Wava writes about cold/flu, Babs folks wintering in TorC, Bob happy at Snap-On and buying larger truck.
Mary writes of "sleeping beauty". Visits Bethany for Golden Anniversary of Herbert/Edith Adair; Herbert died in 2009 at 111 - third oldest man in the world. Visited with Stuart Hoover and Quicks.
Mary writes about car battery; Linda & John in Colorado; Marve plans on Scandinavia; Marge, Nancy, and girlfriend coming; hoping for Marie, Diane, and Dot; and Saturday Evening Post.
Letter written 3 months before he passed. He writes about Pageant Play in the summer with 3000 people attending.
Mary writes about all the visitors coming. Diane, Dorothy, Rich, Dewey, Margaret. Other news from Marge, John, Rosemarie, Steve, Peter. Mary says "This is one of my good days"
Earl writes about using lamb fat to make salve to leave your skin nice and smooth.
Mary writes about Alice anniversary, Alice as Girl Scout counselor in Sioux City in 1947, chiggers, Earl & Jennette fishing, Helen's silver dollar stake, Emerson neighbor Grace, Marie and Paul Devine.
Mary writes about tornado, trail derailment, Mt. Ayr Parish, John/Rosemarie with 3 children, Dewey/Marge in Lincoln, Maurice at work, paper hanger, Helen, and Flip.
1 - Diane writes Helen to arrive in Iowa after August 7.
2 - Helen plays pinochle with Nancy.
3 - Helen describes swing going over with Diane & Nancy.
Nature as a Mirror - Story written by Dorothy Gonick in 2010
Naomi mentions Adrienne, Orin, Fred and Ruth. Also Kathleen & Gene Dochnal plus John Chalmers and Patty/John Ahart and her sister Sue.
Dear Friends and Love Ones... from Indialantic, FL
Locations of family sites. The source of this list is Owen Drake
Letter from Norrine Adair in October 2011. She mentions Margaret & Rose, Mike & Lori, and Greg.
Transcription of interview with Garland Herbert Adair. He is grandson of David Adair & Margaret Ann Young
Photos from the 90th Birthday Party for Alice Adair Johnson. Family plus church friends attended in Huntsville, AL
Article from Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa) · 26 Mar 1976, Fri
Pat Ahart is daughter or grand-daughter of Ruth Adair Hickerson
Dec 1, 1983 Naomi mentions visit with John Adair, Fred & Twila returning from Hawaii, Orin & Norrine at home.
15 July 1995 Naomi mentions Adair newsletters, unknown (to me) Nancy Eaton Ferguson of Wyoming and Bill Eaton, Jr., Ivy Ciaburri looking like mother Diane, and Ruth Fred Orin feeling fine.
This card was written after 1990. Ruth going to visit daughter Patricia family in Cedar Rapids including her husband Stan Smith and their children Patty and Susan. Ruth visited her other daughters Sue in Murphysboro and Jeanne in Los Angeles. Jeanne received 1990 award for Lead Performance in Holy Days.
Year 1991 family newsletter.
Letter from Naomi Hendrickson about family including the Young family line. The mother of John Wesley Adair is Margaret Ann Young. Faye Dean Eager is a second cousin twice removed from me (Tom Kruse). Naomi mentions Alta Gathright (also 2nd cousin 2x removed); her maiden name is Alta Mae Craighead. Also mentioned phone call from her brother Orin.
1992 Two of Ruth letters re daughter Jeanne and acting awards. And AdairMail history assemblage.
Christmas 1964 from John, Rosemarie, Steffen and Axel Cartland
Card from Gene and Kathy and children. Kathleen married Gene Dochnahl.
Christmas card and Birthday card from Jessie & Sam Adair
Two Christmas cards from Mahoney family; Oakland married James Mahoney. I think "Charlie" is father of Oakland who died in 1964; Pearl died in 1959. It was sure nice to see Earl as Santa.
One Christmas card and one photo of children, Audrey Duane Pam
Christmas and New Year from Margaret and Dewey Adair. This is another clever message including map all folded.
This Christmas greeting from Margaret and Dewey Adair is in prose and includes map for travels adding Latitude/Longitude lines.
Two Christmas cards from the Orin Adairs.
Two Christmas cards from Maury, June and Edwin. First mentions "that little girl", presumably Helen. Second mentions that Earl and Mary are in town.
I can't tell you Alice, how happy I am down here. Instead of living with an insane world, Hazel is just like Klo & they were close friends. In fact Klo used to call her her closest friend.
Just what you would like to know
I'm so sorry for your Mother. She & Earl were my closest in Iowa
Uncle Billy
I will never never never forget all your kindness to all. I would love to see you down here tho maybe would keep little sweet Helen. I can't begin to tell you how I've enjoyed Marvins visit. I never knew we had relatives as nice as he. What a wonderful time we had with him.
Uncle Billy and Hazel
Merry Christmas from Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Miller
Dear Folks:- Klo feels & gets around better. Glad to hear from you in Ky. In Lexington we went in Henry Clays house, Mary Todds house before she married Lincoln, Morgan the Confederate raider for the South as J.E.B. Stuart was for the North. When you visit Ia stop to see us. I want to hold the little girl again.
Best wishes, Uncle Billy & Aunt Klo
I get so sad and lonesome but am looking forward for Earl and Mary before too long, I hope. You folks drive down and Arthur will show you pictures on the slide of Austria, Germany, Italy etc. We would all love to have you come.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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Lot of love to all 3. Aunt Bessie.
The Merriest Christmas from Arthur & Luella Drake, Erma, Betty, Peggy
Letter written by Mary Adair started on March 19, 1975 to John & Rosemarie. Family names mentioned within are Richard, Nancy, Maurice, June, Marve, Marge, Peter, Dot, Sam. Stuart. Other names are Mr. Chavet, Chick, Helen & Carolyn Lundgren, Melba, Lavinia, Tidy, Bernice Lynch, Clara, Inez Parker, Mary Jane Clark, Ethel, Barton Abarr, Dr. Matteson, Dr. Frank, Dr. Chapman.
Mary talks of going to Chicago, Denver before arriving in Omaha on April 24; she passed away in November of this year while with John/Rosemarie in Omaha.
My Mom's parents announce the engagement of Margaret to Marvin C Kruse. Wedding will be August 31 in Maywood, Ill.
Also the 14th annual reunion of Henry Miller was held in Redding park probably August 12, 1946.
I have retyped from The Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri) of 9 Aug 1933. These snippets appear in this order:
Fred Adair and family and Mrs. Mag Adair of Indianola came Saturday and visite[sic] until Sunday at the Earl Adair home in Redding.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Adair and daughters of Omaha came Saturday to visit relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Adair of Colorado came Saturday for a visit in Redding and vicinity with relatives.
The Adair picnic was held Sunday in Grant City.
By all appearances, the visitors to Redding were here for the picnic on August 6, 1933.
Family news stories published in The Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri) on 24 Apr 1946. Included is notice from Earl Drake while overseas. Following these stories is amplifying news article sent by cousin Diane.
from The Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri) 17 Apr 1940
Read more: 1940 Golden Wedding of John Wesley Adair and Margaret Jane Miller Adair
from The Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri), 15 Aug 1934. Second annual picnic of the descendants of the James A. Miller , Wm. Miller and H. T. Miller families which was held Aug. 9 when 130 relatives partook of the dinner. Dewey D. Adair and others were mentioned.
Local news in Redding, Iowa. Story includes visit by my Mom and Dad (shortly after their wedding) and his parents Mr and Mrs Rudolph Kruse and daughter Lois of Des Plaines, Illinois.
From The Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri) newspaper 11 Aug 1937. Included is story about the 8th Annual Adair Family Reunion.
From the Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri), 16 Aug 1933
The Adair family reunion was held at the Memorial park in Bethany. (See photo on Newsletter Sign Up at bottom).
The Times-Tribune (Grant City, Missouri) · 7 Jan 1931, Wed
Account statements at different businesses (Shopping and Banking) in Redding, Iowa
Read more: 1894-1896 Miscellaneous financial records from John W. Adair
Earl is giving status on Mary's left arm after Volkswagen accident
--Here are scanned images of a black notebook created by Wilbur B. Zollman of Roanoke, VA. He was the family historian for the Zollmans of Virginia
--Also is a pamphlet by George West Diehl containing quite a bit of history of the Zollmans lives. The last page lists contributors to Zollman Family Shelter.
Some of these contributors are:
- Mrs. John C. Hendrickson
- Mrs. Bessie Drake
- Mr. and Mrs. Dewey D. Adair
-- See all photos here. Billy wrote on the back of each photo, and the captions reflect his words. Select photos individually.
-- Writings about John and Dick Loutzenhiser and their families –by Minnie Dezena Loutzenhiser
-- Letter written by Mary Bailey Adair to the Gonicks in September 1957 including Cartland history and visit with Silas Cartland of Park Ridge, Illinois.
-- Another written letter that my grandmother wrote in August 1971, about her visits in Maine, Chicago, and Redding including Blockton Reunion.
Hazel was Uncle Billy’s wife; she lived in Centerville and visited Clarinda and Red Oak. Her maiden name was Roby. Billy died in April, 1967.
Read more: May 22-26, 1967 Letters from Mary Adair and Hazel
When Earl was age 14, he wrote this letter to his grandmother Margaret Ann Young Adair when she was living with her daughter Minnie Donelson in Hatfield, Missouri. Earl’s grandfather died a few years earlier. Please NOTE that the stamped envelope date does not match the letter date, but I believe that this letter was still addressed to Margaret Adair in Hatfield.
Read more: 1910 Grandma letter written by Earl D. Adair to his grandmother
Uncle Frank and Aunt Mary were Margaret’s great uncle/aunt. Daughter Marian Cartland was her 1st cousin 1x removed.
Included here is some school work that Margaret Adair had.
More documents that Margaret Adair had
Mary Emma Bailey kept a few diaries. Here is one from 1962.
Letter written July 27, 1958 talks about July 4 in Milwaukee and Chippewa Falls tornado. Trip continues to Duluth and steam train ride. On to Paul Bunyan Park and the Badlands in South Dakota. Then Wall Drug Store, Mt. Rushmore, Wyoming, and Denver. Visited Maurice & June at Sam Adair home. Visited by Stuart & Helen Hoover. In Kansas stayed overnight with cousin (Barleen) before Mt. Ayr, Centerville, and Muscatine, Iowa. Mary & Earl working in Melrose Park, Illinois; their age is early 60's now. Pompilio family has NOT moved in next door yet; house is empty. Marvin & Tom gone to Comiskey Park to see Red Sox and White Sox. Earl interested in VW station wagon.
Letter written June 1, 1921 describes some family situations.
Mary Emma Bailey kept a few diaries.