Roxy Rox

A photo of Juanita and Ramon Terronez on their wedding day.

A photo of Donald Saffell and Emmett Carns with friends. Emmett is boy in back without cap ,Donald is left front. - Little Rascals
People in photo include: Donald Saffell

A photo of Martha Randolph Miller. Martha was born 20 May 1877 in Mathews Co,Va and died 27 Aug 1963 in Norfolk,Va. She was the daughter of William A Miller and Jane McKenzie( Byrd). She married Francis Marion Haskell on 25 May 1872 in Mathews Co,Va

A photo of Mabel Mae Vincent Allner

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

We had an antique store close recently and I "rescued" it, trying to find where it belongs. If anyone should recognize this little one, please let me know. Thank you.

A photo of Belle & Ed McPhetridge on their ranch. Aunt Belle was the first to marry and leave home. She married Edward Bruce Mc Phetridge (1858-1907) and they lived on this ranch. I don't know where it was located but imagine it was in Mt. Pleasant district. Their first daughter Eula is in the photo with their dog Dido. Uncle Ed worked in the Sutter County Recorders Office at one time. Mama & Aunt Lou stayed with them briefly in Yuba City before they went to work in Sacramento.

A photo of Bird Millman (1890-1940) Highwire Artiste born "Jenna Dean Engleman" 20 October 1890 in Canon City, Colorado to high wire performing parents Dyke Frank Engleman (1868-1943) and Genevieve Patton (1869-1941). In 1904 the Millman Family Trio of wire walkers toured the Vaudeville stages. By 1913 Bird became a solo premiere attraction with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.

Bird Millman's first marriage with Harry Underwood in 1909 was annulled. Her second marriage to ticket agent Charles Thomas (1889-) in 1920 ended in a quick divorce. Her third marriage was to military veteran Joseph Francis O'Day (1893-1931) in 1925, who died in 1931 after losing his fortune in the 1929 stock market crash. Devastated and destitute Bird returned to Canon City, Colorado where she died of uterine cancer at the age of 49.

additional information:

Bird Millman appeared in The Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and Ziegfeld's Frolics. In 1920, she performed a specialty number in 'The Deep Purple', a silent film directed by Raoul Walsh (1887-1980).

A photo of Ina Viola Hicks and friends acting silly

A photo of Sarah Frances Frost (1865-1950) stage name 'Julia Marlowe' aka 'Fanny Brough'. The Shakespearean actress and suffragette was born in Caldbeck, Cumberland, England. Her parents were John Frost (1838-) and Sarah Hodgson (1845-). When the family emigrated to America in 1875 they changed their surname to 'Brough'. Sarah's first marriage was to actor Robert Schell Taber (1865-1904) in 1894, they separated in 1900. She then married actor Edward Hugh Sothern (1859-1933) in 1911. Retiring in 1924 she died in New York City 1950 aged 85.

Who says that we spoil our pets more today? I did not know that this fad of dressing animals (particularly dressing dogs) has been commonplace for years.

A photo of the Borst family. My son's Great-Grandparent's and his Grandmom as a little girl with her brother. Notice how the "selfie" was taken back in the day.

A photo of Sabina Ginzboreg. Sabina was only 5 years when she was sadly murdered during the Holocaust in 1943.

A photo of Mary Lorene Molly Tisserand far right

A photo of Evelyn Nesbit.

She reminds me of my great-grandmother - she was about 18 and a free artiste person back then...Dance hall...saloon.

A photo of Delina Pagliero

A photo of Emma Loughead

This is a photo of my grandmother, Marian Olive Bills and her father, Henry Jarvis Bills ca. 1919 in Raton, New Mexico on their farm. Love her smile!!
People in photo include: Henry Jarvis Bills

A photo of Noel Dolley Atha