Friday, August 19, 2011

Evalyn M. DeGolyer 1894 - 1982: Friend of Grandmother Fern



If my maternal grandmother were alive today I would certainly want to know more about her friendship with Evalyn DeGolyer.

Evalyn M. DeGolyer
Evalyn was born in Rush Co., Indiana in 1894 to James and Mary (Neal) DeGolyer and appears to have been their only child. Evalyn lived in Rush county at least until 1930. My grandmother, Mary Fern (Newby) Runyan was born a year earlier in Knightstown in Henry Co., Indiana just a short distance away. I don't know if my grandmother knew Evalyn when they were young girls or if they knew each other after they were older. When my grandparents married in 1917 they moved around quite a bit so I imagine my grandmother knew Evalyn long before 1917. Later, Evalyn lived in Henry county and her obituary said she was a telephone switchboard operator in Knightstown for many years and was a member of Rebekah Lodge.

Evalyn M. DeGolyer
Evalyn never married. She outlived my grandmother by 10 years, passing away in Knightstown in 1982 at the age of 87. Evalyn is buried in the Glen Cove cemetery in Henry county. These two photographs were found in my grandmother's collection. The photos are not dated and my grandmother simply wrote on the back "Evelyn Degolyer, My Friend".

She was certainly a lovely young woman and both of these 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" postcard photos are in excellent condition. Click on each one for a closer view.



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4 comments:

  1. Interesting piece and the photos are lovely. Wish some of mine were this well preserved! SIGH

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  2. I did click on each one and I'm glad I did. What beautiful pictures. It makes me wonder why she never married.

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  3. I wondered about that too Kathy! I wanted to be sure and put her photos here and on FindAGrave so, just in case there are no other photos, she would be remembered. It would be great if descendants of an aunt or uncle were to see these photos!

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  4. Lovely photographs! Thanks for sharing.

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