Conner Photographs from Eva Ruth & Alyce

 

Cealy Jane Rogers Conner

holding grandson, Ray Allen Shubert

with her son, George Dewey Conner and Ethel Conner

My father-in-law, Ray Shubert, the baby in this picture, was born in September 1917, leading me to believe the photo was taken around 1918. George was fifteen years old in 1920 on the Lenoir City, Loudon Co., Tennessee US census, so he was probably thirteen.  Sweet Ethel in her precious hat was listed as eleven on the 1920 census, so would have been nine years old here. Ethel married a man named Thomas and later lived in Saint Louis near her son, Clarence, where she died. My father-in-law often talked about her and his childhood memories of her.

 Ethel Conner Thomas - 1926

Cealy Jane Rogers Conner

Grave of her son George Dewey Conner

May 31, 1932

Lenoir City Cemetery

Lenoir City, Tennessee

Family handwritten notes that were mailed to me by Alyce Shubert Proaps had the following information:

George Dewey Conner

Born - April 22, 1905

Died - April 29, 1931

at the early age of 26 years years of age.

Ray Allen Shubert

September 08, 1917 - Lenoir City, Tennessee

January 17, 2003 - Nashville, Tennessee

"What a difference ten years makes!"

These pictures and notes were  given to Alyce Shubert Proaps in Lenoir City, Cealy Jane's granddaughter, by George's daughter, Eva Ruth (another granddaughter), before she died last year (2011). So I imagine the writing on the back is hers. I know it is not Aunt Alyce's. If there is anyone who has information they would like to share or questions they have about what I have on my blog, please contact me.