Forest William Dakin: Bill is the 5th born child out of 10 children of Forest Emerson and Grace Ida (Blatt) Dakin. He married Cora Lole Caracci, the daughter of Zeffiro and Louisa (Crescenzi) Caracci on March 7, 1948 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. Together they have 4 children, Gary William, Donald Charles, Mark Russell and Lora Lee Dakin. Photograph is Courtesy of Don Dakin.
Forest William Dakin was born on October 3, 1927, and died at age 55 years old in March 1983. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Forest "Bill" William Dakin.
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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. I have other Half siblings out there somewhere