TRACING THE FAMILY HISTORY, Part 4

William ClarenceOlga Dow

                                                                                                                                                                    
We have arrived down the Tabler line to my Grandparents.  Now that we are here, I'll ho ahead and talk about both sides of the family.  For me that's the Tabler and Bibb side.

William Clarence married Emma Robertson on September 19, 1908.  They had 2 sons:
Richard Nicholas "Nick"
William Clinton "Bill"

They divorced (Date Unknown)




Clarence Tabler married Olga Dow Burch on September 17, 1914. They had 13 Children. 13 CHILDREN! Olga Dow was an only child and doted on by her father. He didn't much appreciate his daughter marrying a divorced man 11 years her senior. But, eventually they got his blessing.







My Dad, Clarence Leroy Tabler was the oldest of the 13.  He was born January 23, 1916.  Most of my Dad's brothers and sisters had nicknames.  For many years most of us children didn't know their real  names, just what they were known as.  My Dad was "Deacon". This is the line we'll follow after I get through all these siblings.  I'll try to post a picture of each one.



Marjory, with Clarence Leroy above) was the 2nd oldest.  She was born in 1917 and died in a fire in 1918.  My Dad, telling this story late in life, said that he and Marjory were left alone for a few minutes while his mother ran next door to borrow something, and my Dad said Marjory loved the flames in the cook Stove, so he got a stick, lit it, and let her play with it.  She caught her clothes on fire and died from the injuries.   Of course, he was only 2 and didn't know any better, but had to live with that the rest of his life.

Thomas Harlan (Turk), was 3rd in line.  He was born 12 October, 1918.  My Uncle Turk lived on a farm, and I used to love to go to the farm, sit on the front porch swing late in the evening listening to all the adults talk and tell stories.  I always thought Turk was probably my favorite Uncle.


With 13 siblings to list, I'll continue this in the next installment.  We'll go through these 13 and then list my mothers side.  She only had 2 siblings.  So that can be done on one blog entry.

TRACING THE FAMILY HISTORY Part 3

My Tabler Grandparents are both buried at Calvary Cemetery on Newburg Road.  I'll now talk about my Grandmother, Olga Dow Burch Tabler, as I have pictures to share.  I have many pictures of her Dad, my Great Grandfather, but only a couple of her and her mother.

Here is a picture of them, My Grandmother with here parents, Lawrence and Lucinda Burch.  They are standing outside the buggy.

Here is the first picture I'll show of my Grandfather, with Olga Dow and her parents.  I'm sure this was taken in  Hodgenville, Ky.    They sure look young.  They were married September 17, 1914, so I'm sure this photo must be near that time.

TRACING THE FAMILY HISTORY

My mother, Loretta May Bibb Tabler, wrote a Genealogy book tracing the Tabler name back to 1732, when the good ship Samuel docked at Philadelphia carrying my  Great, Great, Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather (I think that was the right amount of Greats)  Leonhart (Leonard) Dobler (Tabler).  I have no pictures of these people, and can't supply a picture until I get to my Great Grandparents.  So, I'll briefly talk about each person so that we can skip on up to some interesting pictures.

Leonhart Dobler left Germany, sailing from Rotterdam with wife,Anna Maria, and children.  The passenger list had only Leonhart on it, women and children were not listed on the passenger list, but as they showed up on records here in the U. S., they must have also been aboard.

They had 4 children: 
Matthias
Maria Barbara
George
JOHN MELCHOIR (JOHANN MELGIOR)
All of these were born in Germany.

Our line descended through John Melchoir, who married Catherine Elizabeth Dorn in 1747.  Their children were:

Anna Maria
John George
Wilhelm/William
JOHN JACOB
John Adam
Anna Christina
Susannah
Elizabeth
John Michael
Barbara
Eva Margaret
John Peter
Anna Catherine

The line continues through John Jacob.  There is no reliable record of JJ's marriage, but we have a list of his children:

JACOB
William
John

We continue through Jacob.  Jacob married Nancy Ann McMakin on June 24th, 1805.  Their children
were:

Son?
Son?
Joseph L.
Isaac Shelby
Elizabeth
Catherine
Mary Ann
Alexander
William P.
Benjamin M.
JOHN C.
Harris Addison

We continue with John C..  John C. married Dorinda Wiser December 24th, 1848, Christmas Eve.  Their children are:

NICHOLAS CLINTON
Amanda
Henry
Paralee
William Franklin (Frank)
Emmalie
Mary       There is some belief that Emmalie and Mary may be the same person, Mary Emmalie? Records put their birth dates very close together.

We'll continue with Nicholas Clinton in the next installment.  We start getting into pictures of my family from now on.  Don't know if that's good or bad.

Christmas Piano Concert

We went to Erin and Jill's Christmas Piano Concert last night.  They each played two songs and did a fantastic job.  You could really tell they spent a lot of time preparing.

 

                                                        Pretty and professional.

 

Erin's last Cross Country Season with Chance School

We went to the last Cross Country Meet of the Season yesterday at Woodford County.  Erin, being a 5th grader now, this was her last Meet as a Chance Charger.  She really ran well and finished in the top 100, which is pretty good  in this large Meet.

 

 

She finished strong, passing several girls in the finish lane.  Of course, Jillian ran well, too, but this is about Erin's last race.  After the race, of course, she cried, and wanted to celebrate.  So, we went to Uncle Madio's for pizza and Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen.  Erin has never been one of the top runners, but she's always given her best effort and supported ALL her team  mates.  And, I've loved watching her run.  And, of course, was very proud of her.

Starting out the year, she set goals for the season.  One of them was to win 3 medals while at Chance.  She fell a little short of that, by 2 medals, but I believe she was still satisfied with her season. 
Now it's on to basketball!

Watching Cross Country

I love going to the Cross Country Meets and watching the girls run.  I'll have to miss the last one this weekend in Woodford County because I'll be playing golf.  I've got one picture to post.

Jillian is running here and about 2/3 of the way through her race.  Look at the support she has!  Mary Lynn and Kevin on the left, and Erin and team friends on the right running along and cheering her on.  This picture really shows the support these runners have, not only from parents, but team mates.  The team lines the course to cheer on their fellow team mates as they run their races.  These girls not only get good exercise from this sport, but build a special bond with each other that they just can't get from anything else.

Reducing the tools I own has been difficult

Over the past 5 weeks we have been de-cluttering.  This has  meant getting rid of things we don't need or haven't used for a long time.  Of course, this also includes my tools.  And I had a lot of tools.  I'd say so far I've gotten rid of 90% of the tools I had pre-de-cluttering.   Of course, I've gotten rid of ALL my yard tools, as I won't need them any longer.  But to show you the amount of tools I have amassed over the years, I found a small tool box on the bottom shelf of my workbench, way in the back.  I had overlooked it when getting tools out for yard sales.  This was a tool box I had filled with screwdrivers that were extra.  Just screwdrivers.

This is just a sample of the extra tools I had on hand.  I know I sold 10 hammers at the yard sale.  So, I had multiples of each type tool, plus many one of a kind tools. Plus an amazing amount of hardware.  Nails, screws, hinges, nuts, bolts, springs, etc.   Well,  I forgot this box.  Anybody need a screwdriver?