More Stuff.

My Aunt Margie's Obituary Notice. I now know where she was laid to rest, but still don't know the date of her death. Obit was found in my Fathers old high school photo album.

Johnny Elder set a new field record for the low hurdles with 24 seconds.

 1953 Cannelton Bulldogs. Finished the season 4-4. My Dad, Johnny Elder and my Uncle, Carl Elder are in the photo.

 I wish Dad had taken the time to write on the back of these photos. I'm thinking this is his buddy Earl Hay from high school.

 Dad running the high hurdles in High School. Cannelton, Indiana. 1954

Another Year Gone

Getting close to saying goodbye to 2012,

This year all my children will be teens


































Son John Jarrett will be 13 on Dec 11th. He is no longer a little boy who likes to play with Legos. He now shaves. This was his first season in tackle football. I was impressed! He played like his hair was on fire.

Daughter Danielle Grace turned 16 in Nov. Now playing the piano and learning the guitar. Very talented with paint, watercolors and now learning chalk in art. She speaks her mind (Well she has since she was 2). On Dec 24th she leaves for a month, heading to Brazil for a church mission.

Daughter Kailey Marie will by 20 on Dec 28th. (Where did all those years go?) Dating a very nice young man, Eric. I hope all the best for her and just want her to always be happy.

This year I, for the first time, saw the face of my Grandfather.

I wish I had taken more time when my Dad was alive to ask him about Grandpa. He died in 1950.
He worked for a chair Co. in Cannelton, Indiana.

Our Great Grandfather

I knew that my Grandfather, Donald Burgess Wold was adopted, I just didn't know who his birth parents were.

I found a book on line,The House of Burgesses. that list my Grandfather as the son of William Henry Burgess, adopted by Jonas and Grace Wold. Grace is the sister of William Henry.

William served as a musician in Co. A, 12 Minnesota Inf during the Spanish American War, and as a Corporal in the 4th Development Co. 164 Depot Brigade in 1917 as a drill instructor during WW1.

He married to a  Florence Louise Bard in 1898 and had a son, also named William in 1909. My Grandfather was born in 1914. Was Florence his mother?

William and Florence are together in 1910 living in Medford, Oregon with son William Jr.

 In 1920 William is remarried to a Josephine Venuto and living in Medford, Oregon. Florence and William Jr. seem to fall off the face of the earth until 1924 when I find her remarried to a  John McOmie living in Spokane, Washington.

More from the Elder Family

Charles Coomes Elder My Great Great Grandfather (1839-1906) and his 5 sons.
John William (My Great Grandfather) (1864-1958),
James Leo (1876-1966), June E. (1881-1907), Charles Benedict (1874-1970), And Felix Alexander (1867-1939).

Paul Eugene Elder

My Grandfather, Paul Eugene Elder (1899-1950).

I never knew my Grandfather. He died 14 years before I was born and my father never had a photo of him. As of yesterday I never knew what he looked like.

I don't know when this photo was taken. My thought is 1926 on his wedding day.

Dad had told me long ago that Paul loved baseball and was a Cleveland Indians fan, He would sit on thje front porch and wath his sons play ball in the street.

 Now I have a photo of 5 generations of Elder men.

Great Grandfather John William Elder

Born 04 Apr 1864 in Cloverport, Kentucky
Died  9 March 1958 in Cloverport, Kentucky.

    Grandfather  Paul Eugene Elder

    Born 1 Feb 1899 in Hardinburg, Kentucky.
    Died 16 Jan 1950 in Tell City, Indiana.

















  My Father, John Herschel Elder


Born 9 Dec 1935 in Cannelton, Indiana
Died 8 Apr 2009 in Portland  Oregon

Me, Edwin Paul Elder

Born 7 Jan 1964 in Orlando Florida

  My Son, John Jarrett Elder
  
 Born 11 Dec 1999 in Vancouver WA.

A big THANK YOU and Bless you to Sister Rose Jean Powers for finding and sent me this photo of my Grandfather.

More Odds and Ends........

My Aunt Margie Elder Sixx. (Daddy's Sister) She passed away when I was 2 years old so I don't remember her, But she sure was a pretty lady.

515 Gates St. San Fransisco, CA. Where my Mother and Aunt Judy lived in 1940.

Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway Shop crew at Cloverport KY. 1903
My Great Grandfather, Joe Gedling is  2nd man right of the cab standing.



I found quite a few things on the Burgess side (Moms) of the family this weekend.

My Great Uncle Arthur Burgess owned this cafe in Medford Oregon in 1912.

And when Arthur wasn't busy with running a cafe, He was performing with his Brothers, Sisters and such...

(from the Medford Mail Tribune, December 09, 1912)

F.O. (Frank),  R.O. (Robert Otis) his brothers, W.F. Quisenberry his brother-in-law,

In this one, My Great Grandmother, Grace Burgess Wold got into the act in a duet, "The Perfect Day" with Miss Hance and violinist Ione Flynn.

My Grandmother birth. (Breckinridge News 12 July 1905)

For my Great Great Grandfather, William P. Beavin (1844-1911)


Oh, and the reviews are in for the Mikado.....

Looking For and Questions Still Unanswered

Grandfather Paul Eugene Elder (1899-1950)
I know there has to be a photo out there somewhere. I was hoping to find you in a old school yearbook but then I discovered that you only attended school up to the 8th grade.

I did find your WW1 Registration Card, I know you were of Medium Height and Slender Build.



The Gedling Boys...
4 of them went off to the Civil War.  3 of them, Samuel, Joseph and John all left about the same time (Aug-Sept. 1861) and joined the Ohio 31st Infantry. I'd love to find a photo of them. The youngest brother, Jacob, joined in 1864 and died in Annapolis Md. in 1865.


Great Great Grandmother Nancy.....
I think you were born around 1835 in California, You were full blooded Wintu Indian and you were "married" to a Philip Blodgett. Thats about all I know about you. There is no paper trail, no Birth or Death certificate, No grave marker, I don't even know your real (Indian) name.


Great Great Grandfather Philip Blodgett.......
So where did you come from? Ohio? Illinois? Iowa? Almost a different state for each record I found. Were you running away from a marriage gone bad?  You're listed as never married and then as a Widower. Was it Gold Fever when you set out for California in the 1850's?


Grandfather Donald Wold....
I wish I knew who your real mother and father were, I hope that Jonas and Grace loved you as their own,.
I also wish I knew why you took your own life, I always get sad thinking about you, Sad that I never met you.

Great Great Great Grandfather John Gedling...
What was it like to sail across the Atlantic in 1834? Did you and your family miss England? Why Ohio?