Please take a look at the photo. Does anyone recognize any of the men in the picture?
None of the men look familiar to me but the title of the picture does. My maternal grandparents were Lowrey which was often spelled without the e or ery instead of rey.
Ole Granny, Myrna will send that to her Mother and I am pretty sure she will know some of them. My guess is they were Irene's neighbors when she was growing up.
Frank
Quote from: Wilma on August 26, 2007, 08:45:04 AM
None of the men look familiar to me but the title of the picture does. My maternal grandparents were Lowrey which was often spelled without the e or ery instead of rey.
My dad was a Lowry. The photo was from a family album. No one looks familiar to me. Pretty sure it was from Elk Falls or Howard area.
Dad always spelled his Lowry - Lowry. No E - very adament about it. Come to find out his grandfather spelled Lowry with an E. Most people have always thrown in the e and I always wondered why. Now I know.
Was the e before the r or after the r or do you know?
Believe the e was before the r. The family has been traced back to Greene County, TN. Most of the Lowery's there spell it Lowery or Lowrey. I found it spelled in a census in Iowa or Illinois (can't remember now) Loury and one spelled Lourie. That I'm sure was just the census taking. Not sure people cared how their name was spelled as many could not read and write. Some of my mother's family lived in Sevier Conty, TN which is the neighboring county to Greene County. The families spread north to Ohio, Illinois and Iowa and some to the south. Then to Kansas and Colorado and they met in Colorado while dad was visiting his brothers. When she rode the bus back to Kansas to marry my dad, she was scared to death. Thought Kansas was desolute but grew to love the area as my dad did.
Quote from: frawin on August 26, 2007, 08:48:50 AM
Ole Granny, Myrna will send that to her Mother and I am pretty sure she will know some of them. My guess is they were Irene's neighbors when she was growing up.
Frank
Frank or Myrna,
Where did Irene live in Elk Falls? My grandparents lived south of the railroad tracks on the main street -west side. Guess that is all there is on the west side south of the tracks. House burned but is a trailer there now. Believe the old barn is there still and the cellar. Oh, so many memories.
Mother grew up 5 miles north of Elk Falls. Go across the new bridge on Hwy 160 and north. Her aunt & uncle lived a mile north and back to the west as did her Grandmother Green. Her Mother's parents lived in town (Ky & Lucy Morris) directly south of where the cafe is now. In fact, Mother said that the rock and the barn wood in the cafe came from Grandpa Morris' barn.
We sometimes take her to eat down there (when the cafe is open) and she enjoys it.
Her grandfather also helped build the mill there. A relative to a relative on mine (on Dad's side) built a model of the mill and had it at the Outhouse Festival this past year. I believe that the Fry's have it on display in their pottery shop now. Steve Fry had it built for them. The house that Fry's live in was once the one just west of O&B Oil Company and belonged to my Great Aunt and Uncle (Lon & Pearl Green). Fry's had it moved south where they live now.
Frank printed the picture of the hunters and enlarged it, and I'm getting it ready to send to her now to see if she can help identify anyone in it.
Myrna
I believe the Lowry's lived north of Elk Falls on the river road at one time. Not exactly sure where. Probably would have been when dad was a boy or maybe before him. He was the baby of a family of nine (I think).
"OLE GRANNY", Myrna's mother says your Dad's family did live on the River Road, not far out of town. They later moved into Elk Falls.
Frank
Thanks! Seemed like I remembered that but we spent so much time in Elk Falls that everything seems familiar. Many hours fishing on the river and setting lines. Any other little tidbits she would like to share, I would love to hear.
Was your Dad or his brother missing part of a finger?
Frank
Granny, Myrna and I think maybe the man on the far left with the mustache is her Grandfather, Everett green. We are comparing it to another picture of him when he was younger. We are sending the picture to irene to look at.
Frank
Quote from: frawin on August 26, 2007, 01:20:45 PM
Was your Dad or his brother missing part of a finger?
Frank
That was my Dad. Happened when he was very young. Caught it in some farm equipment.
Picture of my Dad with his first grandchild and the family dog, Cactus Pete. Cactus would follow my daughter everywhere and was her own special protector. Photo shows the missing finger. Notice the fishing pole in the background.
Now how did I do that. Guess one was not enough.
Here is a picture that I think was taken of the same group, this was in a group of Green Family Pictures Myrna has.
Irene, said your Dad lost that finger cutting kindling with his brother. She said he kept it in bottle of alcohol and brought it to school to show off, several different times. I can see you dad doing that, he was a fun loving person.
frank
Granny, this is a picture that appears to be of the same era and people as your Coyote hunt pictures. The picture list these men L to R as: George green, W.P. Asbury, Lon Green, Everett Green, Mr. Nash, Clyde Nash and Edson Asbury. I remenber W.P. Asbury and i bet Jo McDonald does to.
Frank
Quote from: frawin on August 26, 2007, 01:37:34 PM
Irene, said your Dad lost that finger cutting kindling with his brother. She said he kept it in bottle of alcohol and brought it to school to show off, several different times. I can see you dad doing that, he was a fun loving person.
frank
That sounds right! Yes, my dad was fun loving. We were all sitting at the kitchen table eating which the main course was fish. Everyone eating, filling their plate. Dad picks up the platter of fish to pass around the table saying, "Have some dead fish!" Of course, everyone's reaction was yuckkkkkkkkkkkk. Then he said, "Well, you wouldn't want to eat it if was alive!" Not one of us missed a mouthful and continued to eat. He was probably trying to have some leftovers. It didn't work.
OLDDD GRANNY, this picture was labelled "Greens and Lowrys". We think that the little boy on the far left is your dad. He and Nina Green were in the same class in school and Nina is the 2nd little girl to the right of him.
Frank
Frank, I can't get your pictures on the last 2 posts to enlarge. Am I not doing something I should?
Wilma, they enlarged for me just now. If you don't get them to enlarge I will redo them.
Frank
I figured it out. Just hadn't done it that way before. Good pictures.
Quote from: frawin on August 26, 2007, 02:42:27 PM
OLDDD GRANNY, this picture was labelled "Greens and Lowrys". We think that the little boy on the far left is your dad. He and Nina Green were in the same class in school and Nina is the 2nd little girl to the right of him.
Frank
Yes, that is my dad. Believe his father is drectly behind him. Aden Lowry to the left of Grandpa,looking at his dad. Alice Lowry (imagine that) standing by dad with the big bow in her hair. Tom Lowry could be behind her. Esther was still alive at that time but do not see her. Believe Grandma is the first lady to the left in the back row. The very thin woman in the front row - I have seen pictures of and maybe the second to the left of her. Now don't hold me to any of this.
Thanks, again. But now- what about that OLDDD!!! ??? ???
Ole Granny, I haven't had a chance to get back to you about the picture of the two families. Starting with the right side of the back row: Ola Morris Grant, Pearl Morris Green, Grandpa (Evert Green) holding Hope Green, Grandma (Ethel Morris Green). The thin woman sitting right front row I believe is my Great Grandmother Sarah Green, don't know who the girl with braids is, next I believe is my great grandmother Lucy Morris. That could be Great Grandpa Ky Morris behind her and I think the real slim man w/tie is Long Green. Nina Green is the girl w/ dark hair in front row. She was in your dad's class in school.
Unfortunately, this picture was not labeled, so I am guessing, but from looking at other pictures, I think I am fairly close to being correct.
Myrna
Thanks for the info on the pictures. We are getting ready to redo our wood floors so everything is moved and stacked. Not clue where anything is. I will find the picture of Sarah Green that I think I remember. Seems they were standing around the train. If I don't have it on the computer I don't know where it would be. Thanks! This is fun-learning about our families being friends.
OLE' Granny, Myrna sent your picture to her Mother and she was able to identify at least 4 people: Far left with mustache is Everet Green (Irene's father), to the right of Everert is Rob Beckner, 2nd right from Rob Beckner is George Pickel, to the right of George Pickel in front row is Enos Shipman.
Frank
Thanks, again! That's pretty good to get that many known. My Mother put all the names down on the pictures that she knew but this was so early and before her time in Kansas. No clue on this one.