Charles Reed Downey born June 18, 1905, Kentucky USA, died November 25, 1990 in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, USA . His wife Nancy "Myrtle" Carter, daughter of William Miles Carter and Mary Alice "Mollie" Havens. She was born on Oct 19, 1920 in Morgan, Kentucky, USA and died Dec 12, 1983 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Sister of Ruth Alwilda (Carter) Rudd and Oliver Earl "Jack" Carter.
I do have a Myrtle in my Thompson family. But this Ruth Alwieda is on my grand mother's side of family. I know she married a few times. One being a Howard. One being a Dodson. Mine lived in Ionia Michigan and surrounding areas. But I have that same name. I thought she was connected to the Howard line?
Who doesn't love a man (or woman) in uniform? Almost everybody has worn a uniform sometime in their life - these are the vintage versions of those uniforms.
Uniforms are worn by many kinds of people - children and adults - in all kinds of organizations. Police, firefighters, nurses, paramedics, the military, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, sports teams, prisone...
Portrait photographs and paintings of our loved ones and ancestors.
Before photos we had paintings of family members - most usually these were reserved for the well off. The era of modern photography began with the daguerreotype, in 1839. Since the advent of photogr...
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...
Photos of rural and urban life, and the people of Ohio over the years.
These photos are shared by members of the community, and show the people and places of Ohio in recent history. Some photos may not have been taken in Ohio, but are Lost & Found photos that were discov...
My mother is Pamela Thompson. My dad is Richard William Russell. My mom grew up in Fenwick Michigan. My dad grew up in Hart Michigan. They had 2 kids together. Living in Michigan.