Picture Monday, June 30, 2008

Today I am highlighting some pictures from Chris's side of the family. Yesterday was Chris's Aunt June's birthday so I decided that this would be a great time to post some of her family pictures. Aunt June is Chris's father's sister. She currently lives in Moberly, Missouri. So get ready. Here we go!

The picture below is a picture of the old home place in Nevada, Missouri. It looks like it was a crisp winter morning when this was taken.

Below we have a picture of Tom Brannaman. He was Chris's father's grandfather. The next picture is Tom Brannaman's wife. Let's see, that makes her Chris's father's grandmother. Gee it's sure hard to keep family relationships straight.

I love this picture! This is a picture of Aunt June in a goat cart. Look at her hair. She was a cutey in 1926.

This is Aunt Maude. This is Aunt June's aunt. Chris says that is her dad, Henry on her lap.

Aunt June stands with her brother Henry, Chris's dad.

The picture below is Aunt June and her husband, Uncle Doyle. Aunt June is holding Chris's cousin, Gary; and her other cousin, Virginia is standing. She must be holding a favorite doll.

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A Grave Situation

I mentioned yesterday that I found a goodly portion of my family tree on ancestry.com courtesy of my niece Kari Horst Nilsson. Well now to add to the story, yesterday I was looking up some information on the Internet Movie Database and from there ended up going to findagrave.com. This lead me to posting pictures of the headstones of my family on the site for Oakwood Cemetery in Waco. I then decided to check into the family that are buried at Rosemound Cemetery. When I went to the cemetery I got the plot information and from that information I learned something very interesting. Now I already knew that the plot was purchased by my uncle for his wife, Ruth Creswell Carter. She was my mother's sister that died in 1929 at the age of 20. Anyway, her husband bought the plot and gave it to the family to be used for his wife and other family members.

Now here is the interesting part! The plot measures 14 feet by 15 feet by 20 feet and was purchased for $60.00 on March 5, 1929. The plot was sized for 6 spaces. That's not too shabby, $10.00 per space. A quick Internet search at gravesolutions.com yielded the following results. For a comparable size plot in Waco Memorial Park for $1095.00. Let's see, that would make the 6 spaces about $182.50. I guess that's cheap though. At Forest Park East in Houston, TX I found a plot going for $12,000.00. That would be $2000.00 per space. I suppose it's cheaper to die in Waco. At least it's cheaper to live in Waco after you die.

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