Posts Tagged ‘keepsake photographs’
This keepsake photograph was taken about 1950 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Left to right are Watrous cousins Gary, Carolyn, Diane, Patricia, Michael and Mervin Watrous, father to Michael and Diane and uncle to the rest. Mervin is the brother of direct ancestor Everest Raymond Watrous. The family is standing in front of The Home […]
This wonderful keepsake portrait was taken about 1912. It is Everest Raymond Watrous, direct ancestor and youngest son of Everest Elliott Watrous and Mary Maria Jenkins. It is in the possession of his daughter Carolyn in Salt Lake City, Utah.
We took trimmers and brooms and cans for water. We cut flowers from the garden. We explained why we were here and what we were going to do. When we finished trimming and sweeping our ancestral graves, the grandchildren began to roam around. They found other grave stones to clean. Some had dirt. Some cobwebs. […]
To the young child, just learning to read, the cemetery can be an interesting place. Aside from all of the unusual surnames, there are some words which are repeated over and over in a cemetery. They are mother, father, papa, mama, brother, sister, daughter, friend, wife, husband. Coming face-to-face with a stone with papa carved […]
Cemeteries are strange places. Adults understand cemeteries but children are wary. On this Memorial Day we took Talmage and Holden with us to meet their ancestors. Well, at least to see their ancestors’ burial places. Walking through cemeteries gives grown-ups a chance to talk about things. About life and death. About beliefs. About why we […]