There are other mentions, and pictures of Uncle Chauncey, but this is the only page with my father appearing in that yearbook. Central High School, Ft. Worth, Texas. 1931
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Showing posts with label Chauncey Rogers. Show all posts
Sunday, October 19, 2014
Company A
In Ft. Worth, Texas, back in 1931, my Uncle Chauncey Rogers was a Captain (listed in left column) and my father George E. Rogers was a Corporal (also left column), in Company A.
With the honorary female Captain, Peggy Leland in the front row, I'm pretty sure that's Uncle Chauncey sitting next to her. But where oh where, is my father? If the rest of the company is lined up in rank, then where would Corporals appear? I thought further back, but I'm now considering it's likely he's directly behind his older brother...that chin and ears look like him perhaps.
There are other mentions, and pictures of Uncle Chauncey, but this is the only page with my father appearing in that yearbook. Central High School, Ft. Worth, Texas. 1931
There are other mentions, and pictures of Uncle Chauncey, but this is the only page with my father appearing in that yearbook. Central High School, Ft. Worth, Texas. 1931
Saturday, September 21, 2013
Chauncey Sweet Rogers.1912-1974
My Uncle Chauncey Rogers was born on 21 SEP 1912 in Galveston TX. This would have been his 101st birthday, but he died in December of 1974, in Escondido, San Diego County, CA, age 62.
On the Fort Worth Census of 1930, he was 18 and his occupation was listed as "none." His older brother Alexander was a "drafter for the telephone company" and his father was an accountant for a packing company.
In 1940, his parents had moved to San Antonio, and at 27 he was living at home as well as his 18 year old brother, James. My father had married by that time, as well as the oldest brother Alexander. Again, the young men living at home had no occupation listed on that census, and their father was listed as an auditor for Commission Co (which I know nothing about.)
In 1942 he was in basic training in the Navy, in California.
He married when he was 41 in 1953, Eunice -- , who had been divorced. He and my grandfather built a house for Chauncey and Eunice on the same property as my grandparents, but facing the side street. I don't have a record of Eunice's name before her marriage, nor her son who I believe may have been grown by the time she married Chauncey.
I don't know if Chauncey and Eunice moved to California after my grandmother's death in 1964, but it's likely that they did sometime soon after that. My parents moved back to Houston in the early 70's, but I don't remember seeing Uncle Chauncey during my visits to them.
I had no idea what Uncle Chauncey's interests were, nor his occupation. How can I have missed knowing anything about him? It happened. A reminder to ask questions about relatives while they are around.
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| Alexander, George Jr, (mislabled), James and Chauncey Rogers, Fort Worth house | 1927 |
On the Fort Worth Census of 1930, he was 18 and his occupation was listed as "none." His older brother Alexander was a "drafter for the telephone company" and his father was an accountant for a packing company.
In 1940, his parents had moved to San Antonio, and at 27 he was living at home as well as his 18 year old brother, James. My father had married by that time, as well as the oldest brother Alexander. Again, the young men living at home had no occupation listed on that census, and their father was listed as an auditor for Commission Co (which I know nothing about.)
In 1942 he was in basic training in the Navy, in California.
He married when he was 41 in 1953, Eunice -- , who had been divorced. He and my grandfather built a house for Chauncey and Eunice on the same property as my grandparents, but facing the side street. I don't have a record of Eunice's name before her marriage, nor her son who I believe may have been grown by the time she married Chauncey.
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| Eunice and Chauncey, George Sr. and Ada S. Rogers |
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| George Jr, Chauncey, James Rogers at funeral of George Rogers Sr. 1960 |
I don't know if Chauncey and Eunice moved to California after my grandmother's death in 1964, but it's likely that they did sometime soon after that. My parents moved back to Houston in the early 70's, but I don't remember seeing Uncle Chauncey during my visits to them.
I had no idea what Uncle Chauncey's interests were, nor his occupation. How can I have missed knowing anything about him? It happened. A reminder to ask questions about relatives while they are around.
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