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Pictures and Descriptions |
Additional Details and Comments |
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| 0000/00/00 |
Great-Grandparents Alice Duncan Mason and
Samuel Mason |
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Samuel C. Mason and family |
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Great-Grandparents Alice Duncan Mason and Samuel Mason with grandchildren (Meridith Reed front 2nd from right) |
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Great-great(?)-grandmother Sarah Elizabeth Mason in back above seated brother George |
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| 1891/06/19 |
Virgil S. Jones Civil War - Military Service document |
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| 1914/04/04 |
Birthdate of my dad:
Meridith Arthur Reed
Marion, IN
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| 1915/04/06 |
Virgil S. Jones - Civil War - Bureau of Pensions
Document |
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| 1918/03/02 |
Birthdate of my mom:
N. Ruth Reed
(born Nellie Ruth Grothe),
Chillicothe, MO
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| 1925/09/01 |
Virgil S. Jones - Civil War - Declaration of Pensions Document |
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| 1903/00/00 |
Martha Mason - graduation picture |
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| 0000/00/00 |
Elizabeth (Heldeburn?) Mason (Grandmother Reed) as a baby |
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| 0000/00/00 |
Grandfather Lloyd (Hosea?) Reed as a boy |
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| 0000/00/00 |
Elizabeth (Heldeburn?) Mason (Grandmother Reed) and her sisters |
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| 1903? |
Elizabeth (Heldeburn?) Mason (Grandmother Reed) |
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| 0000/00/00 |
Elizabeth (Heldeburn?) Mason (Grandmother Reed) - about age 16 |
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Elizabeth (Heldeburn?) Mason (Grandmother Reed) - about age 16 |
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| 1913/04/18 |
Grandfather Lloyd (Hosea?) Reed |
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| 1918/11/10 |
Elizabeth (Heldeburn?) Mason Reed with children Laurence, Emerson, Emerson, Meridith and Lowell |
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| 1926/12/25 |
Viola Virginia" given to Ruth by Viola Pollak (Aunt Polly) friend of Aunt Minnie (Grothe) Gist |
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| 1928/00/00 |
L-R: Elizabeth Grothe (18 years old), William Grothe (49 years old), Alta (Jones) Grothe
(54 years old), Voyle Grothe (13 years old), Virgil S. Jones (86 years old), Ruth Grothe
(10 years old), Helen Grothe (15 years old)-Grothe farm with Hwy 36 on the south and the
Burlington Railroad on the north |
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| 1932/00/00 |
Virgil S. Jones and daughter Mollie Alta (Jones)
Grothe-on Grothe farm 6 miles east of Chillicothe, MO |
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| 1933/06/00 |
Brothers and sisters:
back L-R: Emma Barbara (Grothe) Clark, Minnie (Grothe) Gist, Anna (Grothe) Goodman
front L-R: Vernon Grothe, William Grothe |
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| 1934/00/00 |
William Grothe home - 6 miles east of Chillicothe, MO |
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| 1935/00/00 |
back L-R: O. W. Goodman, Helen Grothe, Anna (Grothe) Goodman, Jr. Clark and wife, ElizabethGrothe. William Grothe
front L-R: Ruth Grothe, Vernon Grothe and wife
Louise, Minnie (Grothe) Gist, Alta (Jones) Grothe-grothe farm |
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| 1935/12/25 |
Family Christmas Day 1935
front L-R: Grandmother Elizabeth Reed,Aunt Wanda, Aunt Ann
back L-R: Lowell, Meridith, Joyce, Laurence, Emerson |
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| 1936/00/00 |
L-R: Minnie (Grothe) Gist, William V. Grothe, Emma Barbara (Grothe) Clark, Vernon Grothe,
Anna (Grothe) Goodman - on the Grothe farm - 6 miles east of Chillicothe, MO |
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| 1937/09/00 |
Meridith A. Reed - Grace Church, Quincy, IL |
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| 1938/00/00 |
Grandmother Reed sent this to Meridith and Ruth Reed...guess who is who! |
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| 1938/07/00 |
Meridith and mother Elizabeth Reed - Ft. Wayne, IN |
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| 1939/04/02 |
Meridith & Ruth (Grothe) Reed - Sunday after marriage - Quincy, _IL |
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| 1939/08/16 |
Meridith & Ruth Reed in front of 6" x 17" Platt trailer - lived in trailer
exactly 5 years to the day until moved into 1st house: 1629 Bonfair, Bellflower, CA |
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| 1940/00/00 |
L-R: Grandmother Grothe, Dennis, Grandmother Reed |
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| 1940/09/07 |
Back L-R: Lowell (4th child), Meridith (3rd child), Emerson (2nd child),
Front L-R: Joyce Reed (5th child), Ruth Reed (wife of Meridith) with Dennis (4 months old), Ann Reed
(wife of Emerson) with Ronnie, Elizabeth Reed (note: Laurence (1st child) died of brain tumor 1941). |
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| 1940/09/07 |
Grandmother Reed and children:
back L-R: Elizabeth Reed, Joyce (5th)
front L-R: Lowell (4th), Meridith (3rd), Emerson (2nd), Laurence (1st) -in back yard of
2611 Broadway. Ft. Wayne, IN |
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| 1941/05/07 |
Dennis Reed - first birthday cake one year
old - Ft. Wayne, IN |
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| 1941/08/22 |
Dennis Reed - before first haircut |
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| 1941/08/22 |
Dennis Reed - after first haircut - day before I caught 3 day measles |
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| 1942/06/06 |
Dennis 2 years old Aunt Elizabeth Grothe - Pohagon Park, Lake James, IN
- Aunt Elizabeth passed away 2008/11/00 at age 98 years old |
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| 1942/11/00 |
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| 1943/08/29 |
Meridith, Ruth. Dennis 3 years, Richard 3 months |
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| 1944/03/27 |
Dennis 3 years old 10 months 32lb - Richard 10 months 25 lb 10 oz |
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| 1944/03/27 |
Meridith, Ruth, Dennis 3 years 10 months, Richard 10 months - at home of Meridith's
boss C.W. Schultz, Anaheim, CA |
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| 1944/06/04 |
Meridith, Dennis 4 years old, Richard 1 year old - 4 miles south of Newport Beach, CA -
Richard is drawing in his breath |
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| 1945/00/00 |
Back: Grandmother Reed
Front L-R: Dennis, Richard, unknown, unknown |
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| 1945/11/18 |
Meridith & Ruth Reed - Dennis 5 1/2 years old - Richard 2 1/2 years old - 1629 Bonfair, Bellflower, CA |
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| 1946/06/25 |
Meridith Reed - with catch of fish in Mexican waters |
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| 1947/12/25 |
L-R: Dennis 7 1/2 years, Jeanne 11 1/2 months, Richard 4 1/2 years - Dennis with first train set Marx |
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| 1948/06/08 |
Meridith and Ruth Reed - Dennis 8 years, Richard 5 years, Jeanne 17 months |
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| 1948/08/08 |
The Reeds with 2 grandmothers |
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| 1952/12/25 |
Back L-R: Meridith and Ruth Reed
Front L-R: Richard 9 1.2 years, Jeanne 5 years 11 1/2 months, Dennis 12 1/2 years -
440 Bungalow Dr,. El Segundo, CA. |
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| 1956/06/00 |
Back L-R: Meridith and Ruth Reed
L-R: Jeanne, Richard, Ruth, Meridith,
Dennis Reed - Pleasant Grove Church, 6 miles
east of Chillicothe, MO on Hwy 36. |
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| 1957/09/00 |
Back L-R: Meridith and Ruth Reed
L-R: Dennis, Ruth, Meridith, Jeanne, Richard Reed |
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| 1957/11/00 |
Dennis Reed 17 1/2 years. |
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| 1960/00/00 |
Meridith Reed and his mother Elizabeth (Mason) Reed |
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| 1960/06/00 |
The Reed family
Back L-R: Richard 17 years, Meridith 46 years, Dennis
Front L-R: Ruth 42 years, Jeanne 13 years |
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| 1960/09/00 |
Dennis Reed 20 years old
leaving for Berkeley, CA
from home in El Segundo, CA
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| 1960/12/00 |
L-R: Jeanne 13 years, Richard 17 years,
Grandmother Reed, Dennis 20 years |
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| 1960/12/00 |
L-R: Jeanne Reed 13 years, Ruth (Grothe) Reed, Grandmother Elizabeth (Mason) Reed |
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| 1960/12/00 |
L-R: Richard 17years, Dennis 20 years, Jeanne 13 years |
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| 1961/07/00 |
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| 1965/05/01 |
Married to Elisa P. Andrade at Solano,CA.
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| 1965/11/05 |
Birthdate of my son:
James Dennis Reed
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| 1967/11/14 |
My dad passed away in
the afternoon at about 3pm.
Meridith A. Reed gravestone |
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| 0000/??/?? |
Carolyn Reed Pilgrim (left), Elizabeth Reed
(center), both of Lowell's children.
Picture was developed August 1963. |
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