Turner-Thompson Colorado Pictures
Anna Mary (Diehl) and Jacob Harcleroed, Great-Great-Grandparents
Written on back: "Mr & Mrs Harclerode / Mother of Nora Thompson who was the Mother of Stella Grace (Thompson) Turner - the Mother of Lawrence, Ruth, Paul & Glen Turner. / These people are your Great-Great Grandparents." ------- This is Anna Mary (Diehl) and Jacob Harclerode. They were both born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania (she in 1836 and he in 1831). Anna died in 1909 and Jacob in 1913, both in Oakley, Kansas. They were the parents of Susan Nora Harclerode who married Robert Samuel Thompson. Date unknown but likely taken in the 1890s.
May Thompson Griffin and ? (possibly Dolla Harclerode Wyatt, a cousin)
Thompson families and relations at Sterling, Colorado, 1935. IDs by Virginia Welton: left to right: Charles Griffin ("Uncle Charlie"), Gilbert Wayne Griffin holding Doris Shockley, ("Grandma") Nora Harclerode Thompson, Claude Thompson's daughter (with white collar) and his son in front of her. Behind the girl in the white collar is Virginia Turner (hair pulled back) and next to her is her sister, Velma Turner. Lee (Lillian) Turner is in front of Velma looking at a baby. The man in back is Earl Griffin and it's probably Ruth Turner in front and to the right of him (face obscured and holding her son, Richard). In front holding Grace's son, Paul, is May Thompson Griffin and next, in the far back, is Grace Griffin Shockley. The couple at the far right are Alice and Joseph Claude Thompson. The house in back was Robert Thompson's, bought for him by Floyd C. Turner, according to Virginia Welton.
Probably G-Grandpa Robert S. Thompson.
Roy and Neva Thompson at their house in Brawley, California.
Alonzo and Stella (Thompson) Turner. These pictures were included in a wedding keepsake book of theirs.
Grace Griffin [Shockley]. Possibly a high school photograph ("LCHS"). If so, this would have been around 1926 or so.
Page 1 of Grace (Griffin) Shockley's letter to her grandfather, Robert S. Thompson (my great-grandfather).
Letter from May Thompson Griffin to her father, Robert S. Thompson, dated Aug. 23, 1941. (part 1)
Alonzo Turner. Nov. 25, 1943.
Alonzo Turner, 1902. Taken in Kansas.
May (Thompson) Griffin, Paul Shockley, Robert Thompson, Charles Griffin, Doris Shockley, and Nora (Harclerode) Thompson. Taken in Sterling, Colorado, at a family reunion in 1935.
Grace (Griffin) Shockley, Doris Shockley, May (Thompson) Griffin, Nora (Harclerode) Thompson. Taken at the 1935 family reunion in Sterling, Colorado.
1942 Christmas card showing Bob (Robert) Thompson in front of his house.
Alonzo Turner, 1902. Taken in Lincoln, Kansas. He would have been about 17 years old at the time.
Portrait of Alonzo and Stella Turner about 1927. Taken along with portraits of their children and all are in a folding cardboard frame.
Asher Turner at age 72 (about 1932).
Page 2 of Grace (Griffin) Shockley's letter to her grandfather, Robert S. Thompson (my great-grandfather).
Letter from May Thompson Griffin to her father, Robert S. Thompson, dated Aug. 23, 1941. (part 2)
Stella (Thomspon) Turner. Nov. 25, 1943.
May Bird Thompson Griffin. She appears to be wearing a wedding ring, so this would have been around 1907 or later.
May (Thompson) Griffin, Paul Griffin (baby), Robert Thompson, Charles Griffin, and Nora (Harclerode) Thompson. Taken in Sterling, Colorado in 1935 at a family reunion.
Grace (Griffin) Shockley, Wayne Griffin, May (Thompson) Griffin (their mother), Charles Griffin (their father), Doris Shockley (Grace's daughter), and Earl Griffin. Taken at family reunion in Sterling, Colorado, 1935.
Neva Thompson at their (Neva & Roy) home in Brawley, California.
Earl Griffin, son of Charles and May (Thompson) Griffin. Earl was born in 1912 so this picture was probably taken about 1913 or 14.
Portrait of Lawrence Turner, son of Stella and Alonzo Turner. Part of a series of portraits taken of the whole family and all are in one folding cardboard frame.
Doris Shockley beside a window of their apartment. June, 1935.
Page 3 of Grace (Griffin) Shockley's letter to her grandfather, Robert S. Thompson (my great-grandfather).
Charles Griffin on the porch of Earl and Fern's home. Earl was Charles' son. Charles married May Thompson, sister to Stella and Anna (Thompson Turner).
Christmas greetings from Earl and Fern Griffin, with children: LeRoy, Don, Glenn, and Irene.
Nora (Harclerode) Thompson, Stella (Thompson) Turner, and Robert Thompson. Stella was the daughter of Nora and Robert. Date unknown but probably in the later 1910s or early 1920s.
Wayne Griffin, Doris Shockley, and Lillian Turner (in back, up high). At family reunion in Sterling, Colorado. Print date is Oct. 1, 1935.
Taken in 1935 at the family reunion in Sterling, Colorado. Back row: Velma Turner, Opal Harclerode, ?, ?, Wayne Griffin, Virginia Turner Front row: ?, Dick Beckley, ?, Lillian Turner, ?, ?
Probably Roy Thompson, Stella (Thompson) Turner, and Alonzo Turner at Roy and Neva's house in Brawley, California. The car's license plate is Idaho; Stella and Alonzo likely lived in Idaho at the time and were visiting. (This house is probably at 325 K St., Brawley, CA.) Date of photo is unkown, but likely in the 1940s.
Turner-Thompson Wedding Invitation
Wedding Invitation for Stella Thompson and Alonzo Turner 1906.
Portrait of Paul Turner, son of Stella and Alonzo Turner. Part of a series of portraits taken of the whole family and all are in one folding cardboard frame.
Probably Doris and Paul Shockley, children of Clarence and Grace Shockley. About 1938.
Page 4 of Grace (Griffin) Shockley's letter to her grandfather, Robert S. Thompson (my great-grandfather).
LeRoy Griffin, oldest child of Earl and Fern Griffin, at 6 months old.
Charles and May Griffin and Children
May (Thompson) and Charles Griffin (on right) and family. On left: Earl, Wayne, and Grace Griffin. Taken around 1925+/-.
1935 at family reunion in Sterling, Colorado. Left to right: ? (possibly one of Joseph Claude Thompson's daughters) with ?, Doris Shockley, Earl Griffin, and Lillian Turner with ?.
Robert (Bob) Thompson and baby (unknown). Date unknown but probably after 1939.
Probably Stella (Thompson) Turner on the left with Neva and Roy Thompson at their house in Brawley, California.
Stella Turner's calling card.
Glen Turner about 1927. Taken with portraits of the rest of his family including Stella & Alonzo Turner.
Shockley Letter to Robert Thompson
The envelope for Grace (Griffin) Shockley's letter to her grandfather, Robert S. Thompson. (Robert Thompson was my great-grandfather.)
Stella Thompson Turner. Date unknown but probably in the 1940s. Original photograph was hand colored.
Date and people unknown. (Possibly Fern and Earl Griffin?) Print date (on back) is April 27, 1941.
