A new Memorial album has been created for Ella Alice "Allie" Jobe and James Alford Stafford. Allie was the d/o William Shepherd Jobe and Malinda Iowa Bunch, gd/o John Jobe and Helen Stanton, gt gd/o William Jobe and Zelphia Norris and gg gd/o Caleb Jobe and Sally Pryor http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2132057539 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/album/cem/stafford.html 1. Photo of James and Allie (Jobe) Stafford 2. Greenwood Cemetery Gate, Sedan, Chautauqua Co., Kansas 3. Allie Alice "Allie" (Jobe) Stafford tombstone 4.James Aalford Stafford tombstone 5. Mary Louise (Kocher) Stephenson tombstone

The following came thru on the COLE CO MO Mailing list today. This Bartholomew JOB will be the s/o Elisha Job and Unknown that married Mary Morgan Williams. Freida Taken from PIONEER TIMES, Vol 1, no. 3, dated October 1977. "The Cole County Probate records are available in the office of the Probate Judge from 1820 to the present time. The wills are filed in boxes arranged in alphabetical order. They have been indexed from 1835 forward. The LDS Church has microfilmed the recorded wills from 1855 to 1891 and they are available on microfilm in the state archives as well as through the branch library of the LDS church in Columbia. The other probate records are filed in file boxes and are arranged in chronological order according to numbers entered on each file. They are neither in alphabetical order nor in date order. WALKER, John - Sarah WALKER and Janes ANDERSON, execs. Sarah, wife; children, Nancy, William, Thomas, Robert, Martha, Amos, John, Stephen, Jane, Isaac, Sarah and Rachel WALKER. Witn: Alfred T. BYLER, Bartholomew JOB 21 Feb 1840 4 Nov 1840

Two new scans have been added to the Records album of William S Jobe and Malinda Bunch. Freida # 13 - 1903 Plat Map showing Willaim Jobe, owning 80 acres. Belleville Twp., Chautauqua County Kansas. Submitted by Freida Wells # 27 - 1921 Plat Map - William Jobe, owned 75 acres. Belleville Twp., Chautauqua County Kansas. Submitted by Freida Wells http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4291559745

One new image has been added to the Record album of William Edward Copple and Castilla Swinney # 1 1895 -Teacher's Term Report. # 6 Eddie Copple, is actually William Edward Copple, s/o William Copple and Elmira Heaviland, and gs/o John Copple and Sarah Ann Jobe. Submitted by Freida Wells. http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=4287739707 Freida

Five new images have been added to the Records album of Ella "Allie" Jobe and James A. Stafford. Freida http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2132840349 # 3 1903 Land Plat Map, James owns 310 acres # 6 1921 Land Plat Map , James owns 320 acres # 9 Funeral rememberance for Allie Stafford # 10 Funeral Card for Allie Stafford # 16 Probate Notice appearing in Sedan, Ks. paper for James Stafford

that's hilarious!! Patti Today I was reading the Jan. 5, issue of the Rootsweb Review http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2005/0105.txt a weekly newsletter sent out by Rootsweb and found this story that I thought was funny. If you have a similiar story, please share with us. Freida Shotgun Wedding -- Perhaps? By David W. Coffey My 3-great-grandfather, Golson Wilson COFFEY, obviously had a strange sense of humor. In 1860 he granted permission for his 16-year-old son, (my 2-great-grandfather), William F. COFFEY, to marry. Here is the transcription of the record as recorded in the book "Russell County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1826-1860," compiled by Mrs. Carol Sanders: "William F. Coffey and Elizabeth A. Brown, daughter of Harvey Brown of Russell Co., married on 2 Jan. 1860 at the home of her father in the presence of John W. Coffey and William Coffey, signed M. W. Wilson. Bond signed William (X) Coffey and Napolean B. Brown. Consent as follows: Jan 2, 1860 authoriase [sic] the clerk of the court to isue [sic] a death warnt [sic] to William Coffey. Signed G.W. (X) Coffey" ==== JOB Mailing List ==== Gedcoms on World Connect: Job(e) Legacy: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown Job(e) Branches: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown2 ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Today I was reading the Jan. 5, issue of the Rootsweb Review http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/review/2005/0105.txt a weekly newsletter sent out by Rootsweb and found this story that I thought was funny. If you have a similiar story, please share with us. Freida Shotgun Wedding -- Perhaps? By David W. Coffey My 3-great-grandfather, Golson Wilson COFFEY, obviously had a strange sense of humor. In 1860 he granted permission for his 16-year-old son, (my 2-great-grandfather), William F. COFFEY, to marry. Here is the transcription of the record as recorded in the book "Russell County, Kentucky Marriage Records, 1826-1860," compiled by Mrs. Carol Sanders: "William F. Coffey and Elizabeth A. Brown, daughter of Harvey Brown of Russell Co., married on 2 Jan. 1860 at the home of her father in the presence of John W. Coffey and William Coffey, signed M. W. Wilson. Bond signed William (X) Coffey and Napolean B. Brown. Consent as follows: Jan 2, 1860 authoriase [sic] the clerk of the court to isue [sic] a death warnt [sic] to William Coffey. Signed G.W. (X) Coffey"

For those who are interested, I just updated my personal page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/personal.html All new pictures are now posted. Please keep my son, Philip, the relief team and the earthquake victims in your prayers as he'll be leaving Thursday to go to Sri Lanka as part of the Canadian Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) TO aid the ones hit by the earthquake. Many of his comrades from Petawawa are already in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ann (Jobe) Brown -d/o Eart F. Jobe, gd/o Jesse Jobe, gt gd/o Caleb Jobe, 2nd gt gd/o Jesse Jobe and Susan Ann McIntire, 3rd gt gd/o Eli B. and Prudence Jobe, 4th gt gd/o Isaac Job, 5th gt gd/o Samuel Job and Dorcas MacKay, 6th gt gd/o Caleb and Barbary Jobe, 7th gt gd/o Andrew Job Jr and Elizabeth Vernon

Greetings all, Well you just never know where you are going to find family history and this past week I found one that really got me. While going thru a 1955 newspaper book in my home town of Sedan, Kansas which I am sure many of you are acquainted with by now, I came across the marriage announcement of a Mary Louise Kocher. Well this certainly caught my eye as my aunt Nadine Louise Puckett (my mother's sister) married into the Kocher family. As I was reading down thru the story it said she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Stafford and I thought gee that is odd, maybe she was married to a Kocher prior, then as I read further it said where she was the niece of C. E. JOBE. Now I was really puzzled. So I ask my mother about her and she told me she was the sister of my uncle Lee Kocher and that her mother had died when she was born and that James "Jim" and his wife had taken her to raise, only my Mother did not know that Allie was a JOBE! When I returned home and checked Jobe Legacy I found that the Mrs. James A Stafford was none other than Charles Elmer Jobe�s sister and the daughter of William Shepherd Jobe and Malinda Iowa Bunch, and 6th cousin of my great grandmother Sarah Ann (Jobe) Copple / Myers who also lived in Sedan. I was so excited I could not wait to write to Ann and tell her, so our line has come even closer than it was. Now Ann and I have always wondered it these two families knew that they were related, William and Sarah that is, and I think I have solved that mystery, because one of the pallbearers for both James and Allie's funerals was a Glenn Gorby, he married Vivian Sanborn, d/o Iantha Copple and Irvin Sanborn, gd/o William Copple and Elmira Heaviland and gt gd/o Sarah Ann (Jobe) Copple / Myers, so I would now say YES they did! On Saturday I traveled to Sedan again (for my Mother's 82nd bd) and stopped at the library and got the marriage record of James Alford Stafford and Ella Alice �Allie� Jobe (we thought it was in Montgomery Co., Ks.) also their obits, funeral records, and pictures of their cemetery stones. Next week I am going to check for their Wedding Announcement in the 1899 newspaper, Land Deed, 50th Wedding Anniversary Announcement, Funeral Cards, Probate Records. So it turns out that the sister of my uncle Lee Kocher was raised by a JOBE descendant of Ann�s and now mine! I have created a new photo album for this family, and will be adding the cemetery photos to probably her father�s album as there are no other descendants of this family. I will not be posting the wedding story for Mary Louise as her husband Allen E. Stephenson is still living. Happy New Year! Freida Wells [email protected] Record of Ella A. �Allie� Jobe and James A. Stafford http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2132840349 Index-This album http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/album/stafford.html

Greetings and happy new year to all, i have just been surfing the ebay site and came across these 2 gems , may be of interest to someone... 1) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4514986579&rd=1 GENEALOGY: CT. MARRIAGES~BEF 1800~ALL 7 BOOKS US $24.95 Early Connecticut Marriages As found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Books One through Seven. Rev. Frederic W. Bailey, B.D., 1896-1906. This CD-ROM contains all seven books of Rev. Bailey's Early Connecticut Marriages. The books are graphic images of the original publications, and can be read as you would any book 2) http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2980&item=6940826048&rd=1 Another great antiquarian book - ILLUSTRATED! Over 150 ILLUSTRATIONS! FIRST EDITION! Connecting links between cities and towns of New England & those of the same name in England, Ireland & Scotland. Towns listed in table of contents. Containing Narratives, Descriptions, and Many Views, some done from Old Prints and much Matter pertaining to the Founders and Settlers of New England and to their memorials on both sides of the Atlantic 1620-1920. The State Street Trust Company printed books on various topics of local history as a gift for depositors. The information in these books was sought out from locals mostly. Much if this information isn't found in any other books! US $11.70 Hope this helps someone in their early family tree research... regards Warren Job australia

The following was found written in a scrapbook that was donated to the Chautauqua County Kansas Historical and Genealogical Society. I liked it alot, I hope you do to. It is typed just as it was written. A Box Of Memories My New Years Resolution Was to go through ever trunk, Each bureau drawer and closet, To get rid of all the Junk Accumalated through the years and carefully stored away The silly useless things That seldom saw the light of day I started in by tackling A box of odds and ends snapshots of my childhood, Letters from old friends, Pressed flowers from my first corsage Cimpleat with rusty pin A high-school yearbook with my name and smiling picture in. A entry in my diary That proved beyond a doubt I'd met the man I really loved and couldn't live without A clipping from the local press The day that we were wed The prayer book that carried when my marriage vows were said. A flaxen curl, a baby tooth A favorite bedtime toy From way back when our grown up son was just a little boy Silly, useless things. That seldom saw the light of day Yet I couldn't for the life of me Throw one of them away! -Author Unknown

i have really enjoyed reading the christmas stories. what a great idea. i would like to invite everyone to watch the mtv show "made" on janurary 27th,05. my 16 year old granddaughter will featured in the one hour show. our line come through james alfred,issac and the unknown wife. the show will make her from a drama queen to a bmx bicylcle racer. they filmed for 7 weeks. thanks , gayla mccoy, benton,arkansas

Sorry Ann, after a while one gets so complacent when talking about home and the next town etc.... the town near where i was brought up is Trundle NSW Australia , the only boost to fame was its wide main street, wide enought for a 20 bullock team to turn around in the old days... and the biggest town to that was Parkes NSW Australia and its fame is the radio telecope, and this is the one they made the movie about called " The Dish", ( mainly about collecting signals from the first manned flight/walk on the moon.... and playing cricket on the dish...) thanks Ann for doing that, just sharing my memories with all the others.... Hope everyone have an enjoyable. safe and happy day and appricate the effects of others love to all Warren Job Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann (Jobe) Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 11:38 PM Subject: Re: [JOB] Xmas Memoirs - Warren Job - Australia - Part 1 > Warren, > Thanks so much for posting your Christmas Memories. Really great to see how > Christmas was being celebrated in places outside of the United States. Now > what town of several thousand would this be? Was it in Australia? > > Later on today, I'll make a page and get get your three letters posted and > then I'll link it under your family on our Job(e) Leaves section. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/notandrew.html > > Ann (Jobe) Brown > > > > When we did got to town, ( we were on a farm 1,100 acres of wheat and > > sheep, > > 5 miles from the > > nearest town of 500 soles, 45 miles from a larger town of several > > thousand.) > > > > ==== JOB Mailing List ==== > Search or Browse Job Archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JOB > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/JOB/ > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > > >

Same to you, Sam! And THANK YOU Ann, Freida and Randy, for all you do. Merry Christmas to all the Job/Jobe clan!! God bless you all in 2005. We're off to spend the day with our part of the Jobe family. :o) Have a wonderful Christmas!! Robert, Patti, Will and Matthew Jobe Merry Christmas everyone and a very special THANK YOU to Ann Jobe Brown for all of her hard work and also a special thanks to her elves - Randy, Freida, Pattie and to the others whose names have suffered because of my maturity. I hope that everyone will dig a little deeper into their old chests of memories and find old letters which describe the writers more than any "official" records such as land holdings, marriage, death notices, etc. These would put life into our research. Stan Texas Elf ==== JOB Mailing List ==== Not on one of my 5 researcher pages, write me: Ann (Jobe) Brown: [email protected] ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Merry Christmas everyone and a very special THANK YOU to Ann Jobe Brown for all of her hard work and also a special thanks to her elves - Randy, Freida, Pattie and to the others whose names have suffered because of my maturity. I hope that everyone will dig a little deeper into their old chests of memories and find old letters which describe the writers more than any "official" records such as land holdings, marriage, death notices, etc. These would put life into our research. Stan Texas Elf

The Christmas stories were a wonderful idea. I've enjoyed reading about each and everyone's special memories. MERRY CHRISTMAS, ANN AND TO ALL OF THE JOBS/JOBES WHO HAVE BECOME PART OF THIS WONDERFUL NETWORK. I WISH ALL OF YOU A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR AND MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED WITH HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. Margaret Jobe----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann (Jobe) Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 7:54 AM Subject: [JOB] Merry Christmas! > Trust everyone has enjoyed the letters that were posted and hope that more > will share their memories or at least their wishes and greetings to the > rest of us. We on the Job list, have become family, not only by blood, > our common surname, but by our love of sharing, our caring and concerns > for each other. I hear from so many of you privately. The archives don't > always give a 'full view' of the list and its members and the behind the > scenes. Each and every one of you are SPECIAL to me and in the coming year > I do hope to get to actually meet several of you in person. This has been > a dream of mine for some time. > > What I want everyone to know is that Christmas time can bring back > memories of all sorts and it a time that we reflect on or remember the > most for years to come - whether it be joyous or sorrowful But remember > the sorrows are only for a 'season' - they do pass and once again are > intermingled with the happy occasions of childhood, when our children were > young or watching our grandchildren. And as you can see, it isn't money > or riches, but the 'little things', 'family love or love for a neighbour > or friend' that really matters. It is also the time when someone is most > likely to have a camera around. > > I knew when I asked everyone to 'write their Christmas story' or to > interview a Job(e) descendant and record their memories that for some this > would be a difficult task. And believe me, for me, it was one of the > hardest things that I've ever done. But it was also a time of 'healing' > and also 'remembering some of the 'little things' that I had forgotten. > In some of those pictures in the late 70's, when I look so sad and 'far > away', my children are smiling and laughing. In some of those early > pictures in Texas, even as a child, I was smiling. I had forgotten about > decorating the house with garland, the cards that I received and put on > the wall. Though I cropped some of this when I posted the pictures, I > still saw it. So you see, I wrote the 'story' the way that I remember it > now, and then I looked for pictures and the pictures also 'revealed some > Christmas memories, that were there, but I, overshadowed with the grief, > etc, at the time, that I had truly forgotten them. > > When I started this, actually I had no intention of writing my own story. > Some of the memories were just too painful, but then I thought, how could > I ask my cousins on the list to do what I wasn't ready to do myself, - so > I said, okay - one paragraph will be my story. As you can see that > paragraph turned into a journey and eventually 7 parts filled with MANY > MANY PICTURES - all going back and forth - showing the 'different seasons' > that my life brought. > > I'm so happy that I've gotten to know you and we have become family. Just > never realized how 'big' and 'caring' the Job(e) family actually is. Used > to think that there were only a few of us - but we are a HUGE family. > Whether you're part of Job(e) Legacy, Job(e) Branches, Job(e) Twigs or > Job(e) Leaves or the Jobs/Jobes spelling - each and every one of you, I > wish you a Merry CHRISTmas and the best of health, friends, love, and > 'searching' in 2005. > > Ann (Jobe) Brown > > > ==== JOB Mailing List ==== > Not an Andrew Job Sr (1620-1699)descendant, then see: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/notandrew.html > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Part 3... Midday meal.. As always, the Christmases we had on the farm was always hot... one year we had read 110f. on the front verandah. In our kitchen,( this part of the old farm house was built around 1890's), we had a wood burning stove, mum would always slave over it to produce our wonderful meals.. Each year we would have something special done for the hot midday meal.... Pork one year, beef the next, and if we had a good season, we would start off with hot duck soup, (the only part about eating wild ducks was biting onto the shot that was still in the body..) The table would be laid out to us kids it was a great spread as mum made the extra special effort for the special day with only meager income from the farm, but we did fine.. The fine tablecloth was laid, bon bons at each setting, the best silver laid out, bowls of nuts/lollies/fruits graced the table and in the meal would be served... the hot meat with gravy, boiled potatoes, greens(peas/beans), cob of corn, squash, spinnach, ( these would be picked from the house garden.. except for the potatoes which was shop brought..) As we be seated at the table, sometimes just the 4 of us, or other times with relatives, grace be said and we would all pull our bon bons, put on the party hats, and feast on the Christmas feast. Dessert would follow, plum pudding, with custard and cream , jelly . while the grown ups drank beer at the table, we had home made cordial, ( boiled water with sugar, add the red favour and served cold, just add 3 parts water,, to us kids it was a great drink, a lot better than drinking water from the house tank, or drinking warm milk straight from the cow, or cool milk from the kerosene fridge. We would be playing with the toys ( mainly cap guns, cowboy outfits, nurse uniform, dolls) that we had received and sometimes, they would be repainted/mended ones and later on we hear that they were hand me downs and for us not to break them, (bikes and prams) so when we were finished with them, they would be handed on to the cousins at a later date... By the turn of the early 1960s, this practiced had ceased, and there were a lot of nice extra toys coming onto the market from Japan, but to us kids we soon learned that cheap did not last the hour or day out , by then we would be heartbroken, but the parents blamed us for been too rought on the toys, but those toys just did not stand up to us kids... and we were disappointed in them. The evening meal was something simple, as we had stuffed ourselves all day and just wanted a top up before bed.. One thing that always stuck in my head, every morning after Christmas day, when the tree was up, i would go and check it out, just in case Santa made a second visit and forgot to give me the present that i did not receive... The Christmas tree, by the end of the old year, it starts to sag a bit, the house is full of the pine smell, which is nice and is associated with Christmas.. Our Christmas tree would be taken down either on New Years day or the 2nd, depending upon what day we put the tree up ( as my stepfather introduced the 12 days of Xmas to us ( the Christmas tree is only to up for 12 days) and the playing of the Record of O Christmas Tree.. While today, we fill our house with decorations inside and outside, send/receive christmas cards to everyone we know, send/receive emails, and visit the shops with Christmas decorations and sales. The Christmas sales would start about October each year, and to my way of thinking it is giving the young kids of today, 3 months of Christmas, whereas in my days of growing up it would only have been less than a fortnight..... This has been my Christmases of past, and hopeing for more to come and plenty of friends, relatives and family to share them with. For a long while Christmas was not my favourite time of the year, In 1968, my sister, who had recently married , was killed in an car accident 8 days before Christmas and the saddest thing was that my mother was overseas visiting friends for Christmas, it took several days before she was told due to the problems in trying to contact her... Well anyhow, these are my Christmas memories ... I wish everyone Seasonal Greetings and Best Wishes, plenly of food , friends and family to share it with and the extra very best for the forthcoming New Year Warren Job Australia Son of Bruce JOB, Grandson of William John JOB, Gt Grandson of William Thomas JOB, GGG John JOBE ( Gwennap Cornwall)

Christmas Morning, The big day has arrived.... Eventhought we had tried to keep awake through the night, so we could catch a glimpse of him stacking presents under our tree, but we were soon in never never land, dreaming of lovely things to come. We would be up before 5am, sneaked out to the lounge room, and sure as eggs there was presents for all, christmas stockings and a empty glass and plate. The first year my sister and raided the tree and by 6am had all the presents opened and the parents were quite annoyed, so the rules were brought in.. When we woke up, we could go to the lounge room and only look and do not touch the presents under the tree, but return to our bedrooms and what was left on the foot of our beds was ours to open ( to keep us occupied, while the parents slept in.... on a farm, basically there were no days off, there was always something needed doing...) We would opened our Xmas Stocking and in those days they were a bonus to us kids, lollys to eat, comic books to read, puzzles to do, and a small toy to play with. By 7am we would be making some noises, to help our parents to wake up, breakfast would be something special, bacon and eggs ( normally we would have cerial breakfast, toast), into clean clothes and off to Christmas Mass Service in town about 9.30am. Our friends would be telling us of what they already got for xmas, while we had to say, we had not as yet opened ours, but will know as soon as we get back from church, change into our yard clothes and then when all the family be sitting around in the lounge room, then father would hand out all the presents and wished us a merry xmas and that we appreicated the gift that we received.. In the early days, we only got a shop brought stocking bag which was left on the foot of our bed. years later it became a part of the Santa bag filler. During those early days, under the Christmas tree of what to us was very precious, but nowaday looking back very plain to the current tree dressings.. We got one main present from Santa, one from our parents, one from Grandma ( mainly socks, handkerchief, singlet), and one from a favourite aunt.. On the tree there was popcorn threaded onto cotton hunging there for us to pull off and eat. On the breakfast table there would be plates filled with cherries, nuts and lollies, they stayed there till they were emptied... ( cherries to me were always associated with Christmas as the only time we ever saw them was on Christmas day.)

Greetings cousins, from Warren Down Under, I saw your thread, and thought Ii will subscribe my bit, unfortunately none of my elder ancestors were so rich in leaving written evidence, so i thought i would share with you my earliest recollections of Christmas.... Would have been about mid 1950's , I would have been about 8 years old, the school term for the year finished one week before Xmas, no decorations were in the house till we finished schooling... but my sister and I were making decorations to go up, like paper link chains, making and colouring in pictures of Christmas scenes. Writing letters to Santa Clause and giving to mum to post. ( That would be how they found out of what we wanted for Xmas.) Pestering our parents when are we going to town for Christmas shopping, browsing the shops, seeing the decorations in the main street, and visiting the main toy shop where Santa Clause was in, there would be a que to us would be a mile long, but most likely in reality was only a good 20 kids in front all waiting their turn, we had to pay Six Pence (5 cents today) to join the que, and when it was our turn to sit on his lap and tell him of our deepest requests and he gave us hope that it will be there on Christmas morn, ( looking back - some santas gave the impression it will be there - but others indicated if we were really good it would be so, but if not, enjoy what we received on that morning.) Father would then go into the forest and pick a suitable little pine tree (Cypress) about 6-7 feet tall bring it home, he would then trim the tree to fit a 6 gallon bucket putting rocks and dirt, we would quickly find some old xmas wrapping and wrap that around the bucket and it to gain it rightfull place in the lounge room. Meanwhile mother would be making plum puddings, with calico bags hanging up on the back verandah in the cool.. We had no lights nor candles to put on the tree as it was not heard of in those days. Grandmother from Newcastle would send to us foil tops off the milk bottles, they came in different colours silver or gold, and for the Xmas period they had holly picture on it. She would clean the tops and dry them and press them on the lemon squeeqe, then put a length of cotton thread through them to hang on the Xmas Tree, they would move around with the breeze and reflect light and to us they were a bonus to have on the Tree.. (years later, when we were decoratoring the tree, Mario Lanza record O Xmas Tree would come out and while it was played, the tree was getting decorated.. (My children today think i am a pack of sandwhiches short of a picnic, when i do this.) When we did got to town, ( we were on a farm 1,100 acres of wheat and sheep, 5 miles from the nearest town of 500 soles, 45 miles from a larger town of several thousand.) We would be given Christmas pocket money totalling up to 1 pound ( $2 today) while the normal weekly pocket money was 5 shillings ( .50cents). While i beleive the weekly wage was about 6 pound ( $12) Us children allways had trouble trying to find something nice to buy for our parents, but it always finished something cheap ( cheap perfume for mum) which she always says it was nice (now-a-days, smell the bottles and they are quite off), hankys . and for dad, a hanky, a pack of lolly cigerattes ( he loved his cigs and cigars) and perfume. Something for sister sue and myself ( why not ???) Christmas Eve, the evening meal as usual at 6pm, bathe and into bed by 6.30pm to 7pm, we used to make a lot of ruckus saying but the sun is still up, we were told, if he came early and saw us up, he will not leave anything under the tree.. Then dad would drive into town to get something he said that he had forgotten... (we found out later, the department store had stayed open, for the parents to collect all their laybys that they had for close on 12 months and had been paying it off.... no credit cards in those days...) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann (Jobe) Brown" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 11:41 AM Subject: [JOB] Memoirs - My First 11 Years (Part 1) > > MEMORY LANE - Descendants of Caleb Jobe and Martha Emily Brewer > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/letters_cale_j_brew er.html > > Written in 1968/1969 - (d/o Earl Jobe, gd/o Jesse W. Jobe, gt gd/o Caleb > Jobe, 2nd gt gd/o Jesse Jobe, 3rd gt gd/o Eli B. Jobe, 4th gt gd/o Isaac > Job(e), 5th gt gd/o Samuel Job, 6th gt gd/o Caleb Job, 7th gt gd/o Andrew > Job Jr) > > 1950's - early 1960's, Ft. Worth, Texas > Parts in (parenthesis) I added when I posted this (Dec 2004) > > "Birth - The Beginning of My Life" > The circumstances surrounding my birth was a little strange, if not > peculiar. My parents (daddy died in 1981) had been married two years and a > month when the 'big event' arrived. At this time, they were living near my > father's sister, Mrs. Viola (Jobe) Moore 'Auntie' (born 1913 and died 1980) > in south Fort Worth, Texas. For this time of year, it was unusually cold and > had already dipped below freezing. When the time came for me to be born, the > radiator had busted on the car so my mother was driven to the hospital in my > aunt's car. However, though everyone, including me, were ready for the big > moment, the doctor was or hospital was not prepared. There had been a rash > of accidents and they came first. After being shoved around for a while, the > doctor, gave my mother a shot to postpone the birth. This did not suit any > of us but was not much that could be done about it, but to abide by the > doctor's wishes. He told my father to get my mother something to eat and > make her walk. All day my mother just walked and walked that is between the > bite of peanuts which no one could take away from her. On Sunday night, a > day and a half since first arriving at the hospital, the pains started > again. This time I was very determined and there was to be no postponing > this time. Daddy and my aunt got tired of waiting and went to an all-night > movie, As the World Stood Still. Just as they arrived back at the hospital, > I had just been born - weighing in at seven pounds. The time was 8:08 AM on > this cold November day. I was named Cobra Ann Jobe and this was recorded on > my birth certificate. However, five years later, my mother would pay to have > my first officially changed. To some the ordeal was over, but to my, life > was just beginning and all the struggles, tribulations, and trials were > still ahead somewhere in my future. > > At birth my hair was black, but started turning colors fast. By the time I > was two years old, I was cotton-headed. However, the color was to change > again - this time to a medium brown. My eyes were a deep-blue. I was twenty > inches tall, though this was soon to change. Even at birth, I had a quick > temper and a nervous nature. This was not to get any better. > > "Babyhood - First two years of my Life" > > ------------ > > (to be continued tomorrow) > > Ann (Jobe) Brown > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== JOB Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe, put unsubscribe in message: > List mode: [email protected] > Digest mode: [email protected] > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. 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Merry Christmas Ann!! We of the Job family do indeed thank you for all the great work and dedication you have given to the Job family history!! Thank you, without those like you, we would not know!! God's Blessings to you!! Char ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Ann (Jobe) Brown" <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [JOB] Merry Christmas! Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 07:54:01 -0500 Trust everyone has enjoyed the letters that were posted and hope that more will share their memories or at least their wishes and greetings to the rest of us. We on the Job list, have become family, not only by blood, our common surname, but by our love of sharing, our caring and concerns for each other. I hear from so many of you privately. The archives don't always give a 'full view' of the list and its members and the behind the scenes. Each and every one of you are SPECIAL to me and in the coming year I do hope to get to actually meet several of you in person. This has been a dream of mine for some time. What I want everyone to know is that Christmas time can bring back memories of all sorts and it a time that we reflect on or remember the most for years to come - whether it be joyous or sorrowful But remember the sorrows are only for a 'season' - they do pass and once again are intermingled with the happy occasions of childhood, when our children were young or watching our grandchildren. And as you can see, it isn't money or riches, but the 'little things', 'family love or love for a neighbour or friend' that really matters. It is also the time when someone is most likely to have a camera around. I knew when I asked everyone to 'write their Christmas story' or to interview a Job(e) descendant and record their memories that for some this would be a difficult task. And believe me, for me, it was one of the hardest things that I've ever done. But it was also a time of 'healing' and also 'remembering some of the 'little things' that I had forgotten. In some of those pictures in the late 70's, when I look so sad and 'far away', my children are smiling and laughing. In some of those early pictures in Texas, even as a child, I was smiling. I had forgotten about decorating the house with garland, the cards that I received and put on the wall. Though I cropped some of this when I posted the pictures, I still saw it. So you see, I wrote the 'story' the way that I remember it now, and then I looked for pictures and the pictures also 'revealed some Christmas memories, that were there, but I, overshadowed with the grief, etc, at the time, that I had truly forgotten them. When I started this, actually I had no intention of writing my own story. Some of the memories were just too painful, but then I thought, how could I ask my cousins on the list to do what I wasn't ready to do myself, - so I said, okay - one paragraph will be my story. As you can see that paragraph turned into a journey and eventually 7 parts filled with MANY MANY PICTURES - all going back and forth - showing the 'different seasons' that my life brought. I'm so happy that I've gotten to know you and we have become family. Just never realized how 'big' and 'caring' the Job(e) family actually is. Used to think that there were only a few of us - but we are a HUGE family. Whether you're part of Job(e) Legacy, Job(e) Branches, Job(e) Twigs or Job(e) Leaves or the Jobs/Jobes spelling - each and every one of you, I wish you a Merry CHRISTmas and the best of health, friends, love, and 'searching' in 2005. Ann (Jobe) Brown ==== JOB Mailing List ==== Not an Andrew Job Sr (1620-1699)descendant, then see: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajobebrown/jobe/notandrew.html ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx