April Williams

Wanda is the daughter of James Ford Haney and Olive Aurilla (Baxter) Haney. She was born on the family farm at St. Catharine, Linn County, MO. She m. 1. William Bryce Wood 2. Harold Albert Harwood. She is presently 89 and lives with her daughter Linda at Brookfield,Linn County, MO. Photo submitted in 2000.

This photo is one of several photos that I rescue abandoned or lost in antique stores. I try to locate and return the photos to family. I thought this one was beautiful and was luckily labeled on the back.
People in photo include: Charles Pierce and Ida Bell Pierce

This is my great, great grandfather, George Hughes, his daughter, Ella Mae, granddaughter, Delores and grandson. Circa late 40s-early 50s
People in photo include: George Hughes

A photo of Mrs. Alice (Roosevelt) Longworth, full-length portrait

Alice Roosevelt was the only child of President Teddy Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. (Her mother died when she was 2 days old.)

A strong woman, not bound by the "rules" of the time, Alice came to public attention at the age of 17 when her father became President. Even the color of the blue dress that she wore this same year became a fashion trend - called "Alice Blue".

She did such scandalous things as ride in cars with men, smoke cigarettes in public, keep a snake in the White House, and jump into a pool fully clothed while on a diplomatic trip to Japan.

In February 1906, Alice married (later) Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth III, wearing a blue wedding dress. But she was still independent, campaigning against her own husband and carrying on numerous affairs. Senator William Borah (R-ID) was the father of her only child, daughter Paulina Longworth (born in 1925), but she and Longworth remained married until his death in 1931.

Her rambunctious attitude never changed - she buried a voodoo doll of Nellie Taft (the new First Lady) in the front yard of the White House when the Roosevelts had to leave at the end of Teddy's term - and was banned from the White House a few times because of her behavior. And after her daughter died in 1957, she raised her granddaughter.

A life-long Republican, she nonetheless was close to the Kennedy family and voted for Lyndon Johnson (because she thought Goldwater was "too mean"). She was a friend to Richard Nixon and encouraged him to run for President - he invited her to a White House dinner and his daughter's wedding.

Alice died in 1980 at the age of 96. Along the path of her very long life, she made quite an impression. To Joe McCarthy (he of "commie witch hunt" fame) who had said: "Here's my blind date. I am going to call you Alice", she replied "Senator McCarthy, you are not going to call me Alice. The truckman, the trashman and the policeman on my block may call me Alice, but you may not." And she told President Johnson that she "wore wide-brimmed hats so he couldn't kiss her".

A photo of Great Great Grandfather, Thomas Perry VanPelt
People in photo include: Thomas Perry VanPelt

A photo of Great Uncle John Phares
People in photo include: John Phares

A photo of Great Great Grandmother, Laura V Lynch VanPelt
People in photo include: Laura V (Lynch) VanPelt

A photo of George W & Blanche Kearns with their daughter and grandson
People in photo include: Blanche Kearns and George W. Kearns

A photo of Great Great Uncle Frank Kearns
People in photo include: Frank Kearns

A photo of Greta Nissen - actress and dancer was born 30 January 1905 as Grethe Rutz Nissen in Oslo, Norway to parents Carl Andreas Frantz Nissen (1870-) and Agnes Magdalene Larsen (1879-1949). The couple separated in 1908 and Greta moved with her mother to Copenhagen, where she attended the National Ballet School and studied with Mikhail Fokine (1880-1942) from 1918-1919. In 1922 she was a solo ballerina with the Danish National Company and toured with them to New York in 1924.

Greta Nissen appeared in two Danish films before going to America and acted in more than twenty films altogether from 1925-1937. She married actor Weldon Heyburn (1903-1951) in 1932, which was eventually annulled in 1936. Meanwhile in 1933 she moved to Britain and continued with her film career until 1937. Returning to the United States she married industrialist Stuart Drake Eckert (1907-1993) in 1941. They had one son, Tor Bruce Nissen Eckert (1943-). She died 17 May 1988 in Montecito, California aged 83.

Mary Elisabeth Brooks, b. 3/6/1851 Fisherville, TN. m. Andrew Jackson Fletcher "AJ" (d. 12/30/1881). She d. 9/1/1920, Memphis. Parents: James M. Brooks (1818-1876) b. NC and Mary Ann Kingston (Nov 1824), b. England. Issue: Kingston, Mattie Daisy, Maggie, Patrick, Andrew Jay.

A photo of Diego F. (1873-1927) and Anna Arena (1880-1954) D'Amico on their wedding day, October 27, 1901. They were married in Baltimore.

A photo of Walter Fredrick Demmerle

A photo of Wesley & Myrtle Hamilton, my great grandparents. I met Myrtle when I was a child, she passed away in the mid-1980s.

Oliver Weston "Wesley" Hamilton -- 1882-1945
Myrtle Ruth Kearns Hamilton -- 1895-1984

My father and brother and nephew all carry the middle name of "Wesley" in honor of this man. Zooming in on Oliver's face, my daddy has his eyes. The couple married in 1910 in South Dakota (pap was a railroad man). They divorced in the 1930s.