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Daughter Of . . . One of my great passions is my own family history. One of the treasures my grandmother had was a box full of old pictures. "The Box" contains pictures of myself at varying ages, my children, my husband, my mother at various ages, her mother, her mother's mother, and back to the dawn of pictures in our family. When grandmother died, my aunt Claudia became the keeper of the "The Box" and when she recently married, I borrowed a few to scan in. Many thanks to Kou for letting me use her scanner. More thanks to Claudia for trusting me with some of these, since they are very rare and aging right off the paper itself. HUGE love to Claudia for compiling the Robinson-Hamrick genealogy book we all swear by. Without that, I couldn't have made as many guesses as I did as to who was in these pictures, or when they were taken.
Okay, here's me, first off. That's about 1966, folks.
Me again, just for good measure. Notice the RED HAIR! That's probably 1967.
Here is my mother, her sister and two brothers. Circa 1954 (or 55), this was the Robinson Christmas card for that year. From left to right, back row: Michael and Cheryl (my mom) front row: Claudia and Daniel.
My mother's mom, Shirley Bess Hamrick (to become Robinson), about 1934.
Shirley and her older sister, my Great Aunt Jean. From the clothing and hairstyle, I'd guess sometime around 1929. My Aunt is sporting my favorite look - the Brooks cut! The picture here is kind of melting away, however, so apologies for the quality. I still had to share it.
Hamrick children, possibly around 1921 or 1922. From left to right, I believe: Richard Elmer, Robert (Bob) Austin, Jean Louise, and Staryl Jackson (Jack).
Robert Austin Hamrick (Bob) at about six weeks old, making this picture about 1915. They turned this picture into a postcard at one point, and this scared little face was scattered throughout "The Box" many times. I'm not sure what I like best about this picture - the sheepy mat he's on, the hilarious outfit with hand-knit booties, or the "what ARE you doing" look on his little face.
Bessie Austin (to become Hamrick). She's the short one in this picture, which appears to be before 1910. She was born in 1892, and I'd guess she's not 20 in this picture. I have no idea who her friend is, probably a school chum, to judge by the building they're standing in front of.
On the back of this, my grandmother wrote that it was "Margaret and Gladys" Austin. However, Margaret (Madge) was 20 years older than her sister Gladys Geraldine, so that isn't right. The date of the picture is unknown - however, it was also made into a postcard like the picture of Robert. So, this may have been about 1915. If so, it does make Gladys about 10. If it IS a picture of Gladys, and she's the little one, that might make the elder her sister Vivian Laverne (Bea).
Obviously in the 1920's, there was a Austin picnic. The ladies in the back, standing are: Nina and Beth Frost, and sitting is Lucinda Cavendar (Austin). This is Bess' mother, my great-great grandmother. and by her is Edna Hawes (Lucinda's granddaughter by her eldest daughter of the same name). Lucinda had 12 children in all. I think you can kind of see that in her expression. Heck, you can see it in ALL their expressions.
Finally, just as a lark, here is a picture of the Condon, Oregon High School. On the building it says "1920", and there's like NO grass and a ladder standing by - I'm guessing this is before it even had any children in it. All the Hamrick lot (see that group of 4 and my Grandmother) went to high school here.
I certainly hope there will be more to come!
A Brief Look Back Lisa Justice (Olson) - Cheryl Robinson (Justice) - Shirley Hamrick (Robinson) - Elmer Hamrick - Amador Hamrick - Jesse Hamrick - Mariah Adams (Hamrick) - Margaret Calvert (Adams) - George Calvert - George Calvert - John Calvert - George Calvert - William Calvert - Leonard Calvert Sir George Calvert, Baron Baltimore
George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore. Born in Kiplin, Yorkshire, England in 1580. King James I granted him the title and a manor of 2300 acres in County Langford, Ireland. Also what is now the southern part of Pennsylvania, the northern part of Virginia, and all of Maryland and Delaware. He could make the laws and charge rent to all the early settlers on his land. The land remained in the Calvert family for six generations, until the people were able to vote them out of power Learn more about George Calvert and his son Leonard Calvert, Governor of Baltimore here and here where I got the picture above. He's also on Wikipedia here. There's more here. That's right. I'm the 15th Generation down from him. Kind of neat, isn't it? Makes you want to give me more respect, don't it? No? Well...I did try! LOL
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