Wordless Wednesday: William N. Runyan 1860-1885

William N. "Willie" Runyan - b. 25 May 1860 - d. 4 Jun 1885
Brother of my maternal great grandfather, Robert Noah Runyan
Died at age 25 - Buried Spiceland Friends Cemetery - Spiceland, Indiana

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Wordless Wednesday: Shadrack Cundiff 1802-1858

Shadrack Cundiff b. 1802 Pulaski Co., KY - d. 1858 Nelson Co., KY
Son of Meshack and Elizabeth (Dale) Cundiff, md. Sally Stillwell 1822
Maternal 3rd great grandfather of my husband Mike

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Wordless Wednesday: Harvey J. Moore and Family

Harvey J. and Florence Polly (Melvin) Moore
and  her daughter Florence Edna
 Kentucky circa 1923

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Wordless Wednesday: Fountain and Mary Rash

Fountain Fox and Mary (Martin) Rash circa 1885
Mary was the sister of my paternal great, great grandmother, 
Ursula Ann  (Martin) Davis Burnette

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Wordless Wednesday: Wm. H. Moore Family 1932

The Moore Family - 20 Aug 1932 

William H. and Ruth Bell (Melvin) Moore and children: Buddy, Mildred, and LaVerne
Ruth Bell was sister of my husband's maternal grandmother Florence Polly

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Wordless Wednesday: Runyan Siblings 1955

Grace Anna (Runyan) Crim and her brother, my maternal grandfather,
Lawrence Everett Runyan, Indiana 1955

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Wordless Wednesday: Harvey and Rose Logsdon

Joseph Harvey Logsdon and mother Rose Lee (Mattingly) Logsdon
Father and Grandmother of my husband Mike
Louisville, Kentucky circa late 1940s

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Wordless Wednesday: Charles Walter Melvin 1916

My husband's granduncle, Charles Walter "Uncle Bud" Melvin
(Center, in all black outfit) 1916, age 20

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Wordless Wednesday: Flirtatious Myrt and the Boys

L to R: Henry W. Smith, Myrtle Maxine Melvin, Roy Browne Shepherd
Somewhere in Kentucky, circa 1927

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Wordless Wednesday: Newby - Three Generations

Newby Family

Photo from about 1910 and probably taken on S. Hill St. in Knightstown, Indiana

L to R: Siblings Morris Henry and Mary Fern, their grandparents: John Alby and Julia Ann, and their parents: Ida May and Charles Lee. 
(Julia is second wife of John and not biologically related)

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Wordless Wednesday: Mary Fern Newby 1916

My maternal grandmother, Mary Fern Newby
1916 - age 23 - Knightstown, Indiana

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(Not So) Wordless Wednesday: A Heavy Heart

L to R: Sarah Frances (Davis) Wallen/Livesay, Myrtle D. Livesay,
Robert L. "Bobby" Wallen and Iva Illinois "Noy"  (Townsend) Wallen

This photo was taken around September of 1921. On the left is my paternal great grandmother, Sarah, and her youngest child Myrtle. Next is my father, Bobby, who is Sarah's first grandchild, son of her first born son William Jesse Wallen, and her daughter-in-law, Noy, holding my dad. Baby Myrtle was born October 1920 and Baby Bobby (Myrtle's nephew) was born March 1921.

Myrtle is the last living child of my great grandmother. She is 91 years old and sharp as a tack. It is with a heavy heart that I learned just yesterday that she will be leaving us soon and may not see her 92nd birthday. For the past few years, Myrtle has given me the most wonderful encouragement in what I do as far as family history research. Her appreciation has been a joy. In return, Myrtle has helped me to come to a much better understanding of some of the relationships and personalities in family members that I never had the chance to know personally. One of those relationships was that of my grandfather, who all but disappeared from our lives when I was very young and was probably badly misjudged by us all.

Just a few months ago I was able to send Myrtle photos of her maternal grandparents, John Miller and Ursula Ann (Martin) Davis/Burnette that were taken circa 1874. John and Ursula both died long before Myrtle was born and none of us ever knew any photos of them existed until a cousin alerted me that he had uploaded them to FindAGrave.com. Myrtle's joy and elation over seeing those photos was a priceless moment. I was looking forward to sending her more happy discoveries with the release of the 1940 census, but some things will not be discovered until the indexing is complete. 

Time is not on my side.

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Wordless Wednesday: Ida May Trowbridge 1880

Ida May Trowbridge - circa 1880
My maternal great grandmother

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Wordless Wednesday: Cousins - The Summer of '42

Standing L to R: Harold Vanbuskirk (husband of cousin Pearl),
cousin Paul, Morris Newby (uncle of cousin Janet), cousin Vera ,
and cousin Thelma. Kneeling L to R: cousin Pearl,
cousin Janet (my mother),  and cousin Viola. The six cousins are 
grandchildren of Robert Noah and Mary Elizabeth (Darling) Runyan.

 Photo taken in 1942 at the home of my maternal grandparents, Lawrence and Fern (Newby) Runyan, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Wordless Wednesday: Allison Cook Trowbridge

Allison Cook Trowbridge circa 1890

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Wordless Wednesday: 1970 HS Graduation Portrait

Lisa J. Wallen - Spring 1970
King Sr. High School (Tampa, Florida) Graduation photo

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Wordless Wednesday: Wallen Siblings - Early 1940s

Four of My Paternal Grand Aunts and Uncles

L to R: Homer, Myrtle, Sula, Hobert

Homer and Hobart are twins; Myrtle is actually a Livesay and half sibling, the youngest and the only one still living of my great grandmother's children. Myrtle will be 92 in October of this year. Sula was the first genealogist in our family. My grandfather Bill, and Sula's twin Tom, and their half brother Ross Livesay are missing from this group.

*Original photo comes from the collection of my paternal grandmother, Illinois Townsend Wallen, now owned and shared by my cousin Sharon Gerth.

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Wordless Wednesday: Family of Jesse C. Runyan

Back Row L to R: daughters: Viola, Thelma, Marguerite
Front Row L to R:
Father Jesse (my maternal granduncle), daughter Pearl, Mother Lena (cir. 1934)

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Wordless Wednesday: Bertha M. Newby

Daughter of John Alby and Mary Louisa (Grunden) Newby, circa 1896.
First wife of Otto E. Armstrong. Died in childbirth with first child. 

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Wordless Wednesday: Art Trowbridge and Family

Wedding photo of Arthur Manuel Trowbridge
and Mabel (McNew) Trowbridge (parents of Roy L.) - 1904 Indiana

Roy L. Trowbridge - b. March 25, 1911

Left to right: Roy L. Trowbridge, his step-mother Myrtle  (Harrison) Trowbridge,
and his father Arthur M. Trowbridge - circa 1922 Indiana

Photos from the collection of my maternal great grandmother, Ida May (Trowbridge) Newby.

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