Yesterday morning my sister put her dog to sleep. A beautiful 13 1/2 year old German Shepherd named Misha. It was time – but that never makes it any easier.
Misha was possibly the last of a long-line of German Shepherds in our family – two generations worth. The first was “Valiant Lady” who came into our family when I was about two years old. And we have been in love with this breed ever since, particularly my mother. Continue reading
This is a wonderful photo of my grandmother, Nora Marie (Kieron) Blacker (1900-1937), comfortably lying next to Samuel Thomas Hauser, III (1878-1941) and his wife, Retta Brown (Clark) Hauser (1878-1940). The Hausers were very good friends of the Blacker family. In fact, they were such good friends that my mother has always referred to them as “Uncle Tom” and “Aunt Babe”.
After their homes were destroyed in the 6.2 magnitude earthquake of October 1935, several members of my mother’s family (10 in all!) lived with Uncle Tom and Aunt Babe in their “mansion” on Floweree. Continue reading
An interesting blog post, written by Scott C. Steward at vita-brevis.org entitled “Far afield“, inspired me to share the story of my great great grandmother on my mother’s side, Catherine B. (Tyler) Buchenau.
The gist of Scott’s post is that most folks think their ancestors didn’t move around much. I immediately related to his post because I used to think the same thing – until I learned about Catherine. Continue reading
Here is a copy of the photo I mentioned in a post from several days back. The photo was taken by Wendy Edwards, a newly discovered cousin who is also the source of the cemetery record discussed in that same post.
Wendy is a descendant of Margaret’s daughter Elizabeth1.
Thank you Wendy!!
The inscription reads: Continue reading