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Showing posts with label trainsm Sepia Saturday. Show all posts

Saturday, June 8, 2013

A train of thought from history

A Sepia Saturday sharing.
Come over there (the UK for lots of them) and see what others have posted for this theme.



A hospital train kitchen.  Mmm, I can't think of a single photo that I have which would relate to this theme.

So I shall go trolling along in old photos and see what is available anyway.  I don't have as many treasures as some of those who post here.  But I am glad to share what I have.

My great grandfather on my mother's side was a conductor on passenger trains from the earliest times in Texas. 


An old map of the railroad which went through San Antonio, where my great-grandparents lived most of their lives.

My grandfather on my father's side made a nick-name for me, which I always thought might have something to do with a particular train name..."Sunshine Special."  


CharlesHerman Miller (Mueller) was born 18 Jul 1868 in Mecklenberg,  Schwerin, Germany.  I don't know exactly when he came to the US, but by 1900 he was in the census for San Antonio, TX.  He married Eugenia Almeta Booth and had 4 daughters, the oldest of whom was my grandmother in 1898.  He died in San Antonio on 7 Nov 1946.