It was great. I had a large craft paper envelope with “Charles HOPKINS Personal History” written on it. I knew I’d been collecting bits and pieces but my early onset dimensia (actually, I believe I developed it in the womb) had me wondering, “What’s in this?”. It was almost like Christmas, hey wait, it IS the season!
Below is a short slide show of some of Charles E. HOPKINS Navy memorabilia:
Smith DEANE and Caroline MAINOR DEANE sitting with their family behind them.
John Wesley DEAN is wearing a bow tie holding his oldest son J.R. DEAN. Bessie BURKHALTER, John’s wife is in the second row to his right with a dark skirt. Mildred DEAN, near her mother, is the older sister of J.R. on the front row wearing a white bow in her hair. Mildred and J. R. are the oldest siblings of Cecil Bradley DEAN.
I was listening to Ella sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” while messing around the house last week. The words of the lyrics jumped out at me, probably because I’ve been thinking about so many ancestors and relatives that I hope one day to see. It’s the lyric that goes:
“Someday soon, we all will be together if the fates allow. Until then, we’ll have to muddle through somehow. So, have yourself a merry little Christmas now.”
The song was written in 1944 for the movie “Meet Me In Saint Louis”. It was war time. The following video was produced by the ND National Guard which shares a bit about the hard times and circumstances in which this song became known and why it became a hit.
Below is a clip of Judy Garland singing the song from the movie:
Charles HOPKINS in center of photo with other uniformed men.
On the last post I asked about the navy service record of Charles HOPKINS. A reader named Ollie promptly replied that I could search for it at: http://www.archives.gov/veterans/
If any one beats me to it, please let me know what you find.
Also I’m looking for photos of:
You can take a picture of any pictures/items you have with your smart phone, I-pad (tablet) or camera. Please send it along. There is interest in sharing these visual notes of history, not to mention the important role of teaching through image.
I do love this picture of Charles Eugene HOPKINS walking down the street in his U.S. Navy attire. What street is it? I don’t know, perhaps someone can piece together some clues. What age? Well, it was before I was born. Does anyone have his navy service record? Ginger
The Live Oak Draped with Spanish Moss is a Beautiful Thing
I was in my family history class last sunday when I excitedly shared that I had been working on this website. I said, “Look up mykindredtree.com”. My friend started typing, then stopped and asked, “Did you say My Kindred Dead .com?” “NO”, “Tree”.
A few minutes later another class member walked in late and I said, “So, look up my new website, mykindredtree.com”. A few seconds after her fingers started their tapping she looked at me and asked, “My Kindred Dead?” “NO”, “Tree, Tree, TREE!”
I suppose the words “Kindred Dead” have become a phrase of sorts when talking about family history. It was by design and purpose that this site includes the word “Tree” in it (it didn’t hurt that the URL was available as well).
Well, the Mighty Live Oak Tree has far reaching branches, is huge, and has a strength that can survive tremendous storms. No wonder families are like trees. Ginger
Born 5 years after the Civil War, Frances (Fannie) lived her later years in Tampa Florida with her daughter Nina, my grandmother Essie INGLETT BARKER’s sister. Bill
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Smith DEANE & Caroline MAINOR
These are my great grandparents. I never met them, but they were from South Georgia and lived near the Willacoochee and Withlacoochee Rivers. My father, Cecil Bradley DEAN, used to fish in both these rivers as a young boy.
So Bill was cleaning out the garden a couple of weeks ago and found this! A carrot that we forgot we planted. Maybe it was because Thanksgiving was around the corner but we both thought it looked like the rump of the ‘free’ turkey I earned by buying about $350 worth of groceries.
I suppose the lesson that applies is that it’s easy to forget what we plant, but our roots will remind us who we are or in this case, what we look like!
This picture was found on find-a-grave.com (awesome site). I shared it via e-mail a week or so ago but wanted to include it in the site. It’s such a lovely portrait of the family. It was taken about 1896.
From Left to Right:
Front Row – James Elmer HOPKINS , Cassie Lee HOPKINS (He died at age 22).
Middle Row – Mary Elizabeth COCHRAN/HOPKINS holding Della Camilla HOPKINS, William Claiborne HOPKINS (sheriff of Union City) holding Lillie Mae HOPKINS
Back Row – Artie Abigail HOPKINS, George Thomas HOPKINS, William Wright HOPKINS, Laura Bell HOPKINS
My Kindred Tree 