dale/brown family album
 

Gustaara Augusta Malinda (Gussie) Thompson is the daughter of William Thompson, mother Unknown at this writing, born the 7 May 1886 in the State of Illinois, according to the 1900 Alexander Co., IL census. She was given several names at birth apparently, but all that knew her called her "Gussie." In my vain attempt to research the life of this lady, my Maternal Grandmother, I have found this old, Dime Store Autograph Book, that mom had kept.

The Autograph Book is 3 ˝ X 5 inches. The cover is of a velvet maroon color material.

The worn embossed word on the front cover states "ALBUM"

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The pages inside is of mixed colors, tan, canary, blue, green. All of which have turned to a rustic gold color.

Places mentioned are; Thebes, IL, East Cape Girardeau, IL; Wheatland, IL;. Illimo, MO; Malden, MO.

The only problem is that all the entries are written in pencil, and in some cases is hard to decipher. Several person wrote entries into this Autograph Book, my mom, my Aunt, and others yet to be identified. At this time I thought I had better extract the contents so that the statements therein would not be lost forever. I have numbered the pages from 1 to 18, page 18 being the inside back of the back cover. As far as I can tell there are no pages torn out.

Page 1 G. L. Mansfield January 29, 1890	Page 2 Will B. Mansfield March 3, 1894	Page 3 Charley Brown April 15, 1894	Page 4 S. S. Thompson April 18, 1895	Page 5 No name
Page 6 Della Quickels	Page 7 Joseph Malone	Page 8 Marie Nellie Brown 29 February 1916	Page 9 Addie Caraker 21 June	Page 10 Frank Caraker 30 June 1897
Page 11 Cora Burdick 30 June 1897	Page 12 Millie Waterman 9 July 1896	Page 13 Caddie Hesching	Page 14 Author Unknown	Page 15 Miss May Brown 18 Nov. 1910
Page 16 Malone 10 May 1896	Page 17 January 19, 1896	Page 18 C. Z Brown	Page 3 - Charley Brown is probably the son of John Brown/Mary (Polly Ann) Mitchell. My Maternal Grandfather first marriage. Page 8 - Marie Nellie Brown is my Mom's Sister. Page 15 - Miss May Brown is my Mother.

ŠPaul and Phyllis Dale 1997-2009
Date this page was last edited 10/15/2011