Pictures from Jay St. Clair

Dates and identity on most of the pictures are my best guess, since very few of the original photos had any information on them.

Pictures left to right, top row: John & Frances Bright (Frank St. Clair's Mother's Parents) - taken 1890's. Pansy St. Clair's parents (Charles & Rosella Reeve) - early 1900's. Pansy St. Clair's Dad and Sisters - early 1900's, I picked the girl in the middle as her.

2nd row: Howard (I think) - 1932. Dell, Marian, Howard- 1934. Howard, Marian, Unknown - 1938.

3rd row: Unknown - 1940's. Bud - 1941. Harold & Bud? - 1930's.

4th row - Howard & friends - 1941. Howard & Class - 1944. 3 in middle, Marian, Bud, Pansy, don't know 2 on each end - 1944.

5th row - Bud, Dell, Pansy, Frank - 1948. Pansy and Howard - 1944. Howard & unknown - 1944.

6th row - Marian & Pansy - 1947.

7th row - Howard - 1944. Howard & Marian - 1945. Wes & Marian - 1948.

8th row - Frank & unknown kids (Sharon & Peggi?) - 1948. Frank & Howard - 1956.


P.S. from Carol: Remember to click on any image to enlarge. Makes it a lot easier to recognize faces!

Long lost cousin!

Hello from northern Idaho!

I'm your cousin Nikki (St.Clair) Holmes. What a blessing to discover my cousins again! At Christmas I always send Aunt Marion a card and letter but had not been able to get an update on the St.Clair clan. It was great to hear news and look at pictures of all of you!

My husband and I are living in Moscow, ID where he is pastoring and I counsel and work at a Crisis Pregnant Center as the Clinic Services Director. I love what I'm doing but we both miss our children and grandchildren. Three of our kids live close to some of you! Our daughter Bernadette, lives in Wilsonville, OR with her husband, who pastors, and their two children. Sam, our son, lives with them while he attends Portland State. Our youngest daughter, Lindsay, works for a Mortgage Lending firm as an accountants executive. She is still single. We did have our other two daughters in Romania but one, Jerusha, just came back to the states with her husband and adopted daughter for the birth of their new daughter who was born here in Moscow. Now they are living in Olympia, WA at a Bible Camp where Greg, her husband, is the program director. Our oldest daughter, Rebekah, is still living in Romania (has been there for 8 yrs.) working with orphans. She has adopted two children and has twins in the process of adoption. She married in '05' her daughter's brother-if that doesn't blow your mind?? Remember her adopted daughter who is quite a bit younger than her brother. They have recently opened a family center for orphans and have taken 8 children to love and care for. So we have 8 grandchildren whom we miss greatly! We wonder sometimes what in the world we are doing in northern ID where there are at times strange cults and some very independent, self reliant folks. It's a very interesting place where U. of ID resides as well as Wash. State 8 miles away. So we have a bit of culture plus a popular jazz influence. Hopefully, we are reaching out with love to help others and make a positive difference in their lives.

I look forward to reconnecting with a valued part of my family! Blessings, Nikki

Here Is The Family Outline Again

Prompted by Bunny's mention of all Grandpa Frank's wives and how that has many of us confused about the family tree, I'm posting the very first post from October 2005 again... outlining who was from which wife. His first two wives died young, leaving him with several children to raise. But, he found a keeper with Grandma Pansy.

Here is the chart from where we all come from. Tell me how you fit in... and go from there. Fill in any blanks you can.

Here's what I know, as family from Grandpa Frank...

He and first wife, Edith Eskridge Tarbell, had four children:
1) LeRoy Francis, born 1907
2) Jessie, born 1909
3) Lewis, born 1910
4) Oba Leonard (Obie to us), born 1912

* * * * *

Frank and his second wife, Amy Nora Henderson, had one child:
Amy

This is my Mother, born 1916, and died in 1959 as a result of being hit by a car as a pedestrian. Amy was married to Bruce Klock (my Dad), who died in 1964 of lung cancer. .

Bruce and Amy had two children:
Clair Klock, born March 29, 1951
Carol Klock, born April 7, 1952

After the death of both parents, Clair & Carol were raised by Bruce's only brother, Orval, and his wife, Dorothy Klock.

* * * * *

Frank and his third wife, Pansy Fay Reeve, had seven children:
1) Frank Willard (Bud), born 1921
2) Fay Rose, born 1922

3) Harold Lee, born 1924 (Still living)
Married Jan 1946 to Sarah (Sally) Huson died 1989
5 children
1. Linda Lou Born Nov 14, 46 Died Aug 1, 47

2. Bunny Lee Born Aug. 9, 48 Married Feb 1967 to Al (John) Doolittle
2 children, Daughter-- Michell Marie Doolittle born July 23, 1969
Married (Doug) James Douglas Mowbray Dec. 24, 1988
one child... Kay Monique born Jan 19, 1990
Son -- John Patrick Doolittle born Nov. 17, 1970
Married Brenda 2004 and has grown step children and
2 step grandkids at the young age of 37.
Bunny divorced in 1977 -- Married Jim Tribou Dec. 24, 1987

3. Carol Lynn Born 1950, died 1950

4. Michael Ray Born June 15 1953
Married Candice 2 children Brett and Kery both married

5. Patrick Allen Born Jan 27 1957 Married Yvonne 1998/99 ? Died 1999
Harold remarried Dec. 1989 -- Laveta

4) Laurence Victor, born 1925
5) Howard Ray, born 1927
6) Marian Ruth, born 1929 (Still living)
7) Glen Dell (just Dell to us), born 1932 (Still living)


Hope this helps clear up some of the muddy water. :-)
Carol

Saving Photos

Just so you know... you can save any of the photos that we post by clicking on them and click on "save as" under the edit mode or right click the mouse on the photo and click on "save as" -- then save in your family photo folder or ??
You all probably already know this, but just in case....
Bunny

Photos from Bunny

OK OK !!! Rian and Ginna called me too.
I do not have many photos as most of ours were burned up in the fire that burned our family home. Maybe Mike and Candy have some... as she is really into scrapbooking and I think may have some of our family photos from Dad.
Rian...call Mike !!

But I have a few and will post them as I get them scanned in.

I thought Nanc would get a kick out of the photo of Uncle Bud and her on the couch... I think that is who it is anyway. (no date)
Baby photo of Laurie and Jay. (no date)
A photo of some of us cousins... Lucky & me (Bunny), Sharon, Lucky, me, Peggi. (no date)
Uncle Bud with friend -- in uniform at Fort Bliss; without shirts in front of his shanty in New Guinea while in Australia.
And Carol... we can't leave you out -- a school photo 1967. After all... you started this whole process ;o)
Then there is a photo of Wes, Marian, Howard, & Dell. The back of photo in (I think) Grandma Pansy's writing says "Sat. night all going to the show. Howard was standing to ease his sore toe." (no date &no names, but I think I got them right)
I thought Aunt Marian (and family) would get a kick out of the photo with the jug of ??? (no date)
I have some of the information that Aunt Marian did on family history from back in the late 80s. But would love anything else anyone has as well.

Would love to get together with everone and look at photos and family history information -- I don't know who everyone is in many of my photos. And with all Grandpa's different wives, I have always been very confused about who everyone is and where we all fit in.

Later, Bunny

Photos From Nanc In Alaska

Here are the photos Nanc tried to publish with her post;

Our fake tree
Our hotel tree
Casey and Cooper
Casey and girlfriend,
Heather
Our new Baja


Also below is one of my mom and dad, Bud and Marian at our Smith River place in the mid to late 60's.

Remember: you can click on any image to enlarge.

Love,
Nanc

Howard St. Clair Children

Peggi mentioned in a comment that she would like to hear more about my brothers and sisters in the picture. So here goes: I was born in 1949, Laurie 51, Nikki 53, Robby 60, Eric 62, Lisa 63, and Caryn 1970. Mom (Barbara Durall) and Dad were married in 1948 at Fairfield, Idaho. They lived in the Eugene area (I was born in Eugene) until 1950, when they moved to Fairfield. Dad took over the Durall family farm and continued with farming, in addition to owning a gas station and agricultural fertilizer business, until they divorced in 1969. Dad briefly moved to Rupert, Idaho, where he had a custom haying operation, then to Long Beach, California (managed a hardware store) and finally San Diego, where he died in 1972. Mom remarried in 1969 and moved, along with Nikki, Robby, Eric, and Lisa, to Plainview, Arkansas, where her husband, Tom Cox, settled on a family farm. Caryn was born there in 1970. Mom died in 1975, and the children lived with their Step-dad until graduating from high school.

Laurie currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she oversees EPA guidelines for the University of Tulsa. She has six children (all grown).

Nikki lives with her husband Dennis, in Moscow, Idaho. She is associated with a Christian women's group, doing counseling. They have 5 children (all grown).

Robby lives with his wife Glenda in Ola, Arkansas. He works at factory that makes bolts. They have 3 children (all grown).

Eric also lives in Ola and works at the same factory as Robby. He has 2 children (both teenagers).

Lisa lives with her husband Mike, in Greenwood, Arkansas. She teaches high school business courses. They have 1 grown child.

Caryn lives in Plainview, Arkansas and has two teenage children.

My wife Glada and I live in Atoka, Tennessee. Atoka is about 30 miles north of Memphis. I work for the Navy (civil service - I retired from the Navy in 1989) on the Navy base in Millington, TN. Glada teaches Kindergarten at a school in Memphis. I have three boys by a previous marriage, and 2 boys and 1 girl with Glada. Our youngest, Danielle, is 20. My oldest, Brian, is 36. I'll have more of my history in a future post.

Take care, Jay

Greetings from Jay St. Clair

Hey Everyone, greetings from Elvis country (he has left the building),

Isn't the internet wonderful. This is almost as wonderful as a family reunion. What a great place to keep in touch and share memories. I've never been much of a letter writer, but use email all the time in my job, so if I tend to post incomplete sentences, etc., apologize up front.



Right after Rian (and Gina) called last night, I spent about 2 hours looking at the Blog. Great job Carol. Bless you for getting this started.



















I'm going to make this initial post short. Will send more later. The first picture above is the Howard St. Clair children taken at a reunion in 2003 (left to right, me, Robby, Caryn (Cox), Eric, Laurie, Lisa, Nikki). The second picture I estimated was taken in 1934 (someone please correct if I'm wrong), and the 3rd was taken in 1985 (estimate again) at Aunt Marian's house. I won't list names here or in the future where it is obvious to you all who they are. I've got a lots more pictures and will post in the future. Hopefully, these will be new to you all.

By the way, I have my own email address, stclair.jay@gmail.com. gmbstclair@gmail.com is Glada's. Send to either of us (we share). I'll also post Laurie's, Nikki's, and Lisa's email addresses later (they're the only ones who have email). I want to let them know about this blog first. I also have some genealogy information in PDF format that I will be glad to forward to anyone interested. This information was compiled by Laurie (working with Aunt Marian) back in the 80's. Would guess some, if not most of you, may already have this. Laurie mentioned to me a while back that she was getting back into genealogy, so I'm sure she will be excited about this blog and what you all are doing.

Later, Jay

e-mail addresses

Peggi had a great idea, to re-enter the email contacts that Carol had posted in April 2006. Those that are not listed, and wish to have it included, please send a post. Thanks Peg!

Shirley St. Clair smstclair@msn.com
Bunny St. Clair (& Jim) cruize@theofficenet.com
Rod (& Karla) St. Clair StClairs1983@msn.com
Nancy (St. Clair) & Rob Seimears robnnanc@aptalaska.net
Peggi (Hickman) & Rick Lippincott moonlitedaze@comcast.net
Rian (& Gina) Hickman rhickman@centurytel.net
Mike (& Candy) St. Clair csaintly@yahoo.com
Wes (&Velda) St. Clair velda@rubensteins.com
Clair (& Beverly) Klock cbklock@cascadeaccess.com
Carol (Klock) and Max Williams Carol@TopPropertiesWenatchee.com
Lyle Reeve Papa4NnC@aol.com
Sharon (Hickman): blackwitch@charter.com
Nikki (St.Clair) Holmes holmes3000@verizon.net
Jay St. Clair stclair.jay@gmail.com
Glada St. Clair gmbstclair@gmail.com
Laurie St. Clair laurie-stclair@utulsa.edu
Lisa (St. Clair) Dean deanld@msn.com

Jay and Glada St Clair Contact

Hey everyone! Rian just got off the phone with Jay St. Clair back in Tennessee, and HAS HE GOT SOME INFO TO SHARE. He's compiled info and photos, so we hope to hear from them soon. He's planning on sending us a CD. As soon as we get this, we'll put them on the blog. EXCITED!!!
Love,
Gina and Rian

Christmas Trip

Hello folks,
Been enjoying the new photos and news from Carol, Joanne, Rian and Gina, and Bunny. What fun to share huh! We sure do have an awesome extended family. Our family decided to take the ferry up and spend Christmas in a hotel in Juneau to see Casey and meet his girlfriend, Heather. We got a room with a kitchen and shopped for a prime rib dinner on Christmas Eve, the day we arrived. It was different, but fun. We brought a little ceramic Christmas tree with us and had a delicious meal and great conversation. We spent the day after Christmas shopping for a new car and got a nice little used Baja with under 20,000 mi. on it. Hoping for much better gas mileage and it is fun to drive too. Our weather has warmed up now and it is raining more than snowing. We usually get some real cold, in the teens, weather this time of year, so this is as unusual as the huge amount of snow we got in November. Wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. Love, Nanc

Wes and Jacquelyne Hickman

Last October, Jacquelyne came down to visit her brother Wes in Coos Bay. These two beautiful kids belong to Rian Hickman. She stayed with Wes for a bit, then went and visited their Grandma Marian Sanders in Reedsport Oregon. She and her friend Liza, stopped by here on their way back to BC. Jacquelyne will be 24 years old this month on the 22nd, and Wes is 26. They're both very responsible, and loving people. Wes is a commercial fisherman, and Jaquelyne works with the elderly, as an art therapist,having educated herself over a two period with her own personal finances. Proud of these two yungins'! Jaquelyne is showing up on our door step tomorrow afternoon to pick up a pick up, that Rian has fixed up for her. He took it all apart and put it back together, so she would have a safe, sound vehicle. We can't wait to see her drive away in her first car. We'll take some pictures while she's here and send them on.
Love to all,
Gina and Rian Hickman

Wes Hickman and Dell St. Clair

As requested by Peggi, here is the photo of Wes and Dell circa early to mid 50s. Rian is not really sure of the year. Maybe someone can enlighten us as to an exact date. Wes is standing and Dell is the one on the motorcycle.

We will go through our pictures of the family, and put them in a bit at a time.

Love to all,
Gina and Rian

A Visit with the St. Clair Clan

Okay, I don't want to be a blog hog, but we've got some catching up to do. This last Saturday, being money hungry fools that we are, we went and picked up a load in Vancouver WA to deliver to Weyerhaeuser in Springfield. The load we picked up was...Tapioca Starch! What does Weyco do with Tapioca Starch, I asked? It's a bonding agent for paper. Ya learn somethin' new everyday. Anyway, we were only three miles from Uncle Dell and Aunt Janice's place at delivery point, so we dropped in for a visit. Aunt Janice wasn't able to be there...working and all, but Uncle Dell, Rod and Karla, their daughter Erika, Wes and Velda, and their daughter Christina were all present. In the photo of the St. Clair men are from left to right, Rod, Uncle Dell, Wes, and Rian. Velda, Wes' wife (very sweet gal) mentioned that she hadn't been able to notice the similarities in the St. Clair men until she saw them all together. I hadn't either! I always thought Rian held the Hickman biological features, but seeing them next to each other...they do look alike! And sound alike!
The St. Clair women from left to right are Karla (Rod's wife), Velda (Wes' wife) and Gina Hickman (me, Rian's wife), and in the back is Erika (Rod and Karla's daughter) and Christina (Wes and Velda's daughter). Pretty good lookin' bunch of females! These are the women that put up with this roudy bunch of St. Clair men.
Erika's husband Nick, is stationed in Iraq, and we wish the best for him and his safe return.
Rian wants to add, that he loves his Uncle Dell more than he can say. Uncle Dell and Rian's dad, Wes Hickman were best friends. Rian's dad passed in 1958 from a logging accident when Rian was a mere 6 years old. He has always looked up to Uncle Dell as THE man figure in his life. Dell's kids were always admired, and seemed more like brothers than cousins.
Rod and Wes work together cutting timber, and are quite the characters, and extremely hard working men. Lance and Randy are very enterprising as well, and much to be admired. Everyone I've had the good fortune to meet in this family thus far have been wonderful, warm, and the most down to earth people I've met in my life, and am proud to be a part of the St. Clair/Hickman clan. Every single one, from Dottie, to Rian's mother Marian, and his simblings (especially Peggi) to cousins, Aunts and Uncles. There have been quite a few. And believe me, I was a bit overwhelmed with all the family members that I've had the opportunity to meet so far.
We only wish that Aunt Janice could have been there to complete the photo. She is a very hard working, and dedicated woman. We missed her being there. Next time!
Rian keeps a large photo of his father, Wes, and his Uncle Dell in our home/office to remind him of the kinship between those two. Family is priceless! We invite all the family members to stop by our abode to share our unconventional hospitality.
I feel very special being included in this authentic, and giving family. I thank each and every one of you that I've met for allowing a newcomer into your clan.
Love and Kisses to all,
Gina and Rian Hickman

JoAnne Reeve Checks In

Below is a "comment" received from JoAnn Reeve. I am putting it up as it's own separate post so it will be easier to find. JoAnne do you have an e-mail address I can add to our group list? Any other info you can share will be appreciated... about your life, children, family history you remember, how your genealogy fits in, etc. If you want to make posts, you can send them here in the form of comments or forward them to my direct e-mail and I will create a post for you. Be sure to include pictures if possible. I will be leaving on a trip soon, so use the following e-mail address. CarolWilliams007@aol.com Thanks, Carol (Klock) Williams

"I am your cousin-JoAnne Reeve we met years ago. I am a widow and live in small ca town near my daughter and grandchildren. I have just recently retired (Again!)Was called back in 2006 for 7 months. My grandson (13)& I just returned after 3 weeks in Texas visiting with my brother Lyle and his family there. Chat with you soon, JoAanne "

Last Summer with Bunny and Jim

Rian and I have some catching up to do for this blog...so here goes! First off...Carol, we wish you a safe and speedy recover!
Last July, Jim and Bunny came through and visited for a night on their way to Bunny's High School reunion. We really enjoyed their time here, and hope that either we can make it up to see them, or they are able to stop by again. We had a wonderful chat, and I got to know them quite a bit better. Bunny reminds me of Peggi. Straight forward and to the point. Jim is a funny and warm guy. Bunny was right that Rian and Jim have so much in common with the car and motorcycle issue.
They drove up in their Mustang, and arrived hot and tired, so we hope we treated them well with our unconventional hospitality. Absolutely loved having them here!

Much love to all,
Rian and Gina

Carol's Back Surgery

Click here to visit our personal website for pictures and commentary after my Balloon Kyphoplasty back surgery performed Thursday.
-Carol