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Friday, June 25, 2021

Friday's Photo: Happy Birthday to My Wonderful Mother!




Taken at John Street 
School, Franklin Square, NY

I have always loved this photo. Mom was nine years old and living in Franklin Square, New York.  

Happy Birthday, Mom! 

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Diana
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School Photo, photograph, 1941; scanned images, from the privately held photo collection of E. M. Bryan, Virginia Beach, VA 2021. 

Friday, June 18, 2021

Friday's Photo: Happy Birthday to my Favorite Aunt!





Aunt Janet's 88th birthday is today. When I found these photos, I noted her wedding date, June 17, 1956, was the day before her birthday. She is pictured above with her husband, Jimmy, and her parents Edith and Claude Davis. 

Aunt Janet is my mother's sister and is always so much fun. I didn't really know my father's sisters.

Happy Birthday, Aunt Janet!

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Diana
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Janet and Jimmy's wedding, photographs, 1956; scanned images, from the privately held photo collection of E. M. Bryan, Virginia Beach, VA 2021. 



Thursday, June 17, 2021

Clippings from The Baylor County Banner - Seymour, Texas - May 24, 1923


My grandparents, Redic E. Bryan and Myrtie Hairston, and my great-grandparents, Phillip A. Hairston and Lodema Criswell, moved to Baylor County in 1905. My father, Whit Criswell Bryan, was born in Seymour in 1920. He was the youngest of seven children born to Redic and Myrtie. 

In April 2019, I visited the Texas State Library and Archives to read Baylor County Banner issues that could not be found online or on microfilm. I photographed articles with information about my father's family, who lived in Seymour. While sorting through my family finds, I realized I had photos of articles that might interest others looking for family. I have pictures of numerous articles from 1923 and a few from other years. I will post as time allows. 

Thank you to Matt Gwinn at the Baylor County Banner for giving me permission to post these clippings.  

This graduation announcement was sent to family in Erath County by my father's brother, Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, who is named in two of the clippings.
The photo below was his senior class picture. 


















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Sources 

Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, photograph, 1923; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021. 

Harrison, O. C., The Baylor County Banner. (Seymour, TX.), Vol. 28, No. 35. 24 May 1923; photographed newspaper clippings. Accessed 15 April 2019. 

Seymour High School Graduation Announcement, 1923; scanned image, originally held by the Noah family, now privately held photo collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021. 


Friday, June 11, 2021

Friday's Photo: Mary Murray

Mary Murray married William J. Kingsley on October 10, 1899.
 
Source: Murray - Kingsley Wedding, photograph, 1899; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of 
Mary Fahey, Iowa, 2000.
 

Mary came to the United States about 1895, leaving her home in New Quay, County Clare, and like so many immigrants, never returned.[1] Her parents were Cecelia Linnane and James Murray. Mary was the eldest of eleven children.[2] Mary went to Dubuque, Iowa, where her aunt, Sarah Murray Cassidy, was living. A few years later, she was joined by her sister, Bridget "Delia." Mary and Delia worked as servants and eventually married brothers William and Joseph Kingsley. [3]

Mary's sisters Sarah, Catherine, and Helen immigrated to the United States in 1911. Her sister, Julia, and brother, Patrick, remained in Ireland. It is not known what became of her brother Tom. Mary's youngest sister, Susan, was not born when Mary left for Iowa, and even though Susan came to New York in 1920, they never met.[4] 

In addition to twins who died in infancy, Mary and William had daughters, Sarah and Marion, and sons, William, Joseph, and Henry.[5]  William Kingsley died in 1915, leaving Mary, a widow, with five children between the ages of 5 and 13.[6] Sadly, Marion and Henry preceded Mary in death.[7] 

Mary died in 1955 and is buried with William at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery at Dubuque, Iowa.[8] Her obituary can be seen at Sunday’s Obituary: Mary Murray Kingsley.

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[1] 1910 U.S. Census, Dubuque, Iowa, type of census, Dubuque, ward 4,  enumeration district 128, page 10B, dwelling 200, family 234, William Kingsley household; digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7884/images/31111_4328297-00109?pId=137126189 : accessed 8 June 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 402. 

[2] Diana Quinn, "My Family - Bryan, Regan, Albritton, Hairston, Davis, Giddens, Glynn, Bradshaw, Britt, Quinn, Murray, Driscoll," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/45260559/family/familyview?cfpid=410088574056: accessed 9 June 2021). 

[3] Letter from Mary K. Fahey (Iowa) to Diana B. Quinn, 16 December 1999; held in 2021 by Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA). Also, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKW-KHC : 4 November 2017), William Kingsley and Mary Murray, 10 Oct 1899, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing reference Bk 6 pg 179, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,403.

[4] Letter from Mary K. Fahey (Iowa) to Diana B. Quinn, 16 December 1999; held in 2021 by Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA). Also, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJKW-KHC : 4 November 2017), William Kingsley and Mary Murray, 10 Oct 1899, Dubuque, Dubuque, Iowa, United States; citing reference Bk 6 pg 179, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,035,403.

[5] mkf74285, "Fahey Family Tree," public tree, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/119439030/family/familyview?cfpid=320185019759&dtid=100: accessed 9 June 2021). "Bible Page with Births" shared by mkf74285 on 05 March 2018. 

[6] Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/143054917/mary-kingsley : accessed 11 June 2021), memorial page for Mary Murray Kingsley (24 Jul 1873–25 May 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143054917, citing Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa; maintained by Raymond Kilius (contributor 46912848).

[7] "Iowa, U.S., Death Records, 1920-1967," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/61442/images/101821083_02805?pId=498118 : accessed 9 June 2021), death certificate entry for Mrs. Marian Cecelia Lee, 9 December 1940. Also, “Six From City Lost on Carrier: Missing in Torpedo Sinking of the Liscome Bay,” Des Moines Tribune (Iowa), 8 December 1943, p. 1; database and images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/image/322759336/ : accessed 8 June 2021).

[8] Find A Grave, memorial 143054917, for Mary Murray Kingsley.