Info for 2 Thomas Smith pics

P2 - PICTURES OF THOMAS SMITH’S FAMILY
August 6, 2004

THOMAS SMITH & MATILDA HERITAGE

A number of our relatives left Oxfordshire in the 1870s for the London area and worked in shops. Others, like Matilda Heritage’s sisters family, went to Sheffield, Yorks to work in the steel mills, and Thomas Smith, his brothers, John and Alfred Henry came to to America. Things were depressed in Oxford at that time and they left to better themselves.

Someone in England wrote:
The 1870s were a time of great depression in agriculture - which was the basis of almost all of Oxfordshire's economy. So people left rural areas in droves to find work in industrial centres or anywhere they could find it often their only alternative was the workhouse. Once one member of a family found work somewhere others would hear about it, perhaps the first could put in a word for them with his employers - and so family and friends migrated in the first chaps wake.

Another person added:
"Depressed in Oxford". In almost all rural areas! Rural depopulation was proceeding apace.


Folly Farm 1 Across the field to Folly Farm just outside of Blackthorn. Thomas and Matilda Smith lived here from 1866 to 1870. Their first child, Edith, was born in Bicester, and the last, Florence in Lower Heyford, but the middle four, Emily, Herbert, Beatrice and Minnie were born here in Blackthorn. Thomas probably worked at the windmill at this time. This picture was taken 8 Nov 1966 by J. Richard Smith

Folly Farm & Richard Richard standing by the front door of Folly Farm. 8 Nov 1966. In Donnette’s diary is written: “Folly farm - all tumbled down. Two rooms on the main floor. A fireplace in each room. Ceilings 6 ½ feet high. Doors 5 ½ feet high. Tiny spiral staircase to the upstairs. Several small rooms. Rock with a tile roof. Some newer additions to barns of brick. One fireplace larger square. One small ornate.”

Richard & Folly Farm Richard standing by the door of Folly Farm 8 Nov 1966

Folly Farm Back The back of Folly Farm. Probably had additions built on over the years. 8 Nov 1966

Floor plan of Folly Farm Folly Farm - floor plan sketched Nov 1966 by Donnette Smith.

Windmill - Bicester Bicester's last windmill, destroyed in 1886. It stood in the angle of the Middleton Road and Bignell Road. This is the type of windmill where Thomas Smith worked while living at Folly Farm, Blackthorn near Bicester.

Thomas' home in SLC Home of Thomas and Margaret (Bonham) Smith in Salt Lake City, Utah. 1711 Edison Ave. Picture taken by Richard Smith in 1963

Congregtational Church SLC First Congregational Church in Salt Lake City - picture 1896. This is the church Thomas Smith and his family attended in Salt Lake City.

3 children in USA Three children Thomas Smith brought to America. Emily, Herbert James and Minnie. Picture taken about 1885


CHILDREN OF THOMAS SMITH AND HIS FIRST WIFE, MATILDA HERITAGE
Edith Annie Smith 1865 - 1949
Emily Matilda Smith 1866-1913
Herbert James Smith 1867 - 1937
Beatrice Ellen Smith 1869 - 1951
Minnie Smith 1870 - 1919
Florence Mary Smith 1871 - 1916

After Matilda died, Thomas brought three children to America, Emily, Herbert and Minnie. Edith and Beatrice stayed at Wretchwick farm with their grandparents. Matilda’s sister, Mary Ann Heritage Smith (wife of George Smith who was no relation to our Smiths) who had nursed Matilda through her last illness, took the baby, Florence, to raise. Mary Ann and George soon moved to Sheffield, Yorkshire to get work in the steel mills.


Edith Annie Smith Edith Annie Smith daughter of Thomas & Matilda Smith. Born 1865 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, died 1949 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She and her sister, Beatrice Ellen Smith were raised by their Smith grandparents at Wretchwick Farm after the death of their mother. Picture taken by G. Coles at 110 St. Aldates, Oxford. Abt 1883

Edith Smith #2 Edith Annie Smith picture taken by Chase, 56 W. 2nd South, Salt Lake City, Utah about 1896.

Edith Smith #3 Edith Annie Smith

Edith & friend The lady on the right is Edith Smith, daughter of Thomas Smith. abt 1895 or this might have been taken about 1890 in England.

Edith & friend The lady on the right is Edith Smith, daughter of Thomas Smith. abt 1895 or this might have been taken about 1890 in England

Beatrice Ellen Smith Beatrice Ellen Smith, daughter of Thomas & Matilda Smith, born 1868 at Blackthorn, Oxford, England, died 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Beatrice Ellen Smith #2 Beatrice Ellen Smith picture taken by G. Coles, 110 St. Aldates, Oxford, England. About 1883.

Beatrice in window Beatrice Ellen Smith sitting in the window at Wretchwick Farm, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England, where her grandparents had raised her after the death of her mother. Picture taken about 1890

Beatrice Smith #3 Beatrice Smith

Beatrice - nurse Beatrice Ellen Smith when she became a nurse at the St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. - about 1895

Beatrice - nurse #2 Beatrice Ellen Smith when she became a nurse at the St. Marks Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah. - about 1895 Photo by Chase of Salt Lake City.

Certificate “Certificate: 1940 This is to Certify that Beatrice Smith is hereby awarded Life Membership in St. Mark’s Nurses Alumnae Association, Salt Lake City, Utah.”

Newspaper clipping Newspaper Friday, November 12, 1948. Former Nurse - Miss Beatrice Smith, 57 South Eighth East St. of her nursing experiences during her years of service connected with" - Notice that she is holding the framed picture of her when she first became a nurse.

Beatrice in garden Beatrice in the garden wearing her nurse's uniform.

Thomas11e Beatrice and Edith Smith with some friends in Salt Lake City.

Thomas11f Beatrice and Edith Smith with some friends in Salt Lake City.

Thomas11g Beatrice and Edith Smith with some friends in Salt Lake City.

B & E at home One of the homes Edith and Beatrice Smith lived in, in Salt Lake City.

B & E on porch Beatrice and Edith Smith with a young friend on the front steps to their home in Salt Lake City.

Bea - nurse #3 Beatrice in the garden wearing her nurse's uniform.

B & E in garden Edith and Beatrice at their back steps into the garden at their home in Salt Lake City.

Edith at home Edith Smith in front of her home at 1476 Major St., in Salt Lake City in the late 1940s.

Minnie Smith Minnie Smith born 1870 in Blackthorn, Ambrosden, Oxford, England and died in 1919 from the flu in Provo, Utah. Picture taken by Fox & Symons, 322 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Minnie #2 Minnie Smith daughter of Thomas & Matilda Smith. Picture taken by Fox & Symons, 322 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah.

Minnie #3 Minnie Smith daughter of Thomas & Matilda Smith. Picture taken by Fox & Symons, 322 S. Main St., Salt Lake City, Utah

EMILY MATILDA SMITH ROLLANDET
3 Children in America Three children Thomas Smith brought to America. Emily, Herbert James and Minnie. Picture taken about 1885

Emily Smith Emily Matilda Smith born 1866 at Blackthorn, Oxfordshire, England. Came to the USA in about 1875 with her father. Lived in Denver since a teenager. Died in El Paso, Texas in 1913. Picture taken by A.E. Rinehart, Denver, Colorado about time of her marriage to Edwin Rollandet in 1891.

Emily & Edwin Rollandet Emily Matilda Smith and her husband Edwin Rollandet about 1891. Picture taken by Rose & Co., Denver, Colorado

Our Home? - “Our Home”, home in Denver of Emily and Edwin Rollandet. And yet in the 1900 census they lived in a boarding house

Edwin Rollandet Edwin Rollandet, husband of Emily Matilda Smith. Picture taken by Rose & Co., Denver Colorado about 1891

Emily Rollandet Emily Matilda Smith Rollandet

Louise Rollandet # 1 Louise Elizabeth Rollandet born 1893 in Denver,
Colo.

Louise Rollandet # 2 Louise Elizabeth Rollandet born 1893 in Denver,
Colo.

Louise Rollandet # 3 Louise Elizabeth Rollandet born 1893 in Denver, Colo. Picture taken Dec. 1894 age 19 months by Rose & co., Denver, Colo.

Louise & Beatrice Louise Rollandet and her little sister, Marie Beatrice Rollandet, (born 1904) about 1905. Picture taken by Howard’s Studio, 304 N. Main St, Pueblo, Colo.

Marie Beatrice “Marie Beatrice Rollandet May 1908”

Louise Rollandet #4 Louise Rollandet in the 1920s. Picture taken by brown Byers Studio, Denver.

Louise Rollandet #5 Louise Rollandet in the 1920s. Picture taken by brown Byers Studio, Denver.

Louise Rollandet #6 Louise Rollandet

Louise Rollandet #7 Louise Rollandet. "Much love, a merry merry Christmas and a happy new year to Aunt Edith and Aunt Beatrice from Louise."


FLORENCE MARY SMITH HARRISON
Harrisons with family James Harrison, Florence Mary Smith Harrison, Edwin Smith and his wife, Marila & their children (Edwin is son of George & Mary Ann Heritage Smith - and is a nephew of Thomas Smith & Matilda Heritage Smith). (Beatrice Harrison Edwards didn’t know who the man on the right with a beard was.) [This picture had glass glued on the front. That glass was cracked many years ago.] Picture probably taken soon after marriage. Aug 1891.

Florence Smith Florence Mary Smith youngest child of Matilda & Thomas Smith. Abt 1891

James Harrison James Harrison, husband of Florence Mary Smith Abt 1891

Harrison family #1 Family of Florence Mary Smith and James Harrison.. Back: Herbert James Harrison about age 16, Beatrice Annie Harrison about age 17. Front: Florence Mary Smith Harrison, Frank Harrison age about 6, Walter Harrison age about 11. Picture taken about 1909 at Sheffield, England by Grant & Morton, 589 Attercliffe Rd, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Harrison family #2 Family of Florence Mary Smith and James Harrison. Picture taken about 1909 at Sheffield, England. L to R: Beatrice Annie Harrison about age 17, Florence Mary Smith Harrison, Walter Harrison age about 11, James Harrison, and Herbert James Harrison about age 16. In front: Frank Harrison age about 6. Picture taken about 1909 at Sheffield, England by Grant & Morton, 589 Attercliffe Rd, Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Florence & cousin Standing: Beatrice Harrison, daughter of James Harrison & his wife Florence Mary Smith Harrison. Seated: Ethel Leverton daughter of Walter & Minnie Smith Leverton - cousin of Beatrice. (Minnie Smith was a daughter of Mary Ann Heritage & George Smith.)

Beatrice Harrison Beatrice Harrison, daughter of James Harrison & his wife Florence Mary Smith Harrison.

Thomas Edwards - young Thomas Edwards as a boy - in kilts

Beatrice & Thomas Edwards Beatrice Harrison and her new husband, Thomas Edwards. They married Dec. 1912. Picture taken by Grant & Morton, Attercliffe Rd., Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Beatrice & Thomas #2 Beatrice Harrison and her new husband, Thomas Edwards. They married Dec. 1912. Picture taken by Grant & Morton, Attercliffe Rd., Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Thomas Edwards #2 Thomas Edwards in the First World War.

Marjorie Edwards #1 “This was taken when we were on a Holiday last year at Blackpool. The one with the cross is my little girl”. Marjorie Edwards about 1918.

Baby Mary Edwards “Baby Mary three months we are a little disappointed it
hasn’t taken very well. Her hair has gone much fairer since.” Beatrice
Mary Edwards born in 1922 and who drowned in 1925.

Edwards family #1 Beatrice Harrison Edwards and her husband, Thomas
Edwards, and their two daughters, Marjorie (the older- born 1913) and
Beatrice Mary (born in 1922 and who accidentally drowned in a bucket of
laundry water in 1925). Abt 1922

Marjorie Edwards #2 Marjorie Edwards daughter of Beatrice & Tom Edwards
abt 1922

Thomas Edwards #3 Tom Edwards by his motorcar abt 1922

Marjorie #4 Marjorie Edwards, daughter of Beatrice and Tom Edwards

Elsie Edwards #1 Elsie Edwards, daughter of Beatrice & Tom Edwards. (Born 1926) Picture taken Nov 1928

Elise & Marjorie Marjorie is older daughter and Elsie younger one of Beatrice and Tom Edwards “With Love from Marjorie and Elsie” -abt 1930

Edwards family #2 Thomas Edwards and his youngest daughter, Elsie, and wife Beatrice. About 1930

Edwards Holiday Thomas and Beatrice Edwards with their daughter, Elsie abt 1936

Thomas & Beatrice #3 Thomas and Beatrice Edwards abt 1936 "Elsie took this in the Rose gardens at Rhyl."

Edwards holiday #2 Beatrice Edwards, Tom Edwards, and their two daughters, Elsie and Marjorie. Abt 1938

Marjorie's wedding Wedding of Marjorie Edwards and Wilford Jenkinson 7 Aug 1937. Back row: Eliza Green Harrison, stepmother of Beatrice Harrison Edwards, Thomas Edwards, —bridesmaid, bestman, Marjorie Edwards & Wilford Jenkinson. (The others are probably another bridesmaid and relatives of Wilford. Front: seated, Beatrice Harrison Edwards (mother of bride) and just to the right of the bride and groom with a little dot over her head is Elsie Edwards, younger sister of the bride.

Letter from Beatrice Harrison Edwards to Beatrice and Edith Smith in Salt Lake City about the marriage of her daughter, Marjorie Edwards to Wilford Jenkinson 7 Aug 1937. She describes the picture she sent. [this is all that is left of the letter now owned Viola Wing Garrett June 16, 2004.]
“Pg 5
The effect was very nice. You will see my stepmother and my husband and myself all on Marjorie’s right hand. But Elsie got to the wrong side somehow or other and didn’t notice it. I have put a little mark over Elsie’s head so you will know. Marjorie has got a very nice steady young fellow and a very comfortable home. They are very happy and we are very fond of him. They live about half an hour’s walk from us. In a suburb called Firth Park. And Wilfred has got very decent work. He is an Electric Welder. It is a trade that ensure’s constant employment whether there is a slump or a boom. It is a consolation to know that he will never be out of work. It was a beautiful----“

Marjorie & Wilford Wedding of Marjorie Edwards and Wilford Jenkinson 7 Aug 1937.

Marjorie & parents Beatrice Harrison Edwards, her daughter, Marjorie Edwards Jenkinson, and Beatrice's husband, Thomas Edwards. about 1937

Elsie #2 Elsie Edwards, younger daughter of Beatrice and Thomas Edwards -“20/4/41 To Aunts Beatie and Edith with love from Elsie.”

Edward Family #3 Beatrice Edwards with her husband and two daughters and two granddaughters. Back: Marjorie Jenkinson, Wilford Jenkinson, Thomas Edwards, Gordon Beadsworth and Elsie Beadsworth. Front: Mary Jenkinson, Janet Jenkinson and Beatrice Edwards. Sheffield, Yorkshire. About 1960 the year Elsie was married.

Home in Sheffield Beatrice Harrison Edwards lived in this home when Richard and Donnette Smith visited her Nov. 1966. This large home in Sheffield, England had been made into apartments after the wealthy owners had moved into a “better” part of the city.

Richard & Beatrice J. Richard Smith and Beatrice Harrison Edwards in front of her apartment house Nov 1966, Sheffield, Yorkshire

Frank Harrison Frank Harrison, son of Florence Smith and her husband, James Harrison. He was the fourth child of five. Picture taken by A. Seaman & Sons, 115 Pinstone St., Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Frank Harrison #2 Frank Harrison, son of Florence Smith and her husband, James Harrison. He was the fourth child of five. Picture taken by A. Seaman & Sons, 115 Pinstone St., Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Frank Harrison wedding Wedding of Frank Harrison and Miriam Barrow. He was the son of Florence Smith & James Harrison. 26 July 1930 at Sheffield, Yorkshire

Warwick Harrison #1 Warwick Trevor Harrison, only child of Frank & Miriam Harrison. Born 13 Nov 1937 . Picture taken by A. Seaman & Sons, 115 Pinstone St., Sheffield, Yorkshire.

Warwick Harrison #2 Warwick Trevor Harrison, only child of Frank & Miriam Harrison picture taken 19 July 1940 by John Bull Studio, 32 High Street, Sheffield.

Warwick Harrison #3 Warwick Trevor Harrison, only child of Frank & Miriam Harrison picture taken about 1944

Frank & Warwick Frank and Warwick Harrison 1950 at Filey, Yorkshire (9 ½ miles SE of Scarborough. It is a coastguard and lifeboat station.)

Frank & Warwick #2 Frank and Warwick Harrison 1950 at Filey, Yorkshire (9 ½ miles SE of Scarborough. It is a coastguard and lifeboat station.)

Warwick Harrison #4 Warwick Harrison 1950 at Filey, Yorkshire (9 ½ miles SE of Scarborough. It is a coastguard and lifeboat station.)

Who is this? Could this be Warwick Harrison and his mother and possibly his Aunt Edith Annie Smith? [The picture is from a box that had been Beatrice Ellen Smith's - sister of Edith.]


MATILDA’S SISTER - MARY ANN HERITAGE SMITH
Mary Ann Heritage & family Seated: Mary Ann Heritage Smith (sister of Matilda Heritage Smith) and her husband, George Smith (no relation to our Smith family). Standing, Their daughter, Minnie Smith Leverton and her husband, Walter Leverton. Picture taken about 1890 by Thos. Croxford, Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Mary Ann took care of her sister, Matilda, during her last illness, and then took Matilda’s baby, Florence Mary, to raise. Mary Ann and George soon moved to Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire England for George to work in the steel mills.

Albert Smith Albert Smith - 8th child of Mary Ann Heritage Smith and her husband George Smith Picture taken by A & G Taylor, Photographers to Her Majesty, Queen, , 101 Norfolk St., Sheffield

Clara Leverton Smith Clara Leverton Smith, wife of Albert Smith and sister to Walter Leverton. Photograph taken in Sheffield.

Eveline Smith Eveline Smith only child of Albert and Clara Smith. Photograph taken in Sheffield..

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FAMILY OF THOMAS SMITH AND HIS THIRD WIFE, MARGARET BONHAM
Thomas Smith born 4 Sept 1837, Bicester, d 25 Dec 1914, Salt Lake City, Utah
md 1. Matilda Heritage 12 Apr 1864 (she died 29 May 1872 Bicester,
Oxfordshire)
md 2. Mary Ellen (Nellie) Smith 5 July 1874 (she died 1877/1989
Pennsylvania)
md 3. Margaret Bonham 1879 (she died 27 Jan 1942 Sale Lake City, Utah)

After Matilda Heritage Smith, Thomas’s first wife, died in 1872, Thomas married Matilda’s sister’s eldest daughter, Mary Ellen (Nellie) Smith. He came to America with her and three of Matilda’s children. Nellie had three children, Nellie, Lillie and Walter. Nellie and her daughter, Lillie, died in Pennsylvania. Thomas then married Margaret Bonham. Margaret’s sister, Mary Bonham Scott, adopted Walter. Margaret had three
children. Lynnville Bonham Smith born in Pennsylvania, Myrtle Margaret Smith , and Ethel Irene Smith born in Salt Lake City. Lynnville was a machinist with the railroad and moved around the western US a number of times. Ethel Irene never married.

Lynville August 26, 2004 Dear Vicki, I just found a picture in Richard's cousin's book (Eva Jane Smith Bjornson) which I am attaching. Do you know any of these people. Someone wrote all the names on the back and then someone else cut the borders off the picture and cut most of the names off. All that is left written on the back now is:”...day, Mrs. P. Bo...Mrs. Bonham's sister...L.B. Smith, ...Bill Jones, H.J. ..” .I'm wondering if Mrs. Bonham's sister is Ethel who was on one of your pictures. And if the L.B. Smith is Lynville Smith, full brother to Myrtle Margaret Smith. And if the H.J. is Herbert James Smith - half brother to Lynville and Myrtle. The man on the right looks very much like Herbert James Smith.
Donnette

The picture of HJ Smith looks as if he is about 50 years old. As he was born in 1867 that would mean the picture could have been taken about 1917. In 1917 Lynville Bonham Smith would have been about 34 years old.

Reverse of picture Showing the names that were left after someone cut most of them off the back.

Lynville Bonham Smith detail from fishing picture. Is this Lynville Bonham Smith in the middle? Picture taken aobut 1917-1920

Lyn’s daughter Eleanor Smith, daughter of Lynnville Bonham Smith, age 7 (she was born 5 June 1908) 1915 - back of picture says: " 7 years old Eleanor Smith. (to) Bert & dau - Hope this finds you all well and happy. Clara".

Pictures of Margaret Bonham and some of her family sent by Vicki Matheson August 10, 2004 to Donnette Smith

Francis Howard Kimbrough Francis Howard Kimbrough, Myrtle Margarets husband abt 1930

Geraldine&Francis Geraldine Margaret Kimbrough Jongejan & Myrtle Margaret Smith Kimbrough's husband, Francis Kimbrough, abt 1930

Thomas Kimbrough Thomas Kimbrough (Geraldines brother ) abt 1930

Thelma & Joseph Thelma May Kimbrough Gregrich and husband Joseph Gregrich abt 1930

Gladys & Thomas Gladys Iretta Dorothy Kimbrough Miller, and husband
Thomas Kenneth Miller abt 1930

Myrtle Margaret Myrtle Margaret Smith Kimbrough abt 1930

Margaret Bonham Smith Attached is picture of Myrtle Margaret Smith Kimbrough (my great grandma), Margaret Bonham Smith(my great great grandma), Grace Elaine Jongejan (my mom), Geraldine Margaret Kimbrough Jongejan (my grandma) Picture taken about abt 1937 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Picture from Vicki Matheson:

Margaret #2 This one is Ethel ( Margarets Bonham Smiths sister), Dorothy Kimbrough, Margaret Bonham Smith, Myrtle Margaret Smith Kimbrough, Geraldine Margaret Kimbrough, and Thelma May Kimbrough kneeling. abt 1937

4 generations Myrtle Margaret Smith Kimbrough, (my great gr-ma), Geraldine Margaret Kimbrough Jongejan, (my gr-ma), Grace Elaine Jongejan Eva, (my mother) and me, Vickie Lynn Eva. abt 1954

Thanks to Donnette Smith

As I said, I appreciate all of this history accumulating and writing and photo collection work. It means a lot to me, to my cousins (Garth and David Childs and Richard’s widow, Denise Childs) and to all of my kids. We are grateful!!!!!!
Love, Myrna

Kevin

Do you have the home email address for your dad and mom? Is it  garth-childs@yahoo.com? If not, what is it? Your dad said he thought  that was right but he hadn’t received the photos I sent all of you.  

Thanks. It must be a VERY long log time. Are  you fine? I hope so. Love, Aunt Myrna

Love, Aunt Myrna 


Kevin:There home e-mil address is garth_childs@yahoo.com  He  said the same thing to me.   I know there is a very long lag time  from msn to yahoo.  


I am doing great!   I have been busy with work.  I am now working part time with the mail order pharmacy and part time with pharmacy purchasing for Kaiser Permanente.  We are in the middle of switching over to a new ordering system.  I have been working full time in purchasing because of the switch and February has been very busy.  The new system isn't working how it should and the old system crashing. I can not wait for April!! 
 
In April I will be going to Hawaii.  It was a Christmas present.  A great present if you ask me!!  After the past month of work I can not wait to leave.     
 
How have you been????


Myrna:
Ah, Hawaii! When you get there, think of me. You know, I was supposed to be born in Hawaii. My guardian angel got mixed up and dropped me off in Utah. There is a poor little girl in Hawaii who was supposed to be dropped off in Utah who is just suffering from the heat. (Just kidding. But if I find out that is what really happened, I will be ticked off.) Who gave you a Christmas present like that? I want to get on their list.

We have the usual life—too much to do and not enough time to do it in We are still working at the temple on Friday and Saturday. I baby sit three or five (depending on the week) grandkids on Wednesday and Thursday. Sometimes there are more, if school is out. Monday and Tuesday are newspaper days 

Leonard is still helping Jim (Julie’s husband, Jim Jones) with the bees. It has been a hard year for them because of the accident at Las Vegas where they lost one-third of the business because a trucker helping haul them hit the bank of concrete and dumped the load. The insurance still hasn’t settled but they are rebuilding anyway.

Todd will be re-located in Ohio. Discover Card gave him a promotion. They are excited but I am sad.

Are you getting the pictures of your ancestors?

You won’t have time to read this. 

Love, Aunt Myrna