Generations

29 January 2012

Silver Trinket Box - Engraved "LOU"

Silver Trinket Box engraved "Lou" [polished]

Silver Trinket Box [unpolished]

This trinket box entered in to my parents possession and then into mine. I didn't have much knowledge of it other than it, and a silver coffee pot, had belonged to my Great Grandparents Zoe Marie Cullimore Graham (1885-1960) and Lester Garfield Graham (1880-1972). Between my parents and myself we have owned the box, and coffee pot, for almost 50 years now. I've search my notes to try and determine why a Graham and a Cullimore would have an item engraved with "Lou" on it. A few weeks ago I shared pictures of the box, and the coffee pot, with my dad's cousin. We've been collaborating on our family research project. After putting several stories and possible events together, it is possible that the box belonged to Zoe's mother, Courtenay Marie Hill (1846-1906), who had obtained it from her aunt Lucy Baynham Baylor Dodd (1813-1902) who died with no issue. Courtenay had spent some time with Lucy, believed to be called "Aunt Lou," and Courtenay's grandmother Courtenay Elizabeth New Baylor (1818-1901) when both were widowed and living together in Texas. If anyone has some more information on the trinket box I would appreciate it. Oh, and a mystery was solved....Where is the coffee pot, the cream and sugar? Mystery solved after almost 50 years. I have the aboved mention silver coffee pot and my dad's cousin has passed the cream and sugar set on to their daughter. After all these years we did not know the other had a part of the set. The set is reconected via the electronic age.

28 January 2012

1940 Census

"65" Days and then we will all be overloading the servers to see the 1940 census...woo hoo!

21 January 2012

Cullimore Family Bible & Contents - Before Repairs

I have been taking "before" pictures of the Cullimore Family Bible before sending it off to Indiana (http://www.leonardsbooks.com/) for repair. Copies will also be added to my Ancestry.com tree. Many people would leave such a book as it is but as I upload photos before sending it off I believe you will agree that having it repaired will further add to the life and enjoyment of the Bible for generations yet to be. More to come on one of the most amazing books I've had the pleasure to have, my heartfelt thanks to my Aunt Mary. Words cannot express how thankful I am to have it passed on to me. Hugs!

10 January 2012

John Wesley Cullimore (1840-1921)

This is an original photo of my Great Great Grandfather that I got framed. It turned out very nice.

07 January 2012

You Cannot Copywrite a Fact

I get annoyed with websites that have banners stating that you cannot use data from their websites without permission because it's copywrited. They cannot claim copywrite to a fact. But they can if they've done research and are the first to prove information.

http://networkedblogs.com/spglu

30 December 2011

John Wesley Cullimore & Courtenay Marie Hill Cullimore

My Great Great Grandparents

This picture is in the Cullimore Family Bible

Date is unkown at this time.

04 December 2011

Benjamin Nelson Graham & Hannah Grace Dickisson Graham

Thanksgiving week I was contacted by a cousin through Ancestry.com. Her mother had done a lot of genealogy research on her family in the 1970s. Today she shared this wonderful photo from the book written by her mother. She is related to Benjamin's sister Mary. I was thrilled beyond words to learn she had a picture of my Great Great Grandparents. And, she has information confirming some of my speculations such as Hannah's lineage to the Butterfields and the Smeads; and, the relationship between her and Mary's husband Charles Butterfield. I look forward to learning much more from my new found cousin. She is not sure of the date of the picture or the children in the picture. Maybe we can discover that together.

02 December 2011

Ben Nelson Graham - Handmade Crafts

Albert Weigandt - "In Memory of My Cruise to the Orient on the USS Chaumont in 1937"

This is a hand embroidered silk cloth my grandfather had made in Asia reflecting all the places he had been while serving on the USS Chaumont in 1937. I did not place photos in the two frames as he had left them empty and I had it framed with archival glass and mat.

27 September 2011

Frank C. Shipman - Yearbook University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1941

26 September 2011

Frank C. Shipman & Delbert E. Shipman

The saddest part of doing family research is looking for those members who have died for our country. My great aunt lost her first husband, Capt Frank C. Shipman, during WWII. He was killed in action during the Salerno Landing and the battle for Monte Cassino, ranked as one of the finest feats of arms carried out by any soldiers during the war. In return they sustained losses of about 80%. Frank was among the losses and is buried there in Italy. I hope to someday learn which cemetery he is buried in. Shortly after they were married he shipped out. Her first husband's bother, PFC Delbert Eugene Shipman, also died during WWII. The Shipman family lost two sons. I have just begun to search for information on Frank and I am coming accross information on Delbert at the same time. My heart breaks for my great aunt. While they are not directly related to me I feel a strong urge to tell their story as I uncover it. I don't wish for them to be forgotten in time. I want to be the storyteller for them too. The first step was to build a memorial for the both of them on Find A Grave and add them to my tree on Ancestry.com. They will continue to grow as I find more information along my journey to tell the story of those that have preceeded us. Love and Hugs to my great aunt who is still with us.

Frank: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77115437

Delbert: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSvcid=223392&GRid=77116277&

These are still a work in progress.