Monday, November 23, 2009


The Simandl Family

(Laura Adelaide Simandl married Raymond John Krythe 23 September 1923. Laura was born 5 July 1893 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.)

In this picture Laura is seated on the right (looking at it).

The family members are (but I don't know who is who):

Father: Joseph Simandl
Mother: Jennie Benneshek Simandl
Children: Laura Adalaide,Joseph, Harry, Otto, Alfred, Roy and Jennie!


This picture for many years hung in our hall upstairs - kind of scared my kids!

Sunday, November 22, 2009


Fall of 1944 in Madison,Wisconsin
Tom and his and Dad Bob Gill

Bob was in the Army Air Corps where he taught pilots how to use radios.

Note the cute little dress Tom is wearing - Mom saved 5 and now each of my children have one.



















Summer of 1948 Sumpter, Oregon

Me and my Daddy - Edward Rex Griggs

Daddy worked at the Fire Lookout Station on Mt. Sumpter in Eastern Oregon during his summer break from studying Agriculture at Oregon State College!

Charles Bird Richards is seated in this amazingly wonderful picture high in the mountains.

I'm not sure of where he is - but do know that he lived in Montana and Oregon. He was also a great man for adventures!

Charles Bird Richards; father of my grandfather Dale Everett Richards - Grandpa Dick!

Born 11 January 1857 in Mexico, Oxford, Maine
Died 16 May 1923 in Salem, Marion, Oregon












This picture is of the Simandl family in the early 1900's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.


We have had this picture on our desktop for about a month - I love the bells around the horses tummy!

Father: Joseph Simandl
Mother: Jennie Beneshek Simandl
Son: Roy Simandl

The oldest child in this family was Laura who became the stepmother of Harriet Ann Krythe Gill. She was born in 1893.

I don't know the birth date of Roy - but, he was the 6th of 7 children.