
Frances Cabell Coursen Perritt recorded her family history by scrapbooking artifacts, photos and clippings
Frances Cabell Coursen Perritt recorded the live of herself and her family by scrapbooking artifacts, photos, and clippings. Many of her ancestors came to Oregon before it was a state
Cabell Family
Albert Lonski Wartime
My father, Albert Thomas Lonski, wore his dress uniform for this portrait photograph. This uniform, his dress uniform, included a forest green coat, trousers of the same color, a khaki shirt, and tie. The insignia on his hat and lapel was the Eagle, Globe and Anchor (EGA). This was Marine Corps symbol. The next photo…
Written
Week 49 -Written- Helen Wolfe Lonski (my mother) Well-chosen words, piles of poems, long letters to the editor of the local newspaper and stories scribbled on scraps of paper abounded. Helen Margaret Wolfe Lonski left these items in my care. That was a lot of written words to go through. She knew written words caused…
The Disappearing Printer
Post for Week 39 There was one member of Frances Perritt’s family who disappeared late in life. I couldn’t find his death record, his burial site, or the place he spent his final years until recently. When I first met my husband’s family, including his great grandmother, Bessie Goughler, she spoke affectionately of all her…
