September 26

Arthur Lafayette Thomas died 26 September 1938, age 84

Arthur was a brother of my great-grandfather Charles Thomas

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Cienda Agnes Brown Herdman was born 26 September 1856, in Ohio

The Herdman family is related to the Treat branch of our family tree by marriage.

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Gerald Wayne Burford was born 26 September 1939

Jerry was the son of Bernice and Dorothy Burford.

Bernice was a brother of my grandfather Lester Burford.

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Melvin Thomas was born 26 September 1891in Michigan

Mel was a brother of my grandfather Bill Thomas.

PHOTO L-R: Back - Nancy Ford Thomas (my great-grandmother), Wilsie McMurtry (a Ford cousin from New York), William Ford (Nancy's father), Renue Thomas (Nancy and Charles' daughter), Charles Thomas (my great-grandfather). Front - Mel Thomas and Bill Thomas (my grandfather), sons of Charles and Nancy. The little girl in the middle is Georganna Thomas, a granddaughter of Charles and Nancy. Her father, Roy Thomas, is not in the picture.

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Ruby Lois Thompson Burford died 26 September 1985, age 90

In this picture Ruby is 2nd from left.

It was cropped from a larger group photo:

L to R - unknown, Edith in back, Laura, unknown, Estelle with Mike, Eleanor, Ruby, Nellie Jane, Willene, Children Sue Linda Wanda maybe Jessie in lap don't know other children.

Ruby Lois Thompson was the wife of Raymond Burford. Raymond was the firstborn child of my great-grandfather Alexander Oscar Burford and his first wife Helen Virginia Lockard.

PHOTO: Alexander and Helen Virginia Burford with their children Raymond, Edith, and Hazel