Bucklin Family Reunion 2034
Old letter from Jeannette about the 2034 Bucklin family reunion. I wonder if it’s still happening.
Bucklin Gathering 1949
It’s kind of hard to beat that gold mine picture from last week, so I’m not going to try. Hopefully we’ll have some fun with names this week. I tried to identify as much as I could from other photos, but wasn’t able to name them all. With the help of the Bucklin community we have everyone named. This is a photo from about 1949, probably in Hathaway. #13 is my great grandmother Addie Mae Hine Bucklin.
And as a special treat because of all of the responses (and because I just found this photo today in all of the stuff I got out of the house in Jennings while cleaning it out with my brother and sisters and nieces and nephew) I am attaching another photo of the same group on the same day. I think they took this one because when they looked at the first one closely on their phones, they could see that Grandma Addie wasn’t smiling. So they took another one. See the smile? Look really close!
Joseph discovered some other photos of this scene with more people and posted them here.
Throwback Thursday Threefer: Part III
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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
New Case Tractor $5,000 in 1973
Herbert and Roy Bucklin ran the farm as a partnership, H.G & Roy Bucklin. Herbert took care of the rice and Roy took care of the cattle. They each helped the other when needed, but mostly stuck to their preferred specialty. Here is a receipt for one of their tractors in 1973.
The Keys Sisters – Part 1
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.
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.
Grace Through the Ages
When we were young, we used to enjoy visiting Grandma Bucklin when her sisters Grace and Marguerite were there. We called them “Aunt Grace” and “Aunt Marguerite” even though they were great aunts or grand aunts. But when I came across this picture, it really made me think. Even though she was Aunt Grace, she was still an old woman. Boy that sounds harsh, but compared to a little boy, she was old.
Grace and Ray Sowder in 1930
This gives me a different view of her, which I like. The photo is of Grace and her husband Ray Sowder in 1930 when they were newlyweds.
Another reason I posted this is because of my genealogy pursuits, which includes a website called FindaGrave.com. I thought it sounded kind of weird at first, but it is free and it is extremely helpful. I’ve connected memorials of many family members with this site, including Grandma and all of her siblings – except Grace. So does anyone know where she’s buried? Or does anyone have a photo of her headstone? I’d like to make a memorial for her and connect her with her siblings.
169 years ago
George Henry Hine circa 1900
169 years ago today, my great great grandfather George Henry Hine was born in Hamilton County, Indiana (Nov. 27, 1846). He married Susan Stanbrough in 1873, and their first child, a daughter, Addie May Hine (my great grandmother) was born 3 years later. She was followed by five brothers (all of those Hines in Jennings). The family moved to southern Louisiana in 1894 and lived in the Hathaway area. He died on May 3, 1919 and was buried at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in China, Louisiana.