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Everest Elliott Watrous was the third of four sons born to Henry Reynolds Watrous and Edith Glendora Pancake. He was born in the tiny Iowa town of Red Oak where his father Henry had gone to practice law. He joined an older brother named Earl and followed the death of an infant brother named Wayne. […]
Elizabeth Sant was born in England in 1842 to John Sant and Mary Shaw. She was known in life as Betsy. She was one of twelve siblings. She married Thomas Winterbottom, son of Samuel Winterbottom in 1861 in England. They became the parents of six children. One, Elizabeth Hannah died as an infant. Another, Hannah […]
Carl Darling Pancake was the son of Stewart Megge Pancake and Priscilla Jane Freeland. His middle name is for his paternal grandmother’s line. She was Catharine Darling who married Samuel Crawford Pancake. He was born in Blandinsville, Illinois and died in California. He had one sibling, a sister, Edythe Lillian Pancake Chance, wife of […]
Catharine Darling Pancake was born in 1826 in Virginia and died in 1892 in California. She was the daughter of Thomas Darling and Demie Butler. She was one of many siblings. This portrait of Catharine was taken about 1870 as judged by several clues. Those clues include her hair, her jewelry, her collar, and her […]
In this early 1850s portrait we see a young Catharine Darling Pancake and her two oldest children, Ophelia and Stewart. This photograph was a gift to us from Mary Emma, who is the great granddaughter of Catharine. The photograph measures about 2 inches by 2 1/2 inches and is very fragile. It has many characteristics […]