Month: December 2015

Throwback Thursday Threefer: Part III

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1906 - Harry Clifton Phenice

H. C. Phenice in Cripple Creek gold mine in Colorado circa 1906

Merry Christmas to my Phenice relatives. This is definitely one of my favorite photos.  I remember seeing it as a kid and liked it back then. Every time I see my mom she asks me about this photo. It was lost among the many photos she had and she didn’t know if it was still there. It’s not a large photo and it’s rather dark.  I found it and worked many hours on retouching the scan of it. It really is a special photo.  You’d be surprised if you saw the original photo.  You wouldn’t think there were so many details in the photo.  But there are.

The photo shows Harry Clifton Phenice in a gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado. (He is the good looking mustached man in the front.)  It is probably from around 1906, when the family lived for a short time in Colorado.  They came back because they missed the simplicity of the small town where they lived in Louisiana.  Not because he found gold and struck it rich.  Unless there is something that some of my relatives forgot to tell me.

Throwback Thursday Threefer: Part I

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Merry Christmas to my Landry/Leveque relatives. Last week I had Marie Celeste Leveque and this week I have her father Joseph Auguste Leveque, my great great grandfather.

1885- Joseph Auguste Leveque

Joseph Auguste Leveque circa 1885

He was born in 1805 and died in 1894 in Westlake, Louisiana. He was first married to Clarissa Doralise Landry and they had six children together. Shortly after the sixth child was born, his wife died. He then married her sister Marguerite Basalite Landry and they had eight children together. Marie Celeste was their second child and she married Simon Alcide Landry.  They were my great grandparents. There are lots of big families in this line, so there are lots of Landry and Leveque relatives out there.

Throwback Thursday Threefer: Part II

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Merry Christmas to my Bucklin/Hine relatives. A few weeks ago I posted a photo of George Henry Hine on his birthday. Now it is time for his wife Susan G. Stanbrough Hine.

1900 - Susan Stanbrough Hine

Susan G. Stanbrough Hine circa 1900

She was born in 1851 in Westfield, Indiana, and died in 1933 in Hathaway, Louisiana. She is what is referred to as a gateway ancestor. She comes from a long line of Quakers who were really good about keeping family records. So I know the names of all of her parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents. I did this with the help of having my DNA tested at 23andMe. I’ve been able to identify segments of our DNA that come from her great grandparents. I kinda like Susan Stanbrough. She’s got lots of descendants

Leveque and Landry United

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Last week I posted a photo of my paternal grandmother. This week I am posting a photo of my dad’s paternal grandmother. Her name was Marie Celeste Leveque and she was born in 1847 in Brusly, Louisiana. That is just across the river from where I live now. In fact this evening I’ll be passing right through there on my way to Plaquemine.

1868 - Marie Celeste Leveque Landry

Marie Celeste Leveque circa 1868

She married Simon Alcide Joseph Landry in 1868. My assumption is that this photo was from her wedding engagement around the time prior to the wedding. If anyone knows better, let me know. I’m not sure who has an original printing of this photograph. I have a scan that was faded and in sepia that I edited to bring to this condition. Enjoy it.

July 2020 Update – New colorized version of the photo

The Keys Sisters – Part 1

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1890s -Ruth Mabel and Daisy Keys Clarity Portrait Drama

Ruth, Daisy, and Mabel Keys circa 1894

This is a photo of the Keys sisters. Ruth and Mabel standing in the back, and my great grandmother Daisy Keys Phenice sitting in the front. My aunt Loris sent me a scan of this photo after reading a comment on a photo I posted on Facebook. I like that. We can all share some of the great treasures we have and still be able to keep the ones we have. I’m thinking this photo is from around 1894. Their respective ages would be 15, 12, and 18. They had seventeen children among them and one of them, Martha Bryan Boose is still alive. There are many descendants of these three and their two brothers.

I am one of those descendants.  The oldest daughter Daisy married Harry Clifton Phenice in 1900 and they had seven children together.  Their second daughter was named Myrtle Sylvia and she married Fred D Bucklin in 1930. They had five children together, including my mom Betty Lou Bucklin Landry.

Keys Sisters – Part 2

Grandma Daisy and Her Sisters

 

 

Update: In this original post I stated that Martha Boose was still alive. She was the last living grandchild of Martha Cook Keys, but now Martha’s Grandkids Are Gone.