Volume 13 , Issue 8

Rummaging Through Family Memories

When you rummage through family boxes searching for your genealogy, you find many interesting items, news of the times they lived through. it says a lot about where you came from and what your ancestors lived through. [the photo on the left above is a digital of Great Grandma's bible with her signature, dated on the inside cover. The image on the right is a news clipping of Great grandma's obituary.]

Back in January, 2002, as I rummaged through some old family boxes for genealogy information I found the following old family bible of my Great Grandmother, Signora Belle (Gwin) Warwick, and a newscipping of her obituary. On the backside of the November, 1934 Alva newspaper clipping was some interesting tidbits concerning the history of the Salt Fork River bridge an other news of that time.

The Obituary starts out ... Signora Bell Gwin was the daughter of Sam and Ellen Gwin. She was born near Monterey, Virginia, August 31, 1861 and departed this life at her home in Alva, Oklahoma, November 16, 1934, at the age of 73 years, 2 months, and 15 days.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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