I am not sure of the date on this picture, but he died Jan 1 1936. He was married to Martha Grayson. I don't have a very good copy of this photo so this is it.
Dear Debby I sometimes act like an idot. I had downloaded pictures of your mother, my grandmother, and sister Darlene, and didn't realize it. Your mother and I were born within a week of each other in Commerce. Does she know me, or Darlene?
Bob
Robert I have been out of town...I will look for more pictures of them but I don't think I have many more with either of them. I knew Darlene and her family when they lived here in Oroville. We use to visit them a lot. We had so few family members in CA that Aunt Bert and Aunt Elma were the only ones we visited a lot. I still remember Darlenes house in the country and playing with her boys, Patsy was grown so I did not know her really. I will email you once i am caught up on some things. take care debby
Edward John Smith was born to Edward Smith and Catherine Hancock nee Marsh, and had a half brother Joseph Hancock. Edward attended the Etruria British School and served as master of a number of White Star Line vessels. He is best remembered as the captain of the RMS Titanic (see Last Photos of the RMS Titanic).
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The 1930's were a decade of severe stress: the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, the rise of Nazism. But it was also the end of Prohibition, the beginning of the change of land management (poor farm ...