More cousins!

Two of our distant cousins have extensive genealogy sites:

http://ancestralties.blogspot.com/

and

http://theancestorfiles.blogspot.com/

I know I will be referencing their amazing work! 

My Great-Grandmother, Ruth Stemm

I wanted to share with you all this booklet cover that Ruth Stemm (Morgan) designed the artwork for. The pamphlet describes how to make a necklace using Collingbourne's String. The booklet art was handled by Virginia Snow Studios, so we don't know if she was a contractor or an employee. The image below is an un-retouched scan, 1800 pixels wide and suitable for having professionally printed. If you would like a  cleaned-up version, let me know.
EDIT: For whatever reason blogger isn't displaying the size correctly. I decided the easiest way to deal with this was to just create a page on my own website. This is the spot for a larger, printable version!

Ruth Stemm's Signature is on the bottom right.

Below is a newspaper clipping about her, which shows her illustrating while Mary and William Bruce Jr. play around her. Interestingly, Mother Mary's middle name is listed here as "Lou." Perhapes Lura was too strange for the newspaper guy? Or, perhaps that's what called they her when she was little.

Clipping sent to Ana from her Uncle William Bruce, Jr.

Below is a cropped picture from the 1925 Morgan family reunion showing Ruth. I will post the larger picture when I discuss the Morgans a bit more.

Ruth Stemm-Morgan, 1925   

 

Here is another pic sent by William Bruce Jr. of Ruth. The picture is undated, but looks to be around 1950.

EDIT:  I also forgot the include the 1930 census for the Morgans. What is so interesting is that my g-grandfather (W.B. Morgan) is listed as the one with the advertising occupation, and Ruth is listed as having no job. When I told this to my mom, Ana, she was shocked and amused because family lore has it that my g-grandfather did NOT work. She and I both thought this might have been a cover so that few found out she was working in this era of homemakers. Funny though, they do not list any servants and are renting their house. This would not imply the $$$ and stature that we thought was there. I'm just glad that we have some scrap of her artwork and that we can know we come by our creative drives honestly! Here is a link to the larger copy of the 1930 census.

Line 75 is the Morgan's entry.

Start with the obvious

Ana M. Weill and Kenneth E. Heichelbech are my parents.

Ana is the child of Ernest Alfonso Weill III (1921-1998) and Mary Lura Morgan (1921-1990). Her siblings are Rhoda, Larry, Ernie (all three living), and John Bruce (1947-1968).

EAWIII ("Grampere") was the child  of Ernest A. Weill II (1887-1948) and Jessie Glenn (1895-1923). Jessie died within a year of EAWIII's birth. Her death certificate says she died from  apoplexy.
EAWII remarried to Chessie Compton (lived about 1900- 1983).

Ernest A. Weill II - 1919

 Chessie Compton as an infant, 1900?

Mary L. Morgan ("Mother Mary") is the child of William Bruce Morgan (b. 1886) and Ruth Stemm (b. 1892).  Her siblings are William Bruce (died in 2015) and Diane (death date unkwown).

Mary Lura Morgan and her brother, William Bruce, date uknown

Mother Mary and Grampere, date unknown. It's rare to see a picture of them together. 

Ken is the child of Mary William Knott (1900-1985) and Wallace Heichelbech (1900-1975). His siblings are Jim (still living), Bill (still living), and Elizabeth (1933-1939).

Wallace is the son of Albert Heichelbech (1870-1942) and  Emma Asadore Scott (1874-1960).  His siblings are Blanch (b. 1899), Alberta (1906-1963), and Hazel (b. 1910). They also had 2 infants that died, one in 1905 and one in 1911.  I do not know anything about Emma Scott's lineage.

The author with Mary W. Knott (Grandma Heichelbech), 1980

First post!

Hi everybody! I have been doing a lot of genealogy and worrying about the best way to get this info to you all. I have finally decided that a blog, going in (somewhat chronological) order, with pictures and links is the best way to go about it. This way, I can go through the info one step at a time, instead of bombarding you with a ton of info all at once.

I will try to keep everything labeled so that searching can be easy. I may leave things out sometimes. If you have questions or have new facts to add PLEASE leave them in the comments so that everyone can see them. If you would like scans or copies of anything, let me know, although I will attempt to post high enough quality pics here for you to print out or study closely. Blogger doesn't always display pics like I'd like. If you click on an image, it might be big enough to study it. To save, right click.Otherwise, see the genealogy page of my website.