My father, George Anthony Waller, passed away in 2023. He was living in a room of his girlfriend’s house and had whittled his personal effects down to only a few special items. He had two gourds with him, which I have to imagine he’d moved from place to place over the years with him, even […]
My grandmother Jane Warren Waller used this sewing table to hold thread, needles, and other items. It is not very ‘sturdy’ – it has thin legs and is sort of wiggly. I would not attempt to sew anything ON it – it’s more to hold items and maybe put a nice vase of flowers on […]
My father, George Anthony Waller, passed away on December 25, 2023. He requested no obituary be published in the newspaper. I have a sense it was in part his frugal nature which was behind this request (obituaries can now cost $100 or more to file). Mostly, though, he simply didn’t see a need for a […]
My father George Anthony Waller had a few specific items he treasured. One was a marble coffee table from his parents George and Jane Waller. This table top was VERY heavy. As Bob and I moved Dad from place to place, he always moved this coffee table with him. It tried to damage us several […]
This bedspread was used by my grandfather George Frank Waller and my grandmother Jane Warren Waller. It is a cream color. Its design uses raised dots. It features ribbons, stars, and flowers. The edge is fringed. This type of a style is called “hobnail” and has a long history in the US. It’s called hobnail […]
This cufflink and tie clasp belonged to George Waller. My father confirms that they are from my grandfather George Frank Waller and not him, my father, George Anthony Waller. I am Lisa Waller Shea. The inside of the box says “Stafford”. A mark on the tie clasp says “sterling”. Does anybody have more information on […]
My (Lisa Shea’s) grandmother Jane Warren Waller lived from 1924 to 1977. She was a talented watercolor painter. During the mid-1950s she lived with the family in Brazil, which is where her husband George worked at the time. This Bom Natal / Merry Christmas card seems to have been painted during that time. It is […]
Lisa Shea was working on a research project in 2002. Lisa wrote her great-aunt Nancy Warren Grammer for information about Nancy’s childhood. Nancy was the older sister of Lisa’s grandmother Jane Warren Waller. The three siblings were born in rural Tennessee and their childhood was during the Great Depression. Nancy – June 8, 1918Joe – […]
Lisa Shea was working on a research project in 2002. Lisa wrote her great-aunt Nancy Warren Grammer for information about Nancy’s childhood. Nancy was the older sister of Lisa’s grandmother Jane Warren Waller. The three siblings were born in rural Tennessee and their childhood was during the Great Depression. Nancy – June 8, 1918Joe – […]
Lisa Shea was working on a research project in 2002. Lisa wrote her great-aunt Nancy Warren Grammer for information about Nancy’s childhood. Nancy was the older sister of Lisa’s grandmother Jane Warren Waller. The three siblings were born in rural Tennessee and their childhood was during the Great Depression. Nancy – June 8, 1918Joe – […]