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| Picture
dated July 23, 1916, Port Huron Michigan. Robert Andrew Balmer is
the gentleman in the middle with the "Colonel Sanders" beard. |
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| Believed
to be Robert Andrew Balmer. Picture was from a collage of Port Huron
Civil War veterans. Collage resides at the Port Huron
Museum, 1115 6th Street, Port Huron, MI 48060. Image courtesy of
T.J. Gaffney, Curator of Collections. T.J. states that he is 99.9%
sure that it is Robert. |
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| Robert
resided at 2529 Maple after giving up farming. Two pictures 1912 and 2001. |
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| Robert,
Sarah, Nancy headstones in Lakeside Cemetery |
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| Robert
& Nancy's headstones |
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| From
Mike Balmer, descendant of Robert through his first wife Sarah Westbrook.
Pictures of Horace Sylvester, Robert Alexander, and Horace's wife Emma.
Pictures of their cousins. Mike's dad. Old time trains with relatives
aboard? |
      
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family history said that one brother died and the other married his widow.
Robert and Emma's announcement. |
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James A. Shepard family (minus
Anna Mae) sometime prior to 1918. Polk's Boulder County Directory for
1918 listed three Shepards. James was the owner of Columbine Rooms at
1504 Pearl. He is listed with Lottie and Clara as a resident there. This
picture was possibly taken alongside the building. Lottie is seated and
one of the two girls that are standing is Pauline who lived in Arizona.
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| Anna
Mae Shepard Balmer ca. 1892. |
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| Anna
Mae Shepard Balmer & Charles Andrew Balmer.
(Picture taken prior to 1947)
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| Shepard
family headstone (not sure where this headstone is). James A. Shepard
was working in Gill, Colorado at
the First National Bank of Gill as cashier in 1913 as seen in the congratulation
letter below. |
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| Congratulations
from Grandpa Shepard on the birth of James Robert Balmer (1913). Since
he signed the note "Foxy Grandpa" he was probably making reference
to this cartoon character. |
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Aili
Balmer's parents. Two pictures
August & Minnie Wirtanen ca. 1927.
Minnie Wirtanen (ca. 1942-43). |
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| Aili's
record of birth. We find out that Minnie's real first name is Erkella |
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| The
Arcturus, likely the ship that took August Wirtanen from Hanko, Finland
to England where he boarded an unknown ship for his trip to North America.
According to the passenger list he was bound for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Three pictures, a map and some data. |
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| Two
picture of Aili and Viekko Wirtanen one about 1917 and the other about 4
years later |
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| Aili
Balmer (ca. 1942-43) |
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| Lt.
James Balmer (two pictures) |
 
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| Carol
and I at Grandma Wirtanen's on Drummond Island. Hey Sis ! Quit pinching
me! |
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| Jay
and Andrew Balmer, October 1973 |
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| The
youngest Balmers |
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