Where is Thad?
One of the things that has emerged from family reunion are formal studio photos of most of my grandfather Osborne’s siblings. I am so happy to have copies of these photos–it’s sort of ironic that the one I don’t have is the one from whom I descend.
Here’s Aunt Becky–
…and here’s the one I knew best, Aunt Eva…
I also knew Aunt Fannie fairly well–she lived in the same town where I grew up and she was the oldest of the children of Charles W. Osborne and Gertrude Susanna Mobley Osborne. She was a character–someday soon I’ll write more about her.
Here’s Aunt Inez–she lived to be over 100. I knew her though she lived in the neighboring town of Pampa.
Here’s his brother Fountain Walton, known as F.W. or Walton.
It makes me wonder if there is one of Thad, my grandad. I’ve never seen one and it doesn’t seem like the sort of thing he would sit still for, but then again, the photos exist of him with a friend in his work clothes.
Here’s another brother, David Wilson. One of the first big Osborne family gatherings I remember is Uncle David’s funeral when I was about 8. He was one of the first city commissioners in Pampa in 1927.
Here’s Charles Woodman, known as C.W. or Wood.
and the youngest brother, Emmett. This is from his service in WW I.
This makes a photo for each of the children except Raphael who died as a toddler.
So maybe one exists of my grandfather. But where is it? He had 8 children of his own–there are only 3 now living. I’m asking around to see if anyone has seen one of him and maybe, just maybe, has one. Here’s hoping.
What wonderful pictures of your family. The specific form of your family’s lips seem to be very distinctive in the photographs.
Janice
Comment by Janice Brown — 20 August 2007 @ 11:44 am
They are wonderful pictures and I feel so fortunate to have them. Thank you for your comment.
And you are right about the Osborne mouths–and then they get a very distinctive droop when they age. I know what I’ll look like in a few years.
Comment by allmyanc — 22 August 2007 @ 2:26 pm
Great Pictures, I live east of Pampa at the (formerly) Osborne Ranch where they raised so many kids. There are still three buildings that Noah built here, and somewhere in the house there was a two-by-six I took out of a grainary that I tore down that has Noah’s signature on it. I will try to scan some pictures for you, I’ve got a good one of Herbert (Elizabeth’s spouse) in uniform before WWI as well as his complete uniform and Army issue shaving kit. Aunt Lizzie was a meticulous housekeeper, I used to cut her lawn every week growing up. My parents bought the home site and sold the house in 1947 to pay for the land where it stood. I remember Inez living with her sister and being the oldest person I could imagine at the time, didn’t she live to be 102 or so? Thanks for putting together such a nice site, hope I can contribute.
Rip Thomas (great nephew of Elizabeth Osborne Graham
Comment by Rip Thomas — 27 December 2008 @ 1:39 pm