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Friday’s Faces from the Past: Ruth N. Alexander and Wilhemina Schoor

Ruth Nadine (Alexander) Lee and her mother, Wilhemina (Schoor) Alexander at Lake Tanycomo, Missouri — *Ruth Nadine Alexander and her mother, Wilhemina (Schoor) Alexander at Lake Taneycomo, Missouri, about 1928.*

Since many folks will be heading off to lakes and beaches or just a picnic pavilion in a park this first big weekend of summer, here is a picture of two of our Lee ancestors relaxing at the lake. The place was Lake Taneycomo in southern Missouri, and the time was probably about 1928.

Ruth Nadine Alexander, on the left, was born 01 Feb 1906 in Missouri to George Harrington Alexander (1879-1951) and Wilhemina Schoor (1882-1942), on the right. Ruth was the second of six children, and lived in Missouri all her life.

On 27 Jul 1929, Ruth married Lloyd Eugene “Gene” Lee in Marshfield, Missouri. Their only child, Robert Eugene Lee, was born in 1932.

Sadly, Ruth died at the young age of 46 on 1 Dec 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Family oral history, records, photos, and ephemera.

2) Find A Grave Memorial# 57013395 for Ruth Nadine Alexander: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=LEE&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSsr=4601&GRid=57013395&

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Wordless Wednesday: Postcard from Lena (Brandenburger) Gosch to her sister Lily F. (Brandenburger) Schillig

Postcard from Lena (Brandenburger) Gosch to her sister, Lily (Brandenburger) (Glass) Schillig. — *Postcard from Lena (Brandenburger) Gosch to her sister, Lily (Brandenburger) (Glass) Schillig*. *[Click to enlarge.]*

Wow, lots of words in the title for a Wordless Wednesday post.

And now I can’t be wordless, because as I was fact-checking the married names of the sisters for the caption, I learned a bit more about sweet “Eloies” who had apparently been ill.

The card was postmarked 23 Aug 1912.

Christina Eloise Glass died 17 Sep 1912.

Dear Eloise was just 12 years old, as she was born 08 Dec 1899 in Texas.

Eloise’s father, James Maynard “Jimmie” Glass had been a physician, but passed away 28 Feb 1903 at the young age of 36. Eloise’s mother, Lily F. Brandenburger, remarried and she and Eloise were living with Lily’s second husband Fredrick C. Schillig and children from his previous marriage.

The death certificate of Eloise states that she died of a malignant intracranial tumor that affected her cerebellum.

She was buried in Bunker Hill, Illinois, on 19 Sep 1912.

I really hate it when a “Wordless Wednesday” post becomes a “Wednesday’s Child” post.

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Postcard part of family ephemera collection.

2) Missouri death certificate online for Christina E. Glass, Certificate Number 31229: http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/Results.asp?type=basic&tLName=Glass&tFName=&sCounty=all&tYear=1912#null

3) One Ancestry tree has her name as “Christine” but I had not seen that name before in family information. It was a clue to watch for, though, as German folks often called their children by their middle name, in this case, Eloise. The death certificate documented her legal name as Christine E. Glass, and I knew it was our little Eloise because her step-father, F. C. Shillig, had provided the death certificate information including her father and mother’s names and birthplaces that matched known facts. Another good instance of using Ancestry trees as clues to be verified.

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Tombstone Tuesday: Edson Benjamin and Martha Jennie Slade

1901_BENJAMIN_Edson_Martha Jennie Slade-headstone_odd Fellows cem_The Dalles_OR_FAG_permission — *Headstone of Martha “Jennie” Slade (1865-1927) and Edson Benjamin (1863-1901). Click to enlarge.*

Edson Benjamin was the son of Jonathan Felix Benjamin(1838-1913) and Hannah E. Marple (1842-1900). He was a first cousin to our Hannah Melissa Benjamin (1854-1932), who married Frederick Asbury “F. A.” McMurray.

If you are a Malissa Benjamin-F. A. McMurray descendant, Edson is a distant cousin. How distant? Edson’s father, Jonathan Felix, was the brother of Hannah’s father, Sylvanus Rufus Benjamin (1821-1892). He was Dr. E. A. McMurray’s First Cousin Twice Removed, because E. A. was the direct descendant of a first cousin, but two generations distant.

To calculate your own relationship to Edson, count the number of generations you are from Dr. McMurray, add that to 2, and that will show how many times removed you are from a first cousin to Edson. For example, if you are a grandchild of Dr. McMurray, you are 2 generations from The Doctor, thus a first cousin 2+2= 4 times removed.

Why research distant relatives? The ‘FAN Club’, or “Friends, Associates, Neighbors” can help us find information about our own relatives when they are mentioned in other obituaries, biographies, newspaper articles, etc. We all share some of the same DNA too, so learning more about distant rellies can tell us a bit more about ourselves, in addition to more about the family members who came before.

Edson and Jennie’s tombstone is in the Odd Fellow’s Cemetery in The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon, USA.

More of Edson’s sad story in another post.

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Using a chart is an easy way to determine relationships. You will need to know your common ancestor, which in this case is Jonathan N. Benjamin (1799-1876), the father of Jonathan Felix and Sylvanus Rufus Benjamin. Just Google “Genealogy Relationship Charts” for dozens of examples, or use the About.com Genealogy Relationship Chart. If you have an Ancestry.com membership, under the person’s name will be “View relationship to me.” If you are the home person in the tree, clicking here will give you the relationship without having to use a chart.

2) “Rellies” is an affectionate term used by family historians to describe their relatives.

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Five Family Photos for Friday- A Green Family Photo Album

This entry is part 8 of 7 in the series A Green Family Photo Album

How about these HATS??!!??

The young man in the center two pictures along the sides may be Herman Green.

Bottom row, second from right is Estelle Stampfer with maybe Charlie Ledwidge? (They married in 1904.)

In the picture on the upper right, the man standing on the left is probably Sam Stampfer. The woman sitting in front of him may be Ann Green. (The woman looks a lot like Rose (Brave) Green, her mother, but this is probably the daughter because of her age in ~1901.)

Closeup of Bess Dorothy Green in a wonderful hat.

We thought the young woman on the left was Bess Dorothy Green, but because we have noticed another woman who looks very similar, this needs to be confirmed.

Wedding Wednesday: David S. Russell and Rebecca Ann Lutz

*David S. Russell and Rebecca Ann Lutz Marriage Record*

Rebecca Ann Lutz (1841-1916), daughter of Jeremiah Lutz and Charity Ann McConkey, married David S. Russell (1833-1897) in Medina County, Ohio on 6 Nov 1860.

Notes, Sources, and References:

1) Family records.

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