Aunt Vera's Diary - August 11th

In the summer of 2019, I was able to photograph the entries in the diary of my paternal great-aunt, Vera (Haley) Stuber.  The entries cover the years from 1968-1971 time frame and provide an interesting view of her daily activities. Items in brackets are my notes for further research.

Stuber, Vera Delphene (Hale). "Journal." MS. Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1968-1971. Privately held by Juanita (LeMaster) Steigerwalt, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Muncie, Indiana, 2020.

1968 - August 11th - Sunday

Attended church morn and evening.  Carrie and Waymon here in afternoon.  Real cool today.

1969 - August 11th - Monday

Washed and we worked in garden, pulling weeds.

1970 - August 11th - Tuesday

Phone off yesterday & until noon today. Ironed, canned beets, fixed pickles and made 4 gal. kraut.  Clarence cut weeds.

1971 - August 11th - Wednesday

Been to busy going to property and working at home to keep record.

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Vera Delphene (Haley) Stuber was born 10 March 1890 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of Eli Weldon & Cora Belle (Metzner) Haley.  She married 14 February 1915 in Jay County, Indiana to Clarence Leroy Stuber.  Vera died 17 June 1987 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Clarence was born 4 February 1891 in Jay County, Indiana, son of Henry and Margaret (Metzger) Stuber.  Clarence died 20 May 1981 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  They had no surviving children. 

Aunt Vera's Diary - August 10th

In the summer of 2019, I was able to photograph the entries in the diary of my paternal great-aunt, Vera (Haley) Stuber.  The entries cover the years from 1968-1971 time frame and provide an interesting view of her daily activities. Items in brackets are my notes for further research.

Stuber, Vera Delphene (Haley). "Journal." MS. Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1968-1971. Privately held by Juanita (LeMaster) Steigerwalt, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Muncie, Indiana, 2020.

1968 - August 10th - Saturday

Baked cake and mopped.  To Portland in P.M.  Called at Ruths and to see Rose.  Rained some while there.

1969 - August 10th - Sunday

Attended church morn and evening.  Rev. Moore preached, Ballmers on vacation.  We went for a drive in P.M.

1970 - August 10th - Monday

Washed.  Cloudy & windy most of day.  Picked and froze several pks of lima beans.  Clarence mowed lawn.

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Vera Delphene (Haley) Stuber was born 10 March 1890 in Jay County, Indiana, daughter of Eli Weldon & Cora Belle (Metzner) Haley.  She married 14 February 1915 in Jay County, Indiana to Clarence Leroy Stuber.  Vera died 17 June 1987 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana. Clarence was born 4 February 1891 in Jay County, Indiana, son of Henry and Margaret (Metzger) Stuber.  Clarence died 20 May 1981 in Portland, Jay County, Indiana.  They had no surviving children. 

Baiting My Ancestry Tree

I've spent time lately updating my public Ancestry tree and hoping to optimize its' effectiveness, per some hints from found at Roberta Estes DNA-Explained blog.  Focusing right now on adding some pictures to my direct lines.

Some of these pictures have been shared on social media, such as Facebook, but not all.  I'm trying to include a good picture from my relatives younger days - either a graduation picture or a wedding photo.  I'm also adding high school graduation photos for as many relatives as I can locate.  Some I already had in my files, others I've sought out online through either MyHeritage or Ancestry's yearbook collections.  Many others have been found through local high school yearbook collections as they come online.

For those ancestors that didn't graduate high school, I have substituted either a military photo or some other early life photo.  I'm finding that for a few of my direct relatives, I am missing photos, so will have to reach out to other family members to see if I can locate one.

Right now I'm going to focus on adding at minimum a portrait (graduation, wedding or military) and a tombstone photo for my direct line ancestors.  As I complete them, will work on adding the ones for the descendant lines to complete the tree.

Hopefully, as I work my way back in the family tree, adding this pictures will trigger some cousin bait as others find the photos I've uploaded as hints in to use in their Ancestry tree.

I've also began adding Web Links to the profile pages of my direct line ancestors that link back to my blog posts here - such as the 52 Ancestors series - hoping that others will find them useful.  I do not know if Web Links show up as hints for others, but if not, at least they can be found through the ancestor profile page.  Adding the Web Links to the Facebook Groups I've created for common ancestors as well.