Ken Spangler's Genealogy Blog And Further Ramblings!
Posted in Stevenson Research, Tell Me Thursday on Aug 14th, 2010
This is a picture that was given to me (to scan) by Lois Galloway, I believe. It’s hard to remember these things as I didn’t document them! The young girl on the left is my maternal grandmother, Winnie Ida Stevenson and the girl on the right is her older sister, Mollie. Isn’t this a nice [...]
Posted in Stevenson Research, Tell Me Thursday on Aug 5th, 2010
This is one of the few pictures I have been able to acquire of my maternal grandmother, Winnie Ida Stevenson. I thought it would be appropriate to feature her today as I have made the decision to start gathering all my Stevenson research together and feature it on my blog. I’m not sure when this [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 29th, 2010
This is a picture I posted on my blog a few years back. It’s not genealogy related but it’s something I always enjoyed and genealogy is what led me to it. I had never heard of Uncertain, Texas until I went to visit my Uncle Calvin Forbes. That’s where he lived at. On my way [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 24th, 2010
OK, so I’m a day late and a dollar short, or however that goes! At least I am posting a reply to my Wordless Wednesday! I wanted to post the significance of this picture to me. Pease Cemetery is located in Onondaga County, New York. I found out about it early on in my research [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 15th, 2010
This is a photo that was given to me by a cousin I have lost touch with but who did a whole lot of research on my Forbes’ side. She actually went to Wisconsin and got to see a lot of the old sites and speak to some of the Forbes ancestors before they passed [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 9th, 2010
This is a picture I acquired from my Aunt Juanita several years ago. It is my maternal great-grandparents, Emmit Johnson Stevenson and Nettie Eudora (Freeman) Stevenson. I’m not sure when it was taken. I do know that Emmit died February 11, 1928 so that means it was before that! It’s always nice when you can [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jul 1st, 2010
This is an awesome picture I found in my collection. The two men are myself and my dad and the two girls are my little sister, Kim, on my right knee and my niece, Crystal, on my left knee. This picture was taken in my parents room at Murdock Terrace Apts. in Dallas, Texas and [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jun 24th, 2010
The Paris Tornado – April 2, 1982 This is a picture I found in my collection. It’s of the tornado that hit Paris, Texas on April 2, 1982. It did some serious damage to the town but the biggest impact it had on my life was that it claimed my grandmother and aunt. I was [...]
Posted in Tell Me Thursday on Jun 17th, 2010
This is a picture I found recently of my parents and my Aunt Irene. Pictured from left to right are my aunt – Ora Irene (Spangler) Bennett, my dad – David Isaac Spangler, and my mother – Patricia Ann (Forbes) Spangler. This picture would have probably been taken in the mid-1970s. It is at our [...]