Monday, June 14, 2010

Ma Kirkland

A few images from my Aunt Dana...

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With (I believe) Dana and Aunt Linda...

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And with my dad, Gary...

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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Memorial Day 2010

Maddox and I joined Mom and Lee for a visit to a couple of local cemeteries for Memorial Day. I am hoping to visit more cemeteries to gather more information and images for the family history.

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Beautiful Ruby

From my great Aunt Rosie...
"The ruby was originally mounted in a high-pronged gold ring which my mother received from her father on her 10th birthday in 1917. Mom gave me the ring in the 50's when I was in high school and I wore it some and put it in my jewelry box. On one of mom's birthdays, I decided to have the ring made into a pendant and give it back to her for a present. She always took such care with it and wore it to church and when she went out anywhere. After mom died in 1989, my sister, Barbara gave the pendant back to me because mom lived with Barbara for 7 years after she gave up her home in Montgomery. Anyway, the rube pendant is now 90 years old...."

The beautiful ruby...
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Evey saw me photographing the necklace and wanted to model it for the camera...
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Now it is tucked away safe and sound for when she is much older. :-)
Thank you so much Rosie!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

My beloved Grandma Mock

I recently asked my dad for some photos of Grandma Mock since I didn't have any. I scored these two awesome images. I love the contrast...one very posed and perfect...the other a candid action shot.

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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Pics of Grandpa Apple

At Connor's birthday party, Chris had several photos of Grandpa Apple...I believe from Dana. So I figured I would go ahead and share those.
This first image is fantastic...even from a photography standpoint. Love it!

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Love the hair, the striped pants with suspenders, and the intense stare...

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Upper left-hand corner...

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Lower right-hand corner...

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And with Grandma Mock...
What a great looking couple!

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Apple Family Tree

I guess I'll start with the family tree that I have managed to piece together so far. The green font indicates a name I do not know or am not certain of...so please let me know if you can fill in any blanks or add to the tree in any way. You can comment below or send me an email. THANKS!

(It's tough to get it to fit in this template. If you hold down the Ctrl button and then scroll you can zoom in for a closer look. You can also right click to save on your computer.)

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I have an idea to create a family pedigree (something we use in genetics) so that I can make a family tree with far more branches to include siblings...that will be my next project. :-)