Wednesday, December 01, 2010

Christmas Greetings



Mrs. Vera Stuber
Spencervile, Ohio
R.R.


12-19-1923


Dear Vera


With love greetings for a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year from Aunt Carrie G. 710 Washington Ave. Bay City Mich.


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This postcard was sent to my paternal great-aunt, Vera (HALEY) STUBER by her aunt, Carrie Mae (HALEY) GRAVES.  Vera was the wife of Clarence STUBER; Carrie was the wife of Arthur GRAVES.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: John H. and Bertha L. (LeMasters) Yaeger



John Henry and Bertha Fidelia (LeMASTERS) YAEGER are buried in the Salamonia Cemetery, Madison Township, Jay County, Indiana.  Bertha is my paternal great-grandaunt.


John was born October 4, 1874 in Jay County, Indiana.  I do not know his parentage.


Bertha was born May 31, 1874 in Darke County, Ohio, the daughter of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (CHEW) LeMASTERS.


John and Bertha married May 20, 1903 in Jay County, Indiana.  They had 6 children, and lived in Clay County, Indiana where both were teachers.


John died in 1963.  Bertha died March 16, 1922 in Clay County, Indiana.


Tombstone Tuesday – To participate in Tombstone Tuesday simply create a post which includes an image of a gravestone of one or more ancestors and it may also include a brief description of the image or the ancestor. This is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Amanuensis Monday : 25th Wedding Anniversary: Charles & Carol (Kaderly) LeMaster

An Amanuensis is a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. 


Source: The Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, April 25, 1990, page 3

LeMaster couple celebrating 25th

Mr. and Mrs. Charles (Chuck) LeMaster, RR 6, Portland, are celebrating their 25th Anniversary today.

The former Carol Kaderly and Charles LeMaster were married April 25, 1965, at the Collett Nazarene Church.  They have lived in Jay County all their lives where Mrs. LeMaster is employed as a retail clerk at Bearcreek Farms.  Her husband is employed at Sheller-Globe Hardy Division, Union City.

The couple has three children, Karen LeMaster, a nursing student at Ball State, Brian LeMaster, an employee of Hull Bros., Fort Recovery, and Ronnie LeMaster, a senior at Jay County High School.

They will celebrate with a trip to Hawaii.


Amanuensis Monday is a daily blogging theme which encourages the family historian to transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical artifacts. Amanuensis Monday is a popular ongoing series created by John Newmark at Transylvanian Dutch.