Aunt Alma, Mama (Martha), Bethel, Sheldon & his father Uncle Charlie Holtz. Ceta & Verna. Uncle Charlie's bedridden mother lived with them. When we arrived, Mama told us to go in & visit with her. She treated us as if we were angels for visiting her. I'm so happy Mama taught us to do that. My son Pieter is the same as Mama and cares about his elders.
Photos of family farms and ranches - and the people and animals who lived on them.
Family farms - whether they are ranches, plantations, or the traditional farm - are the backbone of life around the world. These are photos of those homes, people, fields, and animals that comprise a...
Bethel Nadine Holmes of the gold dredging town of Hammonton, Calif. Author of "Peeks Into Sierra Pantries" & "Wood Chips To Game Chips, History of North Lake Tahoe Casinos." Retired from Univ of Nevada Library. Grandaughter of Samuel Jackson Lewis & Martha Love Barker and John Hughes Holmes & Clarissa Angella Laine. Descendant of Wm Braden & Euphemia Jackson, Van Rensselaer Holmes & Elizabeth Ross (dau of Ignatius), Melissa Sheral, Casandra Le Sueur, and James Barker & Martha Patsie Love Emmitt.