Photo taken of the wedding of John's
grandparents, Jose Varela Calderon and
Maria Teresa Fernandez de Villavicencio y Saenz de
Baranda,
22 May 1894 in Manila, P.I.
Front, L to R: Paula Calderon Yatco de Varela (mother
of the groom), the bride, Trinidad Varela Calderon (sister of the groom)
Back: Pilar and Angel Varela Calderon (siblings of the
groom), Feliciano Fernandez de Villavicencio y Cespedes (father of the
bride),
Jose Varela Miciano (father of the groom), the groom,
Paula and Miguel Varela Calderon (siblings of the groom)
A couple of old photos on glass plates
(ambrotypes?). They are of Feliciano
Fernandez and
his wife, Guadalupe Varanda y Rodriguez de la
Cordovesa, at a young age.
And a photo of John's great grandparents in New
Orleans, Herman Roehl and Helena Brand Roehl:
A photo of the Roehl house at the corner of Prytania
and Valence in New Orleans:
Then and Now
Carole's father, Lester M. Hensler, in 1918:
A couple of photos of the store Carole's
grandparents ran in Brookport, Illinois:
In the left-hand photo, Carole's grandparents, James
and Uranna Davis are standing in the center.
Behind them is Mrs. Davis's mother, Elizabeth Cushing
Wymer. Behind the counter is Carole's mother, Pryntha Davis.
The two little girls on the floor are Carole's cousins,
Madeline and Evelyn Garrett.
Evelyn Garrett married Bill Greene; see more about the
Greenes' pioneering life in Arizona at http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/movingwaters.htm
A couple of photos of John's mother:
The left hand photo shows Helene Roehl with her father,
Emil, and twin sister, Dorothy.
They were living in El Paso, Texas, but that looks like
snow on the ground.
An early photo of John's parents, Tony and Helene
Varela:
Some mid-century photos:
Carole and her sister, Gloria, about 1940, and
Carole about 1945:
A neighbor took this photo of John on Cherokee
St., corner of Freret, New Orleans, about 1941:
(And you thought you grew up poor. Did you
have to play in the gutter? The dog's name was Chico.)
A wartime photo of John's father in Merchant Marine
uniform:
A photo of Carole's parents, Les and Pryntha
Hensler, on our wedding day:
19 April, 1959
A few
photos from when we were first married:
Our first apartment, on North
18th Street in Phoenix, Arizona
In August, 1960, we visited the Grand Canyon. The next month we
moved to Massachusetts.
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