Derwin & Elberta, children of Lula Lewis & Ira Briggs of Hammonton, Ca. Derwin married Betty Smith & had a daughter Ann Stocking (1942). Betty died from Pix disease. 2) married Evelyn King. They had Susan Clark (1948) who has 2 boys, Bob & Tim, Sharon Uren (1950) who has Miranda, & Sharleen Cantrell (1953) who has Kyle & Karissa. Derwin met Gen Mc Arthur during WW2. He was a truck driver afterwards. Aunt Lou was very close to him & was grief stricken when he died of a heart attack Jan 5, 1966. She died 2 months later on March 6th.
There's just something about those faces! This is one of those photos that includes a description of their lives - maybe they could see what lay ahead?
Derwin Alvin Briggs was born on April 20, 1915, and died at age 50 years old in January 1966. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Derwin Alvin Briggs.
World War 1, the Mexican Revolution, the Russian Revolution, the Easter Rising in Ireland . . . the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. Spanish flu killed well over 20 million people world wide ...
Family photos of the Golden State - home to Silicon Valley & Hollywood.
The Golden State, one of the largest states in both population and geography among the 50 states, is divided geographically into Northern and Southern California. Some of the well-known areas of the s...
Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.