Yes she is still living here in the KC area along with three sisters.  One additional lives in CA.  The other three Carothers siblings have died.  She has helped me out considerably with my family research and has many old letters of her fathers that relate to Wyandotte County and the KC area in general written in the early 1900's.     Responding to John's questions:   I live in Leawood, KS.  My Wyandotte County connections go back to 1862 when my gg grandparents, John B. Herbold and Mary Louise Vaughn were married there.  Then the Herbold line married into the Carothers line and were there up until just recently.  I am still searching for Mary Vaughn's parents names by the way if anyone can help.   I enjoy reading all postings of this site and hope connect with more people with similar family connections or family acquaintances such as Marian.   Jeff Day Leawood, KS --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Marian Sarantha <marians@vcn.com> wrote: From: Marian Sarantha <marians@vcn.com> Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List To: jeffrey-day@sbcglobal.net, kswyando@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 8:57 PM Indeed I do remember her -- more specifically, the name, since our class was quite large for its time. Would she also have attended Northwest Junior High? My yearbook along with other personal items were burned (deliberately) in a bon fire of personal things from my father's house when he passed away, so I can't look up her photo. I was living in Virginia at the time and made it home for the funeral but alas, not for the burning, which I would not have tolerated. (I happen to be a genealogist, and these bon fire stories are rampant within the national community of family historians.) Have been trying for years to beg, borrow or buy a copy of my class yearbook but none have been available for me. So many memories, so much time lost. Is your mother still living? Our class size has dwindled dramatically and our smallish 60th reunion was held in 2006 at Wyandotte County Lake, along with the decision to make it our last. I'm so glad I was able to attend that one, and still correspond with a few classmates still living. Regards, Marian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Day" <jeffrey-day@sbcglobal.net> To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 7:37 PM Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List Marian: You mentioned you graduated from Wyandotte High in '46. I believe that may be the year my mother did also. Do you remember a Leta Jean Carothers? Jeff --- On Tue, 1/6/09, Marian Sarantha <marians@vcn.com> wrote: From: Marian Sarantha <marians@vcn.com> Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List To: kswyando@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009, 7:50 PM Marian Sarantha nee Stewart here in snowy WY, grateful member of John's terrific mail list. Thank you, John! Kate: I know Klamm Park well. Used to play tennis there during high school years at Wyandotte (graduated '46). Alma Klamm was my 4th grade teacher, and was she ever a stickler for correctness! (Hallmark of a good teacher, I presume.) She was a spinster but believe she was raising a nephew or grandson at the time who might have been Richard? That name has a familiar ring. My Stewart line came to Kansas before statehood, gr-grandfather Thomas George Stewart an official "pioneer" who established a farm in Princeton Twp, Franklin Co. His grandson, my father Walter L., was b. in Ottawa and moved first to Argentine (worked at Sinclair Refinery) then to KCK where I was born. My mother was a Fry from Argentine. That line originated in VA, moving first to KY then into MO, settling for a while around Weston and St. Joseph before moving to a farm in old Wyandott Twp. Henry W. Fry, my gr-gr grandfather, married Frances A. Young from Andrew Co, MO. Since moving from CA to WY 16-17 years ago I've made a real effort to visit cousins and other family members both in Lenexa, KS and in the Ottawa-Princeton area, always researching in court houses, libraries and varous other repositories. I read every line of every posting coming across this mail list, and thoroughly enjoy hearing everyone's stories. Marian Sarantha - WY P. S.: A friend in our town is a retired dentist who grew up in Holdrege. We drove through there once on a trip to KC and recall a lovely main street in that town. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate & David Clabough" <dv121212@charter.net> To: <kswyando@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 3:22 PM Subject: Re: [Wyandotte County] Wyandotte County Mailing List > My (childhood) hometown is Holdrege, Nebraska, but I have been living in > Louisville, Tennessee since 1997. > > My Wyandotte County connection is through both my maternal and paternal > lines. My maternal grandmother, Alice Mack Turner, was born in KC, > Wyandotte > County in 1907 to Henry McNamara (later Mack) who emigrated to Wyandotte > County from County Clare, Ireland in the 1870s, and Ida Mae Ryan Mack, who > was born in either Leavenworth or Wyandotte County. Alice and my > grandfather, Jesse Orville Turner (b. 1906, Columbia, MO) lived in > Wyandotte > County until they retired to the Lake of the Ozarks. > > My paternal line, the Klamms, emigrated from Mannheim, Germany to > Wyandotte > County in the 1860s. My granderfather, George Lewis Klamm (1899) son of > John > Christoper Klamm and Annie Heamann, and my grandmother, Bessie Elizabeth > Storey Klamm (1899) daughter of Robert and Ida Odell Story lived in > Wyandotte County until they retired to a farm near Louisville, Miami > County, > KS. There is a Klamm Park in KC, Wyandotte County created from land owned > by > a great something uncle, Peter Klamm. > > Both of my parents, Richard Klamm (1932) and Beverly Turner Klamm (1935), > were born in Wyandotte County. > > I have gained much already by being a member of this list, but my ultimate > goal is to trace my maternal great great grandfather, Michael McNamara, > back > to a township or parish in County Clare, Ireland. I also like piecing > together the day-to-day lives of my ancestors - jobs, churches, social > events, etc. Just how they lived and what they did. I find many of the > postings by John and others to be a terrific insight into those things > very > things. > > ~kate > > ------------- > >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> You are one of 94 members on the Wyandotte County Mailing List. >>> >>> As we begin a new year, I thought it would be interesting to >>> know a little something about us members, and maybe even >>> help each other, so I'm requesting that you respond to this >>> note with the following: >>> >>> Your location - city and state .......... or just state >>> >>> How you are connected to Wyandotte County >>> >>> What you hope to gain by being a member of the Mailing List >>> >>> >>> =================================================== >>> >>> Perhaps someone on the List will be able to provide you with >>> information. 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