Mary Lucille DeGonia & Ernest Wm Nephew: Lucy married William May 7, 1877. Lucy was born September 1859. William was born August 15, 1851 in France. They lived in Cadet, Washington Co., Mo. Lucy's parents were John Baptiste DeGonia and Virginia Politte. Supposedly William and his brother arrived in New York from France and were robbed and took everything. William lived in St. Louis, Mo. at one time. Don't know what his brother's name was or what happened to him.
Lucy (born 1859) and William (born 1851 France) Nephew married in 1877. It's amazing that photography has been around so long that we have photos of people born in the mid 1800s! What's the oldest photo in your own album?
Many women learned to tat lace as older girls and teens to include lace in their trousseau or to produce for sale. My own grandmother could make lace and learned needle arts at her private girl's school in Nebraska (late 1890s).
Antique photos showing men's grooming habits - their beards, mustaches, and other types of facial hair.
Did you know that at times in which there are more women than men - that is, when there is a smaller chance that a man will find a mate - beards become more fashionable? It's not that women prefer fac...
Discover how fashion has changed over the years with this collection of photos.
Fashion styles & vintage clothing throughout the decades that will inspire, make you wish for those times again, or may make you ask "What were they thinking"?
Clothing styles have obviously changed ...
I started out on my family history when I was a young girl (sorta). My gramma lived next door and I loved to stay all night with her. She didn't have a car and since all the family lived nearby, we would just walk to visit them. Gramma would wear me out, I couldn't keep up. She gave me pictures of her family when I was young, but didn't realize the importance of putting the names on them or the year. I got sidetracked alot over the years, work, raising children, taking care of my parents and now my children are grown and parents are gone, my husband is fishing or deer hunting constantly, so when I am not at work, I have my head buried in books at the library or on the computer. Most of my family is french and came from France to Canada on my mother's side and on my father's side, his family came from Switzerland/Germany. They came to Pa. then to Ste. Genevieve, Mo. and onward to Washington Co., Mo. My husband's family are from all over, but the ones I've spent most of the time researching settled in St. Francois Co., Mo. and later moved to St. Louis, Mo.