William C. LeMaster and son Ralph, c1918, Victor, Colorado

William C. LeMaster and son Ralph, c1918, Victor, Colorado

Thanks to cousin Jill at Grandma Honey, who shared this picture of her great-grandfather, William Clifford LeMaster (1871-1922) and his son, Ralph Morgan LeMaster, taken circa 1918 in Victor, Colorado.  I've also updated my earlier post on the Slinkard's 50th Wedding Anniversary with a couple of pictures.

William was born September 1, 1871 in Darke County, Ohio, the son of Luman Walker and Mary Keziah (CHEW) LeMASTERS.

Ralph was born June 30, 1902 in Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio, the son of William Clifford and Lella Edith (LEWIS) LeMASTER.  Ralph died April 10, 1977 in Los Angeles, California.

Ancestry.com search for Ralph Morgan LeMASTER shows the following :

Given Name: Ralph M. Surname: LeMaster Rank: Private Branch: Marine Corps Place: Olathe

Roster of Men and Women Who Served in The World War From Colorado 1917-1918 Montrose County

Adventures of Grandma Honey

While surfing the internet for material on William Clifford and Lella Edith (LEWIS) LeMASTER, my paternal great granduncle and aunt, I came across a blog written by a distant cousin, who had some great pictures of the family.


The blog is located at http://adventuresofgrandmahoney.blogspot.com/

Turns out that the author, Jill, is the daughter of Gaynor Lea (SLINKARD) ROZIER, who did quite a bit of genealogy herself, and the blog has bits of her research.


Followers of this blog will have no doubt noticed that I've been actively trying to collect as much information as possible about the branch of the LeMaster family who went west to Colorado.  W.C. LeMaster was a banker in Ohio, then Colorado, and ended up running a motion picture theatre at the old opera house in Victor, Colorado.


It's always nice to find another cousin out there, and I've added her blog to the list of ones I'm following.

Sunday's Obituary : Carrie V. (Haley) Thornburg (1905-2003)

Source: Commercial-Review, Portland, Indiana, August 6, 2003, page 2.

Carrie Thornburg

Carrie V. Thornburg, 98, Muncie, died in Liberty Village there Thursday.  She was Jay County native.

Born in Jay County on May 14, 1905, to Eli and Cora (Metzner) Haley, she was a homemaker and attended Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

Surviving are several nieces and nephews.

Services are Thursday at 10 a.m. in the Baird-Freeman Funeral Home with Pastor James Ballenger presiding.  Burial will follow in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Portland.

Visitation is one hour prior to services.

Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.

Sunday’s Obituary – if you have obituaries of family members and ancestors, consider posting them along with other information about that person as part of Sunday’s Obituary. This is an ongoing series developed by Leslie Ann at Ancestors Live Here.