A couple of weeks ago, I spent a delightful Friday afternoon in Augusta, Georgia, getting to know my cousin M.H. and his wife C.H. M.’s grandmother was Emma McNeely Houser, beloved and much-admired aunt of my grandmother Margaret Colvert Allen. M. and C. were every bit as warm and friendly as I’d expected, and the whole time we laughed and swapped stories. I wish he’d been able to meet my grandmother.
Here’s me and M.:
And here’s my great-grandmother Carrie McNeely Colvert Taylor, Aunt Emma holding a grandchild, Aunt Minnie McNeely Hargrove, and Uncle John McNeely, sometime in the early 1940s in Jersey City, New Jersey:
Special Lisa Y. Thanks for sharing!
You do such a good job getting to know your cousins and distant relatives. I admire you for that!
Thanks, Elizabeth. I’m not shy about cold calls and knocking on doors, that’s for sure. 🙂
Can you make some for me? 🙂
I wish I could!
Pingback: Rest in peace, Melroy Houser Sr. | Scuffalong: Genealogy.