This photo is a great first post for our family’s genealogy photos blog. By the way, in case you don’t know how to migrate here on your own, just go to MyKinFolks.org and click the Link to “Photo BLOG” at the lower-right.
This is one of my favorite photos in the collection. I didn’t know it existed until cousin Judy sent it. She’s Joe’s daughter and my only 1st cousin on mother’s side still living. That’s Joe on the right sitting next to my dad, Wilburn “Hap” Vincent. His grandchildren called him “Giddy.”
These two WWII veterans represent both sides of my family, my father’s side including the surnames of Vincent, Seay, Finch, Pace, etc. and my mother’s side (she and Joe’s wife were sisters) including the surnames of Warren, Blake, Farmer, and Smith among others.
Hap and Joe are sitting in Hap’s living room which us older folks will remember. The photo is not dated. It was in Joe’s wife’s collection. She was called Tincy by the family. I’m guessing that’s because she was small when young and the name stuck. We called her Aunt Tincy but her given name was Mildred.
The photo was in Tincy’s collection when she died. Cousin Judy inherited it and shared it with me so we could all enjoy it. Thanks, cousin Judy! In fact, Judy shared a lot of photos with me which I’ll share on this blog in future posts.
According to Cousin Judy, this photo had to have been taken in ’67 or ’68. My dad was pretty gray headed by the 1980s. Please check the comments to this blog post for the most current information.
The full-sized copy of this photo can be viewed and downloaded 1) by clicking the photo above, 2) by going to MyKinFolks.org then Photos, then Abels, or 3) by clicking the following link:
Cousin Donna says:
“This is totally Uncle Hap, exactly as I have him memorialized. Always happy, smiling…. Thank you for sharing. He and Aunt Doris meant the world to me.”
Joe’s daughter is Judy. She emailed to say, “I would guess the picture was taken around 67 or 68.” Judy said her brother Donny married in Nov. 67. His wife cut her hair real short right after they got married and then let it grow back long. Judy mentioned a black and white photo where her hair was starting to grow back out and said, “… maybe this was around 68.” She added, “They had long sleeved shirts on so it might have been cool weather.” Great detective work, Cousin Judy! Thanks for dating the photo for us.