Helbling Family (Click for Family Tree)

Mary Theresa Helbling (later married to Edward A. McMurray, Jr.), loved dogs, and they loved her. Looking through the old Helbling family photo album, it is clear that she enjoyed them from the time she was very young.

She often told her children stories of the pups.

Having a series of photo albums is just wonderful. It allows comparisons over the years of people and places, and even dogs.

It is interesting to see the progression of pups and how important they were to the family. There are quite a lot of photos in the album that include dogs!

Look at those leggings, and note that it was summer in hot and humid St. Louis! Mary did remember, well into her later years, how hot, sticky, and baggy those stockings were. And was she already tired of the photo shoot? Or frustrated because Shaggy 1 apparently was, and just would not face the camera.

The whole family seemed to love their dogs.

Was Mary trying to get a harness on the smaller dog so that they could go for a walk? Mary looks so cute with her lollipop in her mouth and bow on her hairband as she struggles with one of the small dogs.

More to come on Mary and her sweet doggies.

 

Notes, Sources, and References: 

1. Family treasure chest of photos.
2. See also “Sentimental Sunday: Mary Theresa (Helbling) McMurray” for more pictures of Mary with her beloved pups.
   http://heritageramblings.net/2014/03/16/sentimental-sunday-mary-theresa-helbling-mcmurray/

 

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Helbling Family (Click for Family Tree)

[These have been posted before, but when talking about Mary’s dogs, we can’t forget the beloved cocker spaniels. Sadly one died in a house fire, and Mary was still upset about it many many years later- thats how much she loved her dogs.]

Notes, Sources, and References: 

1. Family treasure chest of photos.

 

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“Dinghy” was the dog that was hit by a car in front of their home on Hampton Ave., in St. Louis, Missouri. Mary had married the love of her life, Edward A. McMurray, Jr., who was attending St. Louis College of Pharmacy. (Most people called him “Mac.”) They had very little money, so they lived with Mary’s parents, G.W. Helbling and Anna May (Beerbower) Helbling. One day they heard the screech of tires in front of the house and rushed out to the busy street. A car had hit a black dog, so they carefully carried the dog to the vet’s office. Thankfully the dog survived, and he was a loving member of the family for over ten years. They took him on their honeymoon to the Lake of the Ozarks:

They loved the Ozarks, and took a number of trips there.

He was the sweetest dog- loved swimming in the lake and running, and tolerated four young children pulling and poking at him, trying to ride him, dress him up, etc. If there is sainthood for dogs, he definitely deserves it!

The brand new home that Mary and Mac built in Glasgow Village, in north St. Louis County, became home in 1953 or 1954. This may be one of the last pictures with Mary and her dog before children were always in the pictures too!

 

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1. Family treasure chest of photos.

 

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