Surname Saturday: Routt, 1st Generation
Posted by Liv | Filed under Routt, Surname, Surname Saturday
urname Saturday is one of the popular “Daily Blogging Series” going on at GeneaBloggers.com! This series is intended to give genealogy bloggers a chance to discuss a surname and mention its origin, its geographical location(s), and how it fits into their family research. So I’ve joined the foray and plan to share information regularly about [...]
Tags: 1870, 1880, ancestors, chappell hill, Charlotte Routt, family history, Jefferson Routt, John Routt, Lula Routt, Mary Routt, Osborn Routt, routt, Sallie Routt, slavery, slaves, surname, texas, Washington Co., Willie Routt
Wordless Wednesday: The Taylor Siblings
Posted by Liv | Filed under Surname, Taylor, Wordless Wednesdays
Well, almost wordless . . . Meet the Taylor Siblings – Elgin, Jon, and Me! Yeah, I was being cantankerous as a little sister could be in this one – LOL! This photo was taken by our father, May 1961, on the front lawn of our first home which was located at 4314 Stonewall Street, in [...]
Tags: 1961, 5th ward, Elgin, family photo, houston, Jon, Marlive, siblings, Taylors, texas
Tombstone Tuesday: Joseph & Ethel Chapple
Posted by Liv | Filed under Cemetery, Chapple, Surname, Tombstone Tuesdays
My maternal grandfather, Joseph Chapple, was born 2 Jun 1902 and died 23 Aug 1966. After the death of his wife, Estella Smith Chapple on 30 Jul 1930, he married Ethel Abrams Thompson nine years later on 19 Jan 1939. Ethel was born 28 Mar 1902 and died 28 Apr 1983. The Chapple grave site is located [...]
Tags: cemetery, chapple, Ethel Chapple, family history, Golden Gate, gravesite, houston, joseph chapple, texas, tombstone
