Those Places Thursday–Webster Family Road Trip: Arizona and Nevada

This is part of a series of posts dedicated to the immigration story of Debs Webster and his family.

My Grandpa Debs and his family are on the road again.  My uncle remembers that they visited Grand Canyon National Park on their way to California.

Unfortunately, I don’t have any photographs or postcards from their visit there.    But, there are postcards from Las Vegas, Nevada in Grandpa Debs' Scrapbook.  These postcards were between the postcards from Utah and California.  Whether this means Debs and his family actually stopped in Las Vegas on their way to California, I don’t know.

But, it would be a logical place to stop for food and fuel along their way to California, so I’m going to assume they did stop there.  With that in mind though, I’m not sure if they visited The Grand Canyon before they visited Las Vegas, or if it was the other way around.

If they visited the Grand Canyon first, here's a map showing their possible route from Manti, Utah to the Grand Canyon. 

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The following photos are from the National Parks Service.  They are stunning views of the Grand Canyon.



Grand Canyon Mather Point
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Grand Canyon Mather Point
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Grand Canyon Mather Point
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If Debs and his family visited the Grand Canyon before stopping in Las Vegas, here is a possible route from there to Las Vegas, Nevada.




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And here are those Las Vegas vintage postcards from Grandpa Debs’ Scrapbook.












Debs Webster and his family are getting SO close to their new home now, although I’m sure they didn’t look like that poor fellow in the last postcard.  The next stop on their road trip is California, the place they would call home for the rest of their lives.

Thanks for reading!

Jana


Copyright © Jana Last 2012

Tuesday’s Tip ~ Three Awesome Websites for Genealogy…Found on Pinterest!

I have three awesome websites to share with you today.  And, yes, I found them on Pinterest!  So, thank you Pinterest for helping me expand my Genealogy Toolbox.

This first website is great for those of us who have Civil War ancestors, or for those who are simply interested in Civil War history.

 
Battlefields of the Civil War is a very cool website.  It's a map and chronology showing the major battles of the Civil War.  It even has an animation feature.  Press the play button to see what happens.

Here’s a screenshot of the website’s start page.



There is a slider bar at the top.  You can even grab the left and right slide handles to narrow down the dates enabling you to see what battles were fought within a specific timeframe.

Hmm, I didn’t know there were Civil War battles fought in New Mexico.



Let’s click on one of those battlefields.  The Battle of Glorieta Pass has a link to the Civil War Trust website.

And after clicking on the Civil War Trust link for this battlefield, this is what you see.  There is information about that specific battle.

Mapping the Emerald Isle:  a geo-genealogy of Irish Surnames is another awesome website for those who are researching Irish ancestors.  This website shows birth surnames by county from an 1890 census.

Here’s the start page for this website.

Simply type or search for a surname on the dropdown menu at the left.  Here’s what I found with the Jennings surname.

Timeline of the Revolutionary War is a helpful website for those wanting to learn about the Revolutionary War.

Here’s the start page for this website.

Let’s say you want to learn more about The Sugar Act.  Just click on the link in the timeline, and this is what you will find.

Well, that’s it for today’s tips.  I hope these three websites will be helpful to you in your genealogical pursuits.

And thank you Pinterest for making me aware of these awesome websites!

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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Military Monday–Veterans Day Edition

Source:  Lipton Sale Wikipedia.org
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In commemoration of Veterans Day, I wanted to take the opportunity to thank all of the members of the military who have selflessly served their fellowmen and this great country, the United States of America.

I also wanted to list my ancestors who have contributed to keeping these United States a free nation.  There may be some I missed because I am not aware of their service at this time.  If that is the case, I hope to update this list later.

Revolutionary War

Luther L. Waterman – (4th Great-Grandfather) Surgeon

War of 1812

Asher Waterman – (3rd Great-Grandfather) – Capt. Nehemiah Gregory’s Company, Ohio Militia Regiment.

Civil War

Ebenezer Perry Carlisle Webster– (2nd Great-Grandfather) – Co. E, 74th Illinois Infantry Volunteers.

Watson Emery Webster – (2nd Great-Grand Uncle) – Co. E, 74th Illinois Infantry Volunteers.

Homer Clark Waterman – (2nd Great-Grand Uncle) – Assistant surgeon of the 4th West Virginia Infantry and in the 2nd West Virginia Infantry.

Charles Wesley Waterman – (2nd Great-Grand Uncle) – Co. I, Ohio 116th Infantry.

Lawrence C. Crippen – (Husband of my 2nd Great-Grand Aunt Lucy Mae Waterman) – Co. A, 92nd Ohio Infantry.

Richard Engle – (Husband of my 2nd Great-Grand Aunt Sarah Amanda Waterman) – Co. G, 63rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Korean War

Jan Albert Iverson – (My Father) – SP4 U.S. Army.

Thanks for reading!

Jana

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Sepia Saturday 151 ~ "The Traveling Dentist" at Work

Sepia Saturday provides an opportunity for genealogy bloggers to share their family history through photographs.

Today’s Sepia Saturday photo prompt from the US National Archives (at bottom of post), is titled, "Photograph of Women Working at a Bell System Telephone Switchboard."  There are many directions I could have gone with this photo - women working, phones, switchboards, and more.  Today I decided to go with the general theme of "work.”

The photo below is of my "Traveling Dentist" Great-Grandpa Watson Emory (Frederick) Webster at work in a dental office.  Those cute little kids with him are my Grandpa Debs (far left), Edna Lillie (far right), and Carlota (in dental chair).

This photo was taken in Brinkley, Arkansas. It is dated January 10 – April 10, 1922.
   

Frederick, Carlota, Edna Lillie, and Debs Webster
at Dental Office in Brinkley, Arkansas circa 1922
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I find the dates interesting.  Why was he there only from January 10 - April 10, 1922?  And why was he in Brinkley, Arkansas?

My regular readers may have seen from my previous posts that I sometimes like to "break down" photos into smaller sections by cropping out certain areas of interest.  This photo has quite a few areas of interest to look at.

First of all, we’ll spotlight the people in the photo:

Here’s Great-Grandpa Frederick with dental instruments in hand ready to go to work! Notice the open window behind him? Nice view, huh?

Frederick Webster
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This close-up shows my Grandpa Debs and his big sister Carlota. These two were the only children of Frederick and Esther Webster’s five children who lived to adulthood.

Carlota and Debs Webster
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This is a very special photo of sweet little Edna Lillie, because according to my records, she passed away the next year in 1923. Wasn’t she a pretty little girl?



Edna Lillie Webster
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Next up we’ll spotlight some interesting items in the dental office.

According to the wall clock,  it’s about 10:45.  And from the sunlight shining through the windows, I’d say it’s about 10:45 in the morning.



Wall Clock
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Let’s take a look at the table by the window.  See all of the dental instruments? 



Table at Dental Office
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Could this be a suction bulb on the table?  If so, I wonder if this is an antique version of today’s dental suction tube they stick in your mouth so you don’t drown or embarrass yourself by slobbering all over.  When my kids were little, they went to a Pediatric Dentist.  At that office, they called the suction tube "Mr. Thirsty."  I wonder if this antique suction bulb was a 1922 version of "Mr. Thirsty."



Antique Dental Tool
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And here we have the dental chair.  Quite an antique by today’s standards!

Vintage Dental Chair
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After taking a closer look at this chair, I noticed a couple of fascinating features.  First, I noticed the hand crank on the side. Isn’t that interesting? I wonder what it was used for.  Could it have been used to recline the chair?  Any other ideas?

I also see that there are one or two levers, each with a flat top edge on them, extending from the back of the chair. I wonder if they were used by the dentist to lift and lower the chair.


Close-up View of Hand-Crank and Lever
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And no, I’m not trying to give you nightmares with these last two photos.

I believe this is the dreaded dental drill.  (Insert scary music)

Antique Dental Drill
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See the small motor, and the drill hanging down to the left?  I wonder if this dental drill from 1922 made the same unnerving high-pitched whirring noise as the drills of today.


Antique Dental Drill
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Well, this concludes our tour.  I hope you’ve enjoyed your virtual visit to a 1922 dentist’s office!  And hopefully the last two photos weren’t too distressing.  If they were, and you feel the urge to run screaming from the room, I don’t blame you.

But, before you bolt, take a deep relaxing breath, and check out what the other Sepia Saturday participants have written about this week by clicking HERE.




Thanks for reading!

Jana

Copyright © Jana Last 2012

Follow Friday–Fab Finds for November 9, 2012

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order) -

1. Big Finds in the Smallest Places by The In-Depth Genealogist
2. Murder in Macon--Final Chapter-- The Trial by A Southern Sleuth
3. Why I Recommend the NGS Home Study Course by A Sense of Family
4. A different kind of census by The Legal Genealogist
5. Telegram! by Who Knew?
6. It's My Blogiversary! by Ancestors Live Here
7. My Ancestry DNA Results AND See Full Results in the Ancestry.com DNA Test by The We Tree Genealogy Blog
8. Workday Wednesday: The Pipeline Accident by Yvonne’s Genealogy Blog
9. Pinterest Tutorial #1: Creating a Board & Pinning by Olive Tree Genealogy Blog
10. Wordless Wednesday ~ Time Frame, Anyone? by Adventures in Genealogy
11. Nearly missed my day.... by Geniaus
12. Genealogy: The Next Generation by Ancestral Breezes
13. Saved from Dumpster: Amazing map collection by UPFRONT WITH NGS
14. The National Archives of Ireland Launches Genealogy Site by Genealogy Insider/Family Tree Magazine
15. Follow Friday - An accumulation of my weekly research – 6 by Family Stories: Photographs and Memories

New Blog Discoveries

• Our Birch Tree
• The Lowry - Witt Genealogy Blog
• Spilling the Family Beans

Thanks for reading!


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