Sunday, October 30, 2011

Halloween 1976


5 years old
This picture freaks me out a bit.  I guess the main part, the dress, is purchased.  The thing I am wearing on my head I believe came from my oldest sister.  And the freaky part is how much makeup I have on!  I don't remember who did this but I am pretty sure I didn't do it myself (too neat).

We never went trick or treating in my neighborhood since we lived out so far.  I think we would go to my grandparents sometime in the trailer park but I am not sure when they moved there.  So maybe this was just for school?  

And in case you cannot tell, I am a Gypsy!

Happy Halloween :)

Friday, October 21, 2011

Colorado Trip, 1977

This is a fire tower (I think) that we climbed to see the view.  What I remember is that I had NO FEAR!  Where did that go?  Anyway, my mother didn't want to climb the tower so she was kind of happy that my sister didn't want to go up either.  But then she changed her mind (darn kids) so Mom went up anyway.  This is Mom coming back down.

Now that I am older and freaked out by heights, I can appreciated this more.  On our family trip to Pennsylvania, I didn't want to climb the towers at Gettysburg.  When I tried, I got totally freaked out and had to go back down.  Just seeing heights in movies gives me weird feelings in my gut.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Jennie Kidder Green

Obituary from Jan 12, 1934

Former Resident of Stanton Succumbs

Mrs. Jennie Green, 75, Buried Sunday at Boyne City After Long Ailment

Mrs. Jennie Green, former well known resident of Stanton, died at her home at Boyne City January 12, aged 75.  She was the sister-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Green.

Mrs. Green had been ailing for two years, but had been bedfast only a short time.  She was born in Irondale, Mo., and moved in childhood to Stanton. In.  1886 she was married to Clark V. Green who passed away four years ago.

A kindly lady, she was known to young and old as Grandma Green, and had assisted at the time of the birth of many of those who loved her.

She is survived by three sons, Claude, who made his home with her, Emmett and Philmore, both of Boyne City; and eight grandchildren.

Funeral services were held from the Methodist church of Boyne City Sunday afternoon with Rev. W. A. Eley officiating, assisted by Rev. Guy E. Smock.  Interment in Maple Lawn cemetery.

Mrs. Green was the daughter of Daniel Kidder, pioneer lumberman of Montcalm county, and her mother was the first person to be buried in Forest Hill cemetery.

Friday, October 14, 2011

The Civil War & Ira Green

Last week I received the military records for Ira Green, direct ancestor of my husband.  It says he was living in Kalamo Michigan but was born in Duanesburg New York.  He was forty-two years old and a farmer in September 1864.  One surprising item was that he was 6 feet tall.  His son Clark was much shorter as is my husband.

Although I didn't learn much new information, it was cool to find that Ira served in the Civil War.  I already knew that his father, Weaver served in the War of 1812 and the grandfather Joseph, in the Revolutionary War.  Two great-grandson's were in World War II so now I need to find a WWI vet to round off the tree!

Ira had three sons but they would have been in their sixties by 1917.  One of the sons, Clark, had three sons as well but I hadn't heard anything relating to military service.  But they would be the right age.  The youngest (and direct line) Philmore would have been 24 years old.  He was already married and had 1 child.  Something to look into!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Family Vacation Colorado 1977

I'm 6 years and this picture was taken on our big trip out west.  I think we were going to a convention but we drove with our trailer.  We went out with a white car and came back with a green (?) truck.  The white car died in the bad lands on the way home.  This pictures is of me and two of my siblings.  I think this is in Colorado and we had done some panning for gold.  I have another picture of my father with a pan, swishing some gravel around.  Since I was so young, I really don't remember this trip much!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Another common name

So not only does my husband have a very common last name, Green, which makes that ancestor hunt difficult, he has to throw in a John Nelson.  Serious?

We do know John Nelson was born in Sweden (big surprise) ABOUT 1863.  No death date.  He was married twice.  First to Bertha Anderson from Norway in 1888.  They had three (known) children.  Second marriage to Henrietta Hansen, another Norwegian, in 1900.  They might have had 6 children.

I did find John Nelson & Henrietta in the 1930 census so now I need the 1940 one to see if they were still alive then.  Just trying to narrow down the date.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Slides, Slides, Slides - Every Where!

I am trying to get through all the slides but they just keep haunting me!  I finally let go of labeling all the slides correctly.   No one will probably care and if they do, they can fix them!  So now I am renaming all by date since the number of the boxes really doesn't matter.  I also bought a large archival box to store ALL the slides.  Once they are in that box, I don't ever want to look at them again.  I need to get through these things by Christmas!!

Sunday, October 2, 2011

The Kidder Newsletter, part 3

The Family Tie, April 1967, Vol. 3, No. 4

  "Helen Kidder, daughter and first child of Benjamin & Kathryn Kidder was born April 22, 1909 in Nehalem, Ore. a small lumber town near Astoria, Ore.  Just three weeks prior to her birth her parents left Chicago by train to join Frank Whitaker, uncle to Benjamin Kidder and a brother-in-law of Daniel Dwight Kidder, Ben's father.  Frank Whitaker was a lumber cruiser and owner of some valuable timber land.
   A son, Arthur B. Kidder was born Oct. 20, 1910 but he survived only six weeks.  Another son, Warren C. Kidder was born Jan. 5. 1913.  Four years later Ben Kidder died of pneumonia.  Helen was only eight years of age and Warren only four years old when their young widowed mother had to go to work to support the family.  Finances were limited but the family never went hungry.  Most people in the neighborhood could afford little more than the necessities of life and the Kidder family ate and dressed as well as most and better than some.  The Kidders were happy and contented even thought they didn't have modern plumbing for a number of years and couldn't afford a telephone or an auto.
   Helen was always quite serious minded and a good student.  She graduated from grade school in 1923, and Lewis & Clark High School in 1927.  She attended business college after which she did office work until her marriage to Walter Grosch on July 14, 1929.
   Helen's first child, Richard, was born Nov. 7, 1931 and her daughter, Doris, was born Aug. 30, 1933.  Helen's interest have centered mainly on her family and her church.  She is a very good cook.  She cans vegetables and fruits in the summer and puts up all kinds of jams & jellies.  At Christmas time she bakes all sorts of Christmas cookies & candies.  She also enjoys sewing.  When Doris was a little girl Helen sewed many doll dresses for her dolls.  Her family spends the summer weekends at different lakes in the area on picnics. The winter months find the family ice skating together.
   Helen & her husband, Walter, built their lake cabin at Priest Lake, Idaho starting in 1950.  They worked side by side on this project until it was completed.  Electricity was not available at the time of building and every board was sawed by hand.
   Helen's two children are both married.  She has four grandchildren of whom she is very proud.  Richard & his wife, Shirley are parents of Sharon, Richard Jr. and Susie.  Doris and her husband, Bill Palmer are parents of a daughter, Janet.
   Helen is The Family Tie reporter for the Kidder Clan in Spokane.  She does an excellent job of reporting and the editor and Staff are very appreciative of her news which arrives promptly on the 25th day of each month."