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Followers of Ms Alberta's Blog

Regrettably I have to limit postings for awhile. I have cataracts on both eyes and I am scheduled for surgery on the right eye soon; with the left eye to follow within the next month.

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Alberta Anne, Age 17

                                   Alberta Anne, Age 67

Generations: March 23, 2015 McKenzie Alice Paige Fouch

This is Mckenzie Alice Paige Fouch, born March 23, 2015 at 12:29 PM. Mckenzie weighed in at 7 pounds 14 ounzes, and is 20 inches long.

The young lady holding her is Kamryn Nora Nicole Fouch, proud big sister. The young man watching is Aidan McCellan Fouch, proud big brother.

These three are Alberta Anne's great grand children and Ms Alberta's great great grandchildren.

Parents of Mckenzie, Kamryn, and Aidan are Charlie Wesley, Jr. and Ceceilia Ann Booher Fouch.

Cely is the daughter of Angela Michelle; Wes is the son of Loretta and Charlie Fouch, Sr. Charlie Sr. is deceased.

Wes sister, Holly Elizabeth Mullins looks on.

Connections: Heinrich Walter Paul Josef BOOHER, husband of Alberta Anne and father of Edith Christina, Angela Michelle and Teri Denise

October 31 1944 - August 28, 2008

                           This is Heinrich Walter Paul Josef BOOHER
                                     the picture was taken in 1965
                                         he was a Marine.

Heinz and Alberta Anne Thomas were married December 19, 1964 at Glendale Christian Church in Glendale, Hardin County, Kentucky.

They had three daughters; Edith Christina Booher (Mullins, Trent)
Angela Michelle Booher (Mason - Booher)
and Teri Denise Booher (Centers - Reid).

Anne and Heinz divorced July 1981.

Pictures: Shoupe Side

The Baby in the picture is Myrtle Evabelle Vaughn or "Mom" Shoupe; the next picture is of Leonard Earl Shoupe;

the first of the two pictures turned sideways are Henry and Rachel Elizabeth Trosper Shoupe; the other picture turned sideways is of Myrtle "Mom" Shoupe, Ms Alberta and Faye; the two sitting on the car well are Ms Alberta and Faye Shoupe

Genealogy - 1st husband - Harold Lee Thomas

This is the Coat of Arms of Tristram Thomas who was born in Kent, England.

When Tristram Thomas was born in September 1666 in Sundridge, Kent, England, his father, Tristram, was 36 and his mother, Anne was 33. Tristram married Judith Clayland, they had two sons and two daughter’s together between1703 and 1712 when Anne died.

Tristram migrated to Talbot County, Maryland where he met and married Jane Kemp on

November 7, 1721, in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland. When Tristram died on February 11, 1746, in Queen Anne’s County, Maryland, he had lived a long life of 79 years.

Tristram, son of Tristram and Judith Clayland married Mary Clothier.

Their son was Stephen who married Anne Coursey.

Their son was Stephen, who married Rachel Pratt.

Their son was Robert Robin, who married Katherine Evans.

Their son was Daniel, who married Nancy Broyles.

Their son was Sampson, who married first Martha Baird, who died; then Martha Moses, who died; then Susie Campbell, who outlived Sampson.

Their son was Finley, who married Rachel Elizabeth Powers.

Finley and Rachel Powers Thomas started the present THOMAS CLAN

Harold Lee Thomas was the son of Finley and Rachel; Harold and Ms Alberta were married March 1946. They had four children: Alberta Anne, Harold Danny, Clara Jean, and Sharon Gail, who died.

Thinking Outloud - February 2015

Lately, as I am trying to downsize on the amount of "just stuff" that I have acquired in my sixty eight years; I have been giving a lot of thought to how all we humans acquire our habits from our parents and the way they were reared.

Ms Alberta was born in 1926; she turned three the year The Great Depression started. This meant that during her formative years she saw soup kitchens and rationing of foodstuffs, such as sugar, flour, butter.

Ms Alberta watched and learned from her mother how to stretch food, how to sew clothes to wear, and how to hold on to things; because you never knew when that extra bolt or whatever would be needed.

So, when Ms Alberta started raising her own family she passed these values on to her children - my brother, Dan, my sister, Jean and of course me, Alberta Ann.

I can remember being told not to waste food, there were children in other countries as well as our own who went to bed hungry because they didn't have enough food.

I also remember being told to hold on to what was considered extra things because someday we might need them.

That last memory is why I had the nick name of Pack Rat Annie given to me by my children. I hold on to almost everything.

That having been said, guess who my children and my grandchildren come to when they can't find a part, a pattern, or something special to use on a project?

Yep - Pack Rat Annie's storage and salvage! Maybe I shouldn't be sitting here thinking about getting rid of all this good "stuff".

Picture Ardith Faye Shoupe 1945

This is a picture of my beautiful Aunt Ardith Faye Shoupe. It was taken in 1945 at Lowell, KY.

Aunt Faye will turn 83 May of 2015.