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Jan Disbrow with father, mother, grandmother, & great-grandmother

 Posted by [admin]  Bowman, Ella (» Cole), Cole, Rachel (» Cooper), Cooper, Jean (» Disbrow), Disbrow, Janneke Rachel, Disbrow, William Cook, IV, Interbay
Nov 151933
 

[Probably the 12th or 19th of November, 1933]
[The Cole’s house in Interbay, Florida]

Jan with her “mother and daddy,” as she grew up to call them.

Jan and her mother (Jean Cooper Disbrow), grandmother (Rachel Cole Cooper), and great-grandmother (Ella Bowman Cole).

Jan with an unknown person whom I had thought was my great-grandfather (Francis Wayland Cole) — certainly they look alike. It cannot be, however, because Mr. Cole died no more than a couple of days before 15 September, 1933. So, who is this gentleman, anyway?

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Letter from Bill to Jean Disbrow

 Posted by [admin]  Cooper, Jean (» Disbrow), Detroit, Disbrow, Janneke Rachel, Disbrow, William Cook, IV, Interbay
Nov 011933
 

Tuesday Nite [Detroit, Michigan] Dearest, Well, I got here and settled without any trouble at all. After I wrote you yesterday I went out and found my street and caught a bus that took me within two blocks of the factory. Nablo was out of town until this morning, so I had to get acquainted [more...]

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Jan Disbrow at three weeks

 Posted by [admin]  Cooper, Jean (» Disbrow), Disbrow, Janneke Rachel, Disbrow, William Cook, IV, Interbay
Oct 251933
 
Jan Disbrow at three weeks

[Probably 22 October, 1933, judging from the Sunday clothes; photos marked “3 weeks,” which would be 25 October] [The Cole’s house, Interbay, Florida] Jan Disbrow with her proud and happy parents, Jean and Bill Disbrow. The Disbrows were living with Jean’s grandparents, Francis and Ella Cole — as well as also, I believe, her parents, [more...]

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Letter from Betty Cannell to Jean Disbrow

 Posted by [admin]  Cannell, Lewis Dilley, Cooper, Elizabeth (» Cannell), Cooper, Jean (» Disbrow), Disbrow, Janneke Rachel, Disbrow, William Cook, IV, Interbay, Salem
Oct 101933
 

[10 October, 1933] [Salem, Oregon] Dearest Jean, How proud you sound! If you knew how cocked up we are to be a nuncle and a naunt, you’d think we’d had the baby. I’m so glad she’s here and that everything’s all right. What does she look like, aside from being the most beautiful and marvellous [more...]

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