ACCUSTOMED, CEREMONIOUS
1.
17 Oak Street
Emporia, Kansas
built shortly after 1880
standing until sometime after 1915
demolished to make way for the railroad
Rovilla standing near center,
with her Grandmother Elizabeth near left edge
The home of Ben's Great x3 Grandparents
2.
Henry Wise Miller
(May 27, 1834 - October 29, 1915)
and Elizabeth Birkinbine Miller
(February 28, 1838 - March 23, 1925)
photo - approx 1900
3.
Sitting in front of their house
a few years later
4.
Their daughter
Anna Mary Miller
(December 29, 1862 - January 3, 1923)
Shown here on her wedding day
(March 9, 1886)
to
William Michael Heideman
(June 3, 1855 - December 18, 1931)
4a.
Anna Mary & William Heideman's house
400 North 19th Street, Independence, Kansas
(no longer standing)
That's Anna Mary standing in front, to the left,
with grand-daughter #2 Mildred Della (b 1917)
near the middle is her daughter-in-law Ethel (Harry's wife)
and grand-daughter #1 Ila Maxine (b 1913)
based on the girls' heights, maybe 1920
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MORE FAMILY STORIES TO COME
in the meantime . . .
Lots of Family Pictures: Calendar 2024
Calendar 2025: #1 ~ #2 ~ #3
Photo Ablums: Gravestones & Grandparents
There's no vocabulary for love within a family,
love that's lived in but not looked at,
love within the light of which all else is seen,
the love within which all other love finds speech.
This love is silent." ~ T. S. Eliot
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Family History #2
Family History #3
Family History #4
Family History #5
Family History #6
Family History #7
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