The boogie night is young and it’s time to head out to the school dance. Slide into your finest 70’s formal-wear and join this crew for some disco fever — can you cats dig it? Okay — so that’s my …
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New challenge presented as I try to do a post on an iPad this time. The other day I managed to spill my coffee onto my laptop — I needed the peppy liquid, not the electronic device — that’s a …
We are looking into a formal dinner gathering of the Jordan family. It looks pre-meal, and there’s conversation while the water and milk are served. The photographer has chosen to focus on the dark-haired woman sitting in the corner, her …
It’s good to see that my maternal grandfather and grandmother, Don DeVoe and Elizabeth “Betty” (Dague) DeVoe had a successful day at the lake. They are the left couple, and I think they have 30+ fish here — of which …
Viruses, when new or unchecked by medicine, have a way of wrecking havoc as we all now so vividly know. For most of us alive, though — our current situation was somewhat beyond imagination. Not to the generation of Americans …
It’s a sunny day for us to see Betty (Dague) DeVoe (Matt’s maternal grandmother), holding her first born, Judy. Betty wears a nice dress and sends a kind smile toward the camera, presumably held by her husband, Don. Judy is …
This is a warm, evening-time glimpse into the world of Susan (Bauer) Greiner, the maternal great-great-grandmother to Erin. Susan (Bauer) Greiner, mother of Bertha (Greiner) Jordan, mother of Joseph Jordan, father of Meg (Jordan) Pickett, mother of Erin. The back …
The feature image is the MyHeritage/colorized version, and below is the black and white standard: The little girl in front, is Matt’s mother Penny DeVoe. Penny’s brother Larry DeVoe is on the left, his arms behind his back. The woman …
This is Margaret Lorimer on her wedding day to Jack Lunt. Margaret is Erin’s maternal great-grandmother direct through maternal lines. Margaret (Lorimer) Lunt, mother to Martha (Lunt) Jordan, mother to Margaret (Jordan) Pickett, mother to Erin. So you can now …
My maternal grandmother, Elizabeth (Dague) DeVoe, is posing for you in a flower dress standing on a small grassy hill. She’s behind what we presume to be her home. The air seems warm — the leaves are quite full — …
With an upward view from a child’s eye or a seated position, we say hello to John “Jack” Anthony Lunt, maternal great-grandfather to Erin [Father of Marty (Lunt) Jordan, mother of Meg (Jordan) Pickett, mother of Erin]. Everyone needs to …
It’s Judy DeVoe, my maternal aunt, smiling for a pose as she sits on her bed at home. She’s sporting a watch, a ring, presumably some lipstick, and is enjoying teenager life in her button-up shirt/light coat. The lone wall-decor …
So is the writing on the back of this photo giving us immediate identities for the men and child here. “Little Joe” — in front, and looking a bit disgruntled, as toddlers can, i have found — is Joseph Jordan, …
I dabble around with different web resources for my genealogy and photo interests. MyHeritage (which I’m not a member of), recently unveiled a new feature wherein you can upload black and white photos for an automated colorization process. This technology …
Celebrating love ❤️ 💕 💘 and its imagery today — with this fine double-date photo of the couple Chapman, that is Matt’s maternal aunt Judy DeVoe and uncle Jerry Chapman, here seated centrally, with Judy tenderly leaning in for a …
I know that mid-century formal wear can evoke a “Mad-Men” style-vibe — aware here of the fashion and style reference but without any experience seeing the show itself. So it’s in that thought that I present my maternal grandfather, Donald …
welcome to what looks like a family gathering for the Jordan family. Meg (Jordan) Pickett (my mother in law), is backing her older sister, Chris (Jordan) Wooden. The long-tables suggest a family feast is nigh. Warm sweaters are being worn. …
Donald DeVoe (Matt’s maternal grandfather) is pictured here, puffing off his pipe, while seated in a metal swing chair. This home looks like Gaylord St House, where the young DeVoe family lived before building their ultimate family home on Janice …
Simple hugs and smiles for you on what would appear to be a winter (isn’t that snow through the leaded glass window?) day for Erin Pickett and her dad Dave. Those appear to be two large black and white photos …
I enjoy this black-and-white window to the 50’s, in what looks like a nice autumn day at the park. We find the family car sitting behind the entire DeVoe family, posed with two Henning cousins. My mother, Penny DeVoe is …
This shot of Meg (Jordan) Pickett hugging her daughter, Erin (my wife!), almost crosses generations for me, because I could just as easily photograph her hugging my oldest — and very similarly aged — daughter Olivia, with that same exact …
Stand back and witness this dangerous trio — you are in for some trouble. They are gathered for Carey’s “Bride’s Breakfast” at Heron’s Hideaway in Sheridan, Indiana, circa September 2004, in the day’s leading up to Carey’s life union to …
Here we find a teenage Terri Chapman, floor-dwelling on what I presume is Christmas morning in her Evergreen House living room. Her (and my) maternal grandparents Don and Betty DeVoe are watching on. I spot a Christmas tree on the …
Feel very sorry for these mischievous teens and tweens. They were innocently participating in a western adventure family vacation to Bryce Canyon in Utah, when something must have gone terribly wrong, leading to incarceration. Don’t be misled by their grimaces …
It’s an August birthday celebration for (left to right), Tracy Chapman, Betty (Dague) DeVoe, and Terri Chapman. Maternal first cousins to Matt flanking his (and theirs), maternal grandmother. Ziggy is hand-frosted in the customary detailed and skilled fashion by my …
