Jennifer Walker

A photo of Thomas H. Whaley Jr - son of U.S.Marshal Thos.Henry Whaley,(b.GainesvilleTX) and Nancy Ellen Lucas. Photo taken when family resided in Newburg, Indian Territory (now Atwood OK) Photo taken at Rotzien Studio, Holdenville, Hughes Co., Indian Terr.1900
People in photo include: Thomas H. Whaley Jr

A photo of a General store in Dalton, KS. Claude Miller behind counter. Store was owned by Robert W. Evans and wife Pauline. Claude Miller served as post master at the store.
People in photo include: Claude Miller

President Teddy Roosevelt signing the Thanksgiving Proclamation Act in 1902. President Franklin Roosevelt (Teddy was his cousin and Eleanor's uncle) moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November to the fourth Thursday of November in 1939 to give Americans more time to shop for Christmas!

The text of the Proclamation:

THANKSGIVING DAY – 1902
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – A PROCLAMATION
According to the yearly custom of our people, it falls upon the President at this season to appoint a day of festival and thanksgiving to God. Over a century and a quarter has passed since this country took its place among the nations of the earth, and during that time we have had, on the whole, more to be thankful for than has fallen to the lot of any other people. Generation after generation has grown to manhood and passed away. Each has had to bear its peculiar burdens, each to face its special crisis, and each has known cares of grim trial, when the country was menaced by malice domestic or foreign levy, when the hand of the Lord was heavy upon it in drought or flood or pestilence, when in bodily distress and in anguish of soul it paid the penalty of folly and a froward heart. Nevertheless, decade by decade we have struggled onward and upward; we now abundantly enjoy material well-being, and under the favor of the Most High we are striving earnestly to achieve moral and spiritual uplifting. The year that has just closed has been one of peace and of overflowing plenty. Rarely has any people enjoyed greater prosperity than we are now enjoying. For this we render heartfelt thanks to the giver of Good; and we will seek to praise Him, not by words only, but by deeds, by the way in which we do our duty to ourselves and to our fellow-men.
Now, wherefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving, Thursday, the twenty-seventh of the coming November, and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their ordinary occupations, and in their several homes and places of worship render thanks unto Almighty God for the manifold blessings of the past year.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this twenty-ninth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-seventh.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT

A photo, done in the early 1900's, of a woman dressed as a Puritan, holding a book.

Is there a difference between Pilgrims and Puritans? Yes - many. The Pilgrims - who first came to North America on the Mayflower in 1620, after having spent some time in the Netherlands - had separated from the Church of England and were called "Separatists" because of it. They were establishing their own "pure" religion, following the tenets of John Calvin.

The Puritans remained within the Church of England but were trying to rid the Church of any Roman Catholic remnants within it. They were Calvinists, as were the Pilgrims, but after conceding that changes weren't possible, many left England in 1630 and migrated to the Massachusetts area - many others followed and a decade later there were almost 20,000 Puritans in the area.

The original Pilgrims were more tolerant of others - including Native Americans - but the overwhelming numbers of Puritans held sway. They "believed in their God-given superiority". So when we celebrate Thanksgiving, we are celebrating the Pilgrims, not the Puritans.

A photo of Bertha (Foldhazi) Manos 1916-1986; Sister of my grandfather, Alex Foldhazi; Daughter of Alex & Bertha of Avenel, NJ.

A photo of Ralph Baverstock (grandad) and his pals: 6 men of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment. Bottom right is my grandfather Ralph Baverstock, bottom left is his friend Harry Marshall. Top right is believed to be Ernie Askew but unsure.After five years of research, the three other chaps are still unknown. Shortly after this photo was taken the 2nd Battalion these 6 men carried out their first jump into battle on the 29th November 1942 at Deppiene in Tunisia. Both my grandfather and Harry went on to fight in Sicily, Italy and Holland but nothing is known of the other and what happen to them, something I would dearly like to find out. The guys are all very the Army Air Corps badge on their berets in this photo as the no familiar winged badge didn't come into use until early 1943
People in photo include: Ralph Baverstock, Harry Marshall, and Ernie Askew

A photo of the South Wales borderers - front line duty Flanders, France

A photo of Georgia Spitzer and Olga V. Fegley. Georgia is sitting. Olga is standing.

A photo of Selma Behne

"Our cousin Dale Forsyth from Minnesota...59 pound pumpkin..good old summerime. Property of Mrs. O.L. Wilson." handwritten on back.

I am not related to Dale and have no other info. I just really loved the photo and couldn't let it remain in the antique store!
Photo found in an antique shop in Washington state.
People in photo include: Dale Forsyth

A photo of Robert Lee Criswell, foreman of the Swenson Ranch

A photo of an Ostrich Wagon Ride - McMichael Family Vacation

A photo of Harriet Kendall Gove. Harriet was born in Vermont; married Sabin Pond Gove on March 22, 1851 and moved to Aurora, IL in 1855. In 1864 moved to Kellogg, Jasper Co. IA. 4 sons: Albert Kendall, William Sabin, Harry M, and Tracy Lincoln Gove

A photo of Stella Angela Bandusky with daughter Susan Bandusky (my mother and sister)

Deceased girl. Studio: S.F. Jackson, Newnan, Ga. Back of picture is written, Mrs. J. R. Banks, Z.E.Peo. (My grandparents:John Robert & Rosa Banks, Newnan, Coweta, GA. Grandfather's bro. was Zeke & his son was Eugene. Could this be Zeke and Eugene's people?)

A photo of Selma Virginia Mahan, about 1910. She subsequently married Thomas Davenport Samuels.

A photo of David "Davy" Jones with Cecil. Taken in 1920 on the steps of Davy's house in Mt. Ash, Wales. Grandfather of Constance Tasker Benning.
People in photo include: Cecil Jones