Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, Today in History, news, personal, tagged documentation, news, photos, reunion, Wilt on January 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In the late 1950’s through the early 1980’s, my grandmother’s paternal side gathered together each fall for the annual Wilt Reunion. I knew names of these relatives but not really who they were or how they fit into the family. As a young child (and then a young teen), I felt somehow on the “outside” [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, news, personal, stories, tagged Amore, Coshocton, grandparents, Ohio, reunion, Werts, Wertz on December 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As I peruse my family file, I’ve come across some of the names listed in the reunion announcement of the first Amore-Werts reunion held on May 25, 1924 at the home of my great-grandparents, (William) Henry and (Mary Angelina) Annie (Werts) Amore.
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Amore – my great-grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. B.F. Baker – Benjamin [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, personal, stories, tagged grandparents, holidays, Johnson, reunion, Thanksgiving, Wilt on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At our first “Cousins” reunion in the summer of 2002, we all spread out in the garage, the kitchen area and the dining area to eat. At the dining table there was a chair placed at the head/corner of the table with an empty place setting. I assumed it was set there in case someone [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, news, personal, stories, tagged Amore, Baker, Blazer, Caylor, family, genealogy, Johnson, news, photograph, photos, reunion, Stern, Werts, Wilt on October 18, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Some of my earliest memories involve family reunions – whether they were impromptu gatherings with the local family members on the weekend or planned affairs requiring travel to another city or state. There were reunions that continued throughout my childhood and reunions that began during my childhood. Before I came along there had been others.
On [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, personal, stories, wordless wednesday, tagged Amore, Coshocton, photos, reunion, wordless wednesday on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This photograph was taken in Coshocton, Ohio in the early 1940s. Those in the picture include:
Back Standing: Norman, Gail, Bervil, Paul, & my dad, Gene; Front row: Gertrude, my grandfather – Lloyd, my grandmother – Ella (House), and Marie. All seven children of my grandparents were together. I don’t know the reason for this ocassion.
This [...]
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Bill at West in New England started a topic on picnics. Several of my fellow Genea-Bloggers have posted on this subject so I thought I would also write a post on this topic.
There would be several of us: my parents, my maternal grandparents, my sister, her husband and two kids, my brother and his wife, [...]
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Did you miss me while I was gone? Looked like I had quite a few hits while I was away. Our family just spent a week and a half on vacation visiting family out of state. While at my mother’s, I did more digging in the photos and ephemera that are in boxes and found [...]
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(I’ve written these posts to be published while I’m away from the computer – so you won’t have to actually live without me!)
Almost 8 years ago I came across a gold mine of genealogical information which I’ve alluded to before in previous posts. My mom told me I could search everywhere for anything pertinent. It [...]
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Posted in Life and Death, Photographs, stories, tagged Amore, Baker, Blazer, cousins, genealogy, reunion, Wertz on May 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The summer months signal the end of the school year, the smell of chlorine as we spend time at our backyard or community pools, the sound of ice cubes melting in the tall glasses of water or iced tea, and the call of our nomadic beginnings as we think about travel plans.
Many families will travel [...]
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