USS Carr Newsletter – March 2011
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Progress on John Wukovit’s book about the “Sammy B”
Mike:
Good to hear from you. I posted an update on the Samuel B. Roberts page about a month ago. I am currently writing the early chapters for the manuscript, which is due August 15 at St. Martin’s Press. They will publish it sometime early next year.
I have completed most of the reading and many of the interviews, (more…)
Update on Aunt Lucille Seifert 4-07-11
Mother is back at Holmgreen Health Center. She has not been eating very well and has become somewhat weak. She eats more if one of us are with her when she is served her meal. I’ll be taking buttermilk to her tomorrow, and Elaine is taking Cashew Nuts to supplement what she is served. She will continue to get the I.V. antibiotics the rest of this week, and then will get two more weeks of oral antibiotics. (more…)
The Feather Bed
I haven’t added a whole lot besides names and dates that I’ve come up with along the way and a lot of pics that I found in my grandmother’s old shed. So here’s on that I heard about a lot when I was younger and more when I started hunting genealogy more extensively.
A little background first. My mother, Nancy Kathleen Kelly, is the (more…)
Genealogy Update on Nancy Ann Trobaugh Austin
Nancy Ann Trobaugh Austin was Mama Carr’s mother and my great grandmother. Because I share her name ,Nancy, I have developed a keen interest in her personality and heritage. Regrettably, this interest has developed after my Mama, Peggy Carr Dodd developed dementia and can not answer my many question.
Much to my surprise, our doorbell rang Sunday, the day after Christmas, and there stood two strangers who introduced (more…)
Juanita’s Marriage Contract with Mama Carr
My mother, the infamous Juanita Carr Rush, wanted to get married before she finished high school. Now you young ‘uns don’t act shocked. Back in the day, folks married off early.
It was important to Mama Carr that Juanita finish high school. (more…)
Tribute to Lucille Carr Seifert
Things my mother, Lucille, taught my sisters and me
By Carolyn Seifert Lohn
- Do a little dance. Lucille taught us girls a love of big band and
western swing, especially Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. She and the aunts kicked up their heels in the dance halls quite a bit back in the day. - Have a sense of humor. Lucille is always cracking jokes and telling stories, and we’re always listening. Just a tip though, don’t pull her finger.
- Be self-reliant. Hard work never killed anybody, and everybody is supposed to work. And she did, every day. (more…)
Discount on Carr Family Heritage Storybook
David,
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Juanita Sings for Dinner!
The week-end before we were due to leave for Corpus Christi to celebrate Aunt Lucille’s 85th Birthday I received a call from Carolyn Lohn. She invited us to spend the night on the way down to break up the trip so to speak. She said she would feed us dinner when we got there and breakfast the next morning before we headed on to Corpus. (more…)
Vlada steps up to the American plate
Our cousin, Vlada Lohn, married to Chris Lohn, son of Carol Seifert Lohn, daughter of Lucille Carr Seifert, daughter of Minnie Mae Austin Carr, became an American citizen recently. The ceremony was held in San Antonio, Texas, and was attended by her immediate (American) family.