Karen and I saved our money and rented a 'horse' costume so we could be in the Seafair Parade in the U district, Seattle, Wa. After the parade, we walked down through the shops, entering Christiansen's Shoe Store. The owner was a childhood friend of my mothers. We walked through the store and when Don Christiansen, the owner, approached us, we cleverly asked for some 'horse shoes'....he played along and said, "sure, they are right over here-what color would you like?". Karen was the front, I got the 'behind'!
Karen Cecelia Stokke married Michael D. Tucker on December 27, 1985, in Clallam County, Washington. They were both living in Hailey Idaho. Karen was 35 and Michael was 41. Karen's brother, Karl was a witness.
Those ancestors of ours had a sense of humor - amateurs and professionals!
Based on the solemn non-smiling expressions of our ancestors in old photos, you'd think they didn't have a sense of humor. Well these pictures prove we're wrong. Since it's inception, photography has ...
My life-time love of geneology and old photos led to the concept of Ancientfaces back in 1999....through the site I have made contact with previously unknown cousins in Australia, Tasmania, England, Scotland and various states in the US, broadening and enriching my family stories, photos and family relationships.
The names I am researching resided in and/or settled the following areas: South Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland; Normandy; Germany, Belgium & the Netherlands; Virginia; West Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Idaho and Washington state; first wave of settlers in the Hudson River & Mohawk River Vallies; founding fathers of New Haven, Middlesex and New London Counties, CT, along with Suffolk, Norfolk & Middlesex Counties in MA; first wave of settlers to Quebec and Ontario, Canada. Also, I am a member of the Mayflower Society after tracing my maternal side to John Billington, a Mayflower passenger ( with his family) who settled in Plymouth , and signed, the Mayflower compact.