ancestors – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Born Feb. 7, 1892

Mary Alta Kerr Hendricks, my paternal grandmother, was born 130 years ago. She went by the name Alta. When my father was born they lived in Farmersville, Illinois. One summer my brother and I stayed with our grandparents and she taught me to knit. I was four years old.

This is just from the time she resided in a Nursing Care Center in Taylorville, Illinois. My grandmother kept a list of the afghans and shawls she knit for others during this period of her life.
Written inside the cover of her copy of The Book of Common Prayer.

Heritage from a post. May 2017. Ben H at WordPress says “This week, share a photo of something that says “heritage” to you. It can be from your own family or culture — a library, a work of public art, a place of worship, an object passed down to you from previous generations.”

I held the quilt to the window so the light could show how beautifully it is pieced and stitched.

She knit the blue Afghan and handstitched the quilt. She could tat and crochet, too. Made egg noodles and hung to dry on a broom stick.

My father **Roy J. Hendricks** (b. 1912) is the boy standing on the left. Uncle **Alan Ray Hendricks**(b.1916) is the baby on my grandmother’s lap. My grandfather is standing, **Floyd Merle Hendricks**.

Mary Alta on the left , Sarah and Will Kerr in Illinois

Here’s another post for Throwback Thursday

My paternal grandmother, Mary Alta Kerr, born February 7, 1892 and her brother and sister. I need to do more research, dig around in a box, to get info on her siblings details. I know she called her sister “Sis”.

This is the grandmother who taught me to knit when I was little. No date on the photo. She looks to be 5 or 6? Maybe 1900-1901?

Mary Alta Kerr Hendricks passed March 13,1979 and is buried in Morrisonville, Illinois.

This is a photo of my grandmothers recipe box. This is a poem about bread, glued in the lid given to my grandmother by Ella Beyer. She was my godmother and I was given Ella as my middle name.

My grandmother on the right, the one who taught me to knit.

1973 photograph of me in the middle, my grandmother on the right and Aunt Vesta Kent on the left. Morrisonville, Illinois.

Great grandson Shawn Hendricks posted a photo of this tag found on his father’s (John)Afghan

Morrisonville City Cemetery
Morrisonville, Illinois

February 6, 2022February 7, 2022 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: 1892, afghans, ancestors, birthday, bread making, grandmother, Illinois, knitting, photography, postaday, quilt, quilting, Recipe box 27 Comments

The Van Sickles of Durand Illinois

My son put together this little video, with photos from my grandmother’s album, and paid for the use of the accompanying music.

The Van Sickles of Durand Illinois

You’ve seen a lot of the stills before.

December 29, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Family, PhotographyTags: ancestors, childhood, Durand Illinois, family, grandmother’s album, photography, postaday, van sickle, video, vintage, youtube 10 Comments

1919. My Mother was Seven

December 22, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, childhood, Durand Illinois, family, grandmother’s album, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, vintage 6 Comments

Born in 1910

John Rowley Van Sickle. 1910-2004

My mother’s elder brother. My Uncle John.

Seated on my Grandmother Charlotte Rowley Van Sickle

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, Durand Illinois, photography, postaday, Relatives, Throwback Thursday, uncle 7 Comments

Uncle Harold Milks a Cow c.1936

My father’s brother Harold Paul Hendricks was called “Butch” Born in 1928 .
I estimate he is about 8 or 9 years old

In a different part of the old sticky album.
No chance to see if there’s any writing on the back.

October 13, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, cow, family, family album, milking, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, uncle, vintage 5 Comments

Throwback to 1927 Boy Scout Camp

My mother Marian standing on wall on the the left and her brother Robert seated below her. Not sure who the other women are.

I tried to see if one was their mother, my grandmother. They must have taken their brother John to Boy Scout Camp.

I might discover I’ve posted this pic previously.

October 6, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1928, ancestors, boy scouts, Durand Illinois, family, grandmother’s album, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, vintage 9 Comments

Illinois, Circa 1924, Before They Lost the Farm

My father’s parents Alta (b.1895) on left and Floyd (b.1892) on the right in overalls with the pipe in his mouth, My father’s younger brother Alan (b. 1916) along with Forrest and Martha (don’t know who they are) and my grandmother’s sister, Sis. Farmersville, Illinois.

A Photo with names written on the back

What can we tell from a family photo album? I wonder who took the picture?

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: 1924, ancestors, family, family photos, farm, grandfather, grandmother, Illinois, photography, postaday, Throwback Thursday, vintage 3 Comments

March 17, 2021 by Ruth Categories: Photography, Throwback ThursdayTags: ancestors, antique, Durand Illinois, family, grandmother’s album, mother, photography, postaday, uncles, vintage 9 Comments

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Born Feb. 7, 1892

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My Grandmother and the Chickens

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My Mother in the Hat 1916

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