McMurrain Bible & Wedding & Maps & May with Walt!

A few more pages for the heritage album!  I received the copies for the 1st two pages from members of the Snelling family, in Georgia; they scanned pages from the McMurrain Bible.  The births, marriages, & deaths cover 1822-1892 and beyond; the Bible apparently belonged to John Wesley and Phebe Ann (Motley) McMurrain.  I used 'Cottage Bouquet' from Forget-Me-Nots, by Theresa Lindamood, to scrap these items.

 The next four pages are scrapbook pages featuring our great-great grandparents, John Wesley and Phebe Ann (Motley) McMurrain, and their daughter (our great-grandmother, Narcissa Lorena McMurrain Brown).  I scrapped them using 'Family Treasures' kit from Forget-Me-Nots, by Theresa Lindamood.

 It is so special to have the copies of John & Phebe's marriage records.  I think it is interesting that they got the wedding license in November 1844, but weren't married until May 1845.  I wonder why.

The maps surrounding the photo of Narcissa are from a variety of years; each of them includes Upatoi (sometimes spelled Upatoie), Georgia, where Narcissa was raised.  This page was made with 'Family Gathering' from Forget-Me-Nots, by Theresa Lindamood.

This final page, featuring a photo of May with Walt, also includes two pictures of children playing with dolls and teddy bear.  The lower snapshot is definitely of Kay with her dolls; the upper snapshot might be Walt??  I used the 'Family Treasures' kit for this layout, as well.

As always, your comments and corrections are welcomed!  :)

McMurrain and Brown Homes...

These five pages were created using a kit called "Our Home" from Forget-Me-Nots by Theresa Lindamood; it is available at Heritage Scrap.

The first page features a photo from 1897 of the home in Upatoi, Georgia, where our great-grandmother grew up.  Grandma said it was a plantation, with slaves (this is supported by census records).  The page lists names and dates; of special note is the fact that our great-great-grandmother, Phebe Ann Motley McMurrain, is in the center of the group in the photo.  This photo has been made available to us by the generosity of the Snelling Family in Georgia.

The second page is about the first home in which my grandparents (Walter and May Ludwig Brown) lived.

The next two pages are a demonstration of Walter's ingenuity - he bought 7 acres with a house on it, and when the city put a street through, he moved the house in order to build more homes on that property.

The final page shows another of the houses we located in Eagle Rock when we were there in 2011:

Grandpa's unique designs in the concrete at the bottom of the steps provided confirmation that we were at the correct house - as did the intricate shingle patterns! 

The 1925 Canada Trip - Walter & May Brown, Fred 'Jack' & Peg Brown, & Children

I completed these pages over a year ago, I believe, and had neglected to post them here!  Many of the photos were small and not very clear; but (taken as a whole) they create a good record of a much-enjoyed Brown Family Trip!

Don't forget to click on each of these, so they enlarge and are more easily viewed!

Narcissa Lorena McMurrain Brown & Six Sons

'Mother Brown' or 'N.L. Brown' is featured in these two layouts.  The snapshots of her with her sons were taken on July 5, 1918, before her son Fred (later known as 'Jack') left to go overseas.  While he was in France, in January 1919, Narcissa passed away, during the flu epidemic; these are the last photos of all six boys with their mother:

Just click on the layout, and you'll be able to see it in a 'readable' size.  Again, I've done these layouts using a kit (Family Historian from Forget-Me-Nots by Theresa Lindamood [url=http://www.heritagescrap.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=110_174&products_id=3061]FamilyHistorian[/url]) which can be found at Heritage Scrap.

May Ludwig Brown - Dolls & Bookkeeping!

As a young lady, May was in no hurry to grow up; but she must have done well in school, to have been studying bookkeeping when she was only 13 years old.  She attended this school and took this course of study in the spring of 1904, before they moved from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles.  She worked as a bookkeeper before she and Walter Blanchard Brown were married.
She treasured her beautiful china doll all her life, and had a new wig made for it (with her own hair) when I was a young girl.

Just click on the layout, and you'll be able to see it in a 'readable' size.  I've done these layouts using a kit (Family Historian from Forget-Me-Nots by Theresa Lindamood
[url=http://www.heritagescrap.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=110_174&products_id=3061]FamilyHistorian[/url]) which can be found at Heritage Scrap.

August Ludwig, Delia, May, & Peg in Pittsburgh

One at a time, I'll complete these pages!  This is a special photo, because it was taken shortly before the Ludwig family moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Los Angeles, California.  I need to do further research (checking City Directories from Pittsburgh) to perhaps know whether they are posing on the porch of their own home.
Christian ('Christ') Ludwig, August's younger brother, was married to an Edna; it may be that this is the Edna in the photo below.

(I created this page using a kit called "Family Historian" by Forget-Me-Nots, Theresa Lindamood, whose products may be found at Heritage Scrap:  http://www.heritagescrap.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=110_174&products_id=3061)

May Ludwig's (& Peg's) Highland Park Homes

Finally finished up my 2011 Album (...at least I finished something!), and I created these two pages at the same time, because we took current photos of these homes on our trip to So California in 2011.