This is one of my favorite photos, the picture tells me much, I just wish it told me who they are!
I believe the photo to have been taken in Scotland about 1850 dating the clothes and hair styles and the photographers information on the folder.
The photo reminds me of Sunday morning when trying to get little people ready for church. The little ones are dressed and looking cute as buttons. Whereas Dad is looking a bit ascue! Tie is not quite right and his collar is not right, can’t tell for sure if it should be up or down ! I can see two little ones scampering all over his lap before they were made to sit still for the photo, which in this time period is a bit of sitting still.
The on last question I have, is where is Mom? I am not sure if this is a common setting for a photo or not for that time period. As genealogy goes always questions!
This is one birthday I never seem to forget, and I am not sure why. Perhaps there are a lot of dates that fall within this first week of September, a wedding anniversary, a friends birthday, a nephews birthday. Maybe it is because the change of seasons, I really don’t know but I do know not many years go by that I don’t remember Nana on her day.
Nana was born Adela Ruth Ogilvie on September 6, 1905 in Clarence, Iowa. Her parents are Rev. David M. and Barbara (Kaye) Ogilvie who where married on May 17, 1887 in Cook County Illinois.
She went by her middle name Ruth rather than Adela. Nana signed her name after she was married Ruth O. McCartney, so she kept her maiden name intact.
Ruth is the youngest of eight, consisting of 2 boys and 6 girls, it must have been very interesting for the youngmen in that household at times.Ruth must have had an excellent teacher in the kitchen, and was a quick study, for when she was 12, she was awarded for her cooking abilities. Somewhere along the line Ruth decided to teach and she pursued that profession. In 1930 census we find her teaching in the Doylestown Schools located in Wayne County, Ohio. In Doylestown I am told is where she met her future husband, my Grandfather, W. W. McCartney aka Mack, at a church gathering. Ruth was also his Latin teacher.
Mack and Ruth where married on November 2, 1935 in Newark, Licking County, Ohio. According to Ohio law at that time, she gave up her teaching, to become a full time wife and a mother to two boys. James and Thomas (Jimmy and Tommy ). I must say Nana never stopped teaching! She always had something to share, whether it be music, nature, grammar, etiquette. Nana played both organ and piano, she learned this at an early age from one of the organist at one of her fathers many pastorates. Ruth was the ogranist at Old South Church in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio for a time.
By the time that I came along she was indeed a very busy lady, raising strawberries, helping grandpa with his orchard and garden and of course house work and her own flower gardens and all the other duties and hobbies that she had.
We as a family lost a treasure to cancer on April 3, 1985, in North Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida. She now lies next to Grandpa at the South Cemetery on Rt. 306 (Chillicothe Rd.) Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio.
Willard and Ruth tied the knot on 2 November 1935 in Newark Licking Co., Ohio.
The bride was 30 and the groom 24. One thinks that the man robs the cradle, but here that was not the case! (giggling)
Willard (Mac) and Ruth met at a church social. I am guessing this happened before Mac was in Ruth’s Latin class, she was his teacher.
Had Nana not passed away in April of 1985 they would celebrated fifty years of marriage that November. My Dad and Uncle were born in Newark Ohio in 1937 and 1939. They were living in Mayfield Heights village, Ohio, at the time of the 1940 census. I believe by 1942 or 1943 they were in Kirtland Ohio where they both spent the rest of their lives.
Grandpa worked for the Ohio Gas company. After getting married, Nana gave up teaching. After early (forced) retirement Grandpa started farming full-time. They had an orchard, with apples, peaches, plums, pears along with at a truck garden. Nana also had a strawberry patch and she soon became known as the Strawberry Lady. I remember spending time picking strawberries and polishing apples. Among many other wonderful memories while spending time on the farm.
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. From The National Standard Encyclopedia
Amanuensis Monday was started on the Transylvanian Dutch Blog. This link will take you to the page concerning Amanuensis and why one should transcribe the records !
Dresden March 25, 1928
My Dear Daughter-
It has only been Campbell’s soup once so far, but there is plenty of opportunity yet. I take supper at Grace’s, that being their big meal. The other two do not cause me any trouble. I get just what I want and all of it that I want.
By this time you will know something about teaching in College, its honors and the troubles. Doubtless it will be a helpful experience. You didn’t say how much of a vacation you were to have. Does it last over Easter week, or only over Easter Sunday? Mother was rather counting on your having an opportunity to go to Kinsman, which would hardly be possible if you have only three or four days vacation.
You might drop a card and let me know so that I may plan for it if it ‘s be so that we can drive up there on the 9th or there abouts.
Florence writes that she thinks that possibly she can go along with us if we go there, or later.
The last letter I had from Mother was written last Sunday. She was then taking milk & broth alternately and was getting along somewhat better. Friday had been her worst day.
It looks as if Spring had really come. If it keeps on I may try to get a few seeds planted this week. The furnace has been completely shut off for the last two days and the house is abundantly warm.
Ward bought a baby cab from Bob Frazier and has given it a coat of paint. It looks just like new and Marilyn Ruth had her first ride in it yesterday. She is still doing finely and making very little trouble.
Barbara Ellen and Junior were in an Operetta Friday evening that was very pretty and went off exceedingly well.
I hear the Wheeling train tooting. So I think I had better close and got to bed.
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another. From The National Standard Encyclopedia
Amanuensis Monday was started on the Transylvanian Dutch Blog. This link will take you to the page concerning Amanuensis and why one should transcribe the records !
1516 No. Dixie Highway
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
April 6, 1960
Dear Ruth:
Thank you for the lovely birthday card, your note and the pictures you enclosed. It is so good of all of you. And you are looking younger every day! Dorothy couldn’t get over it. She said you looked younger than she. But as I looked at the groups I thought you were all pretty young-looking people.
I had just written Kaye when your letter came so didn’t get the picture off at once, but am enclosing it in a letter today.
It is so grand being at Dorothy’s and she is doing her best to see that I get plenty of calcium in my food, vitamin C, etc. Plenty of cottage cheese, buttermilk, yogart and we both eat bone meal onour cereal. I liked it very much at the rest home except for the meals. I got very little milk and scarcely any orange juice and I felt that I was slipping back every day I was there. Kaye used to bring me oranges often when they came to see me which I was so grateful for.
But we sent away for more bone meal with vitamins D added the other day. To a health center where all their products are much cheaper than in the average health food store. Also for Rose Hips in tablets that are 100% Vit. C. Do you know what they are? They are the seed pods of wild roses. I seem to need especially calcium and vit C. for building bone and Dr. Murray and our osteopath I had call today. Both told me not to give up and gave me much encouragement. The osteopath here prescribed a hormone which Dorothy will bring home tonight that he said was wonderfully effective in building bone. So Dorothy is going to try to do what she can with food, vitamin and minerals! The doctor today took my blood pressure and he said “wonderful!” It always has been normal in spite of the other things. Of course, as he said, he didn’t see the xrays, but he doesn’t see why I wouldn’t have a reasonably good chance of being able to walk again. After a few months of using this hormone and the extra vitamin, calcium ect, on xray would show what was happening. We just might fool the Brunswick doctors!
Yesterday and today have been quite chilly altho on the days before, the temperature was up in the 80’s and quite warm. But it could easily change again just over night. Dorothy has a small air conditioner in the living room which she was going to have removed and a larger one installed. But Ernie said, “no”. She wouldn’t get much for it anyway. He said, and might as well just leave it in and have another small one put possibly in my bedroom or the hall if the one she has doesn’t prove adequate. So I shouldn’t be bothered with the heat here.
Well Ruth, Dorothy will soon be home and I’d like to write a note to Kaye and will enclose the picture. Write when you have time. I presume the organ takes a good deal of your time these days. eh? Oh, buy the way, in one of Florence’s letters she said you had written me and enclosed a picture of you sitting at the organ, but I didn’t get it, Ruth. I had meant to have Dot phone the rest home to see if they received it. They have been very good at forwarding my mail and just wondered if perhaps you hadn’t mailed it yet.
Remember me to Mac-
Lovingly Winn
Aunt Winn passed away about 3 months after this letter was written.
Happy Hunting!
Adela Ruth Ogilvie McCartney 6 Sep 1905~3 Apr 1985Winfred “Winn” Mason Ogilvie Davis 29 Mar 1888~21 Jul 1960
