Christmas Eve - 1983 edition

The last Christmas Eve we had with my maternal grandmother, Bonnie Mae (LAMBERTSON) WRIGHT, was one of the coldest in my memory.  At the time, grandma was living with us and suffering from cancer.  When Christmas Eve came around, she wanted to visit her sister, Ruby, in nearby Anderson.  The weather was something frightful, I believe the windchill was negative 20-something and we had near white-out blizzard conditions.  Nevertheless, we all piled into the car and made the trip.

Ruby (Lambertson) Walsh, Bonnie (Lambertson) Wright, 24 Dec 1983

Grandma was really looking ill in this picture.  It came from the collection that cousin Mike Walsh had.  He also had a few other pictures of my immediate family from this visit on Christmas Eve.

Travis (standing), Michelle & Jason LeMaster, 24 December 1983

Michelle & Jason LeMaster, 24 December 1983

Jason LeMaster (looking bored) 24 December 1983

We always had a good time at Bob & Ruby's, enjoyed the good food and visiting with family.  They always treated us like we were their grandchildren.

Surname Saturday : Recap of Corinne's Lines

This post is a recap of Surname Saturday posts of Corinne's family lines.  Taking a six-generation view of her pedigree chart, these are the families in her line.

• MILLER Vanderburgh County, IN>Posey County, IN>Hesse-Darmstadt

• SCHAFER Vanderburgh County, IN>Hesse-Darmstadt

• SCHAEFFER Vanderburgh County, IN>Louisiana>Bavaria

• RIEBER Vanderburgh County, IN>Louisiana>Germany

• CHIVLARE Warrick County, IN>France

• BOYER/BORROR Warrick County, IN>Franklin County, OH>Hardy County, VA>Germany

• FOLLOWAY Warrick County, IN>Kentucky

• WILLIAMS Warrick County, IN

• WILD/WILDT Vanderburgh County, IN>Jefferson County, KY>Hesse-Darmstadt

• DEUTSCH Vanderburgh County, IN>Saxony

• DAMM Vanderburgh County, IN>Wabash County, IL>Bavaria

• SCHNIEDER Vanderburgh County, IN

• MIGUET Vanderburgh County, IN>Buchanan County, IA>France

• JARRETT Buchanan County, IA>Koscuisko County, IN>Virginia

• SAUER Vanderburgh County, IN>Pennsylvania

• RITT Vanderburgh County, IN>Baden

Surname Saturday – create a post in which you discuss a surname and mention its origins, its geographical location(s) and how it fits into your genealogy research. Surname Saturday is an ongoing series at GeneaBloggers.

A Happy Christmas

Best wishes of your teacher


Sarah Watkins


Vera Haley


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This postcard was part of the collection of my paternal great-aunt, Vera Haley. Apparently it was given to her by her teacher at Christmas.