Wedding Wednesday - Julius Falk and Florence Bond

     My grandmother, Florence Bond Falk, was born on October 18th, 1893, in the Creswell area, Lane County, Oregon. Julius was born December 4th, 1880, in the Avoca area, Iowa County, Wisconsin. It was March 27th, 1910, when they were married at the home of Florence's parents. Florence was 16 and Julius was 29. The 1940 census shows that they each had completed 8 grades of school. When Julius died in 1944, they had been married for 34 years and had 5 living children.

Tombstone Tuesday - John and Rachel Walker

 

     This is the gravestone marker for John W. Walker and my cousin Rachel S. England Walker. They are buried in the Walker Cemetery, next to the Walker Church. This is located on England Road, off of old Highway 99, about   5  miles north of Cottage Grove.

Sibling Saturday Late -- Albertson Brothers

     Here are the four Albertson brothers, standing on the left, my grandfather, Oran Jesse Albertson born in 1882, on the right is the youngest brother, Ernest Albertson who was born in 1893. Seated on the left is the oldest brother, Calvin Albertson born in 1872, and on the right is Arthur Albertson born in 1876. They had one sister, Lenah Albertson Slaight, who lived in Canada from 1902 until the 1920's

Friday's Faces From the Past - O. J. and Lucie Albertson

      Yesterday I posted a picture of the Halsey Christian Church where O. J. and Lucie Albertson attended church.  Today here is a picture of O.J. and Lucie.

      You can read more about them on my website:
      http://www.joanneskelton.com/p3.htm
      http://www.joanneskelton.com/p2.htm

Those Places Thursday - Halsey Christian Church

     This photo is of the church building which was formerly the Halsey Christian Church. My grandparents, O. J. and Lucie Albertson, were baptized at that church in 1928. Since they lived four miles out of town they had waited to become church members until they obtained a car. After 1928 they were regular attenders at this church until they moved to Eugene in 1946,

Wedding Wednesday - Albertson to Nicholson

     It was 190 years ago yesterday when my 3rd great grandparents, Nathan Albertson and Phariby Nicholson, were married in a Quaker ceremony at Suttons Creek Meeting in Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was the 14th day of the 10th month, 1824. Nathan was 24 years old and Phariby was 21. Both of Nathan's parents were deceased and Phariby's father was deceased.

      I was glad to find the record of their marriage in the Quaker church records at Ancestry.com.

Tombstone Tuesday - Mary England Elkins

     I liked this tombstone of my great grandmother Mary Ann O'Neal Bond's first cousin, Mary Nancy Ann England Elkins, because it is a different shape than most. The date of birth on this stone, which is located at Sears Cemetery, east of Cottage Grove, shows August 21, 1865. However a family Bible, the 1870 census, the 1880 census and the special census for deaf marriages (she and her husband were both deaf) all indicate that she was born in 1864. We can't always rely on tombstones for correct dates.

     Read more about her on my website:
     http://www.joanneskelton.com/p463.htm