) so Lynette had quite a bit of family in Newton, where she and Will McMurray spent the rest of their lives.
These were all long marriages.
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Today’s wedding ceremony fills our hearts to bursting, and it surely will overflow into tears- but they will be (mostly) happy tears. Today, it is our child- a product of our love- who marries, and who continues the legacy of love through time.
Oh, Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!!
Notes, Sources, and References:
- Family treasure chest of photos.
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Wordless Wednesday: Irving I. Cooper’s Bookplate
Cooper Family, Broida Family (Click for Family Tree)
Notes, Sources, and References:
- Irving Israel Cooper (1908-1982) was the son of Joseph Baer Cooper (1873-1955) and Helen Freda Cooper (1878-1934). He married Gertrude Belle Broida (1911-2011).
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