On This Day: September 26

1884: My paternal grandmother Mamie Olive Martindale, the daughter of Ambrose B. and Sarah (Forshee) Martindale, was born in Colmanville, Carter County, Missouri. She died 7 January 1971, in Houston, Harris County, Texas. [Source: Harris County, Texas, death certificate no. 03613 (1971), Mamie Olive Spurlock; Texas Department of Health, Austin.]

Mamie Olive (Martindale) Spurlock with granddaughter
Gloria Jane Spurlock and son J. J. Spurlock, c1953.
Digital image. Original held by Karen Danielsen,
[ADDRESS WITHHELD FOR PRIVACY], Lone Grove, OK, 2011.

1897: William Lee Yawman and Myrtle Arminta Snider, my maternal grandparents were married in Lincoln, Neosho County, Kansas. They had eight children:: Joyce Opal, Eunice Evangeline (Eva), Hazel Agnes, Juanita Marie, Myrtle Gertrude (Jean), Clarence Leonard, William Howard, and my mother Beaulah Belle. [Source: Neosho, Kansas, marriage certificate no. (no number) (1897), Yawman-Snyder; Neosho County Courthouse, Erie.]

William Lee and Myrtle Arminta (Snider) Yawman, 1897.
Digital image. Original held by Denise Spurlock,
[ADDRESS WITHHELD FOR PRIVACY], Lomita, CA, 2011.

© 2011 Denise Spurlock