Cool old pictures of your parents, grand parents, or family

[NAVY 6740]

Great great mean-as-fuck grand uncle mother’s side. John Wesley Hardin 

 

[TexPx 2323]

First bike!

[TexPx 2323]

This thread is great

[Armybrat 40850]

Top: Me on the left with my brothers - Fort Sam Houston - 1946 or ‘47.

Below: Dad with my grandparents - 1940, just before he shipped out to Fort Richardson, Alaska. Little did he suspect he wouldn’t see them until the fall of 1943 after he had been through combat in the Aleutian Islands. He was lucky, because his other choice of deployment was the Philippines. A number of his friends didn’t make it back from there.

 

 

[83Horn 1641]

Dad-1949; Mom-1944

 

[Longhornstampede 3182]

Some of my roots into the US fromy mother's side of the family. From L to R, grand uncle, grandfather, great grandfather (the little guy in front of him is another grand uncle) grand aunt and great grandmother. Taken on a ranch somewhere around Del Rio. Seeing as my grandfather was born in 1900 and in this pic he looks to be a teenager, this pic was taken over a hundred years ago. They fled Mexico during the revolution

The 2nd pic is the 2 older brothers on the left of the 1st pic. My grandfather is the one on the left. 

Edited March 21, 2023 by Longhornstampede

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

My great great grandmother

one of my earliest memories is watching my grandad shoot this deer. Older brother and I were in the back of the truck watching while he was posted up in front as the deer was running across the pasture. My great grandfather rolled up to the other end of the pasture on his four wheeler and caused the deer to stop just long enough for my grandfather to shoot it. My brother was yelling "fire" over and over again, which I'm sure helped steady my grandfather's aim. I remember when we drove up to it saying "it's still wiggling" as it's nerves were still firing off after being shot.

[Bevo 13577]

My grandmother had some neat pics where she traveled by ship from the US to Germany in the 1930s to visit cousins. She was relatively young at the time. A lot of the cousins she visited never made it through the 40s. I'm sure it was a hard journey from a small town in the south and I suspect it was relatively expensive. The pics of pre-war Germany were very interesting as well.

[Kennythetiger 9386]

7 hours ago, Longhornstampede said:

I didn’t like the way he cocked his hat, and he wore his gun all wrong. 

[Longhornstampede 3182]

My grandfather and his brother married 2 girls who were sisters. Cue the Ferris Buehler gif 😀

[mbtex 683]

Opa on the Eastern Front

[MaybeACoordinator 8349]

Recently uncovered photo of the USS Portent the moment it hit a mine off Anzio. My great-grandfather, captain of the ship, is in there somewhere. Somehow he and more than half. the crew survived. 

[Armybrat 40850]

On 12/26/2022 at 3:37 AM, po elvis said:

My granddad had a slightly sloped driveway that went into the garage. When he reached the edge of the driveway, he would turn off his green ford pinto and slowly coast into the garage to save the gas.

Probably to prevent it from spontaneously combusting while in the garage.

[Armybrat 40850]

Mrs. Brat & oldest son 1968. 
He is now a senior VP of a large regional agricultural bank system.

 

Edited March 21, 2023 by Armybrat

[Longhornstampede 3182]

Brat showing us how he out kicked his coverage in marriage. Good on ya sir! Beautiful family

[Brisketexan 105147]

Pretty sure this is my mom, looking up at one of the defensive structures at our original family ranch house in the sticks of northern Mexico.  By then (probably late 1960s), it was in real disrepair, and was inhabited by a few of the ranch hands (family had built a newer place).  And yep, it was built as a full-on fortress because at the time of the original construction (and being way out in nowhere), indian raids were still a thing.
 


 
And if you lived in Houston in the early 70s, you know these shots (featuring my old man and me) are from "the time it snowed."  (Also...that's the first time I noticed my dad's outfit....white tie...white shoes.....gray suit with matching overcoat.  Sheee-it, his wallet must been the one with "Smooth Motherfucker" on it).
 
 

Edited March 21, 2023 by Brisketexan

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Pretty sure this is my mom, looking up at one of the defensive structures at our original family ranch house in the sticks of northern Mexico.  By then (probably late 1960s), it was in real disrepair, and was inhabited by a few of the ranch hands (family had built a newer place).  And yep, it was built as a full-on fortress because at the time of the original construction (and being way out in nowhere), indian raids were still a thing.

 

 

And if you lived in Houston in the early 70s, you know these shots (featuring my old man and me) are from "the time it snowed."

 

 

[Kennythetiger 9386]

Works fine for me 

[Armybrat 40850]

1 hour ago, Kennythetiger said:

Works fine for me 

Yep,even I can see it.

[RMac5 1551]

My great great great…. Grandfather. He started a baptist church south of McGregor in the 1850’s. 

[Brisketexan 105147]

12 hours ago, RMac5 said:

My great great great…. Grandfather. He started a baptist church south of McGregor in the 1850’s. 

And -- little known fact -- he was there to protect Kevin when his parents left Kevin home alone.

 

[choripan 790]

My grandparents and then my grandpa outside of Kassel a couple years later. Two things always struck me in these pictures:

- Family legend is that my grandma's heart broke when my grandpa shipped off, only to repair itself when he came home. As my great aunt, who took this picture told it, they tried to get my grandma to smile throughout the day he shipped off, but she couldn't do it. Interestingly enough, her pictures usually have a couple of sentences describing the picture and the year. Here, it's "off to France" in black, and "to war, John and I" in blue. I always imagined her beginning to write her description, not being able to make it through it, and having to pick up her writing at a later day or time, just with a different pen.

- In his pictures throughout the war, I notice that he loses his baby fat and becomes more hardened, and you can see it in his pic from Kassel. I know that I went in the Army and came out differently, a more hard person physically and mentally but a much more soft and caring person socially/emotionally, and I wish he would have lived long enough so that we could have talked out our respective stories.

[Mullet Free 40]

Grandpa and friends on Rio Grande fishing trip, 1950s. 
 

 

[BonzoMontreaux 1038]

14 hours ago, RMac5 said:

My great great great…. Grandfather. He started a baptist church south of McGregor in the 1850’s. 

I have ancestors that lived in Gatesville beginning around the 1870s-1880s.  A great great grandfather helped build a church there at least that's what I've been told.

 

[Gatorubet 30240]

G-G-Grandfather.   1824-1906.   He was a member of the Mormon Battalion who marched on foot from Council Bluffs, Iowa to San Diego, California in 1846 as a result of the Mexican American War.   It is still the longest march in US military history.

After working briefly near Sutter’s Mill before the gold discovery, he walked back to Salt Lake City. On the way he went through Donner Pass, and helped re-bury some of the Donner party’s bodies that had been dug up by animals.

From everything I’ve read he was a mega-badass. 

 

[Kennythetiger 9386]

10 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

 

[Gatorubet 30240]

10 hours ago, Kennythetiger said:

Quote

Ruth-Anne and Lynn, they wear them cut-off britches
And then skinny little halters and they're second cousins to me
Man, I dont care, I want to get between them
With a great big 'ol hard-on
Like an ol' Bois D’arc fencepost
That you can hang a pipe rail gate from
Do some sister twisters till the cows come home
And we'll be having us a time…

 

[Hpara759 1778]

On 3/22/2023 at 10:48 AM, Mullet Free said:

Grandpa and friends on Rio Grande fishing trip, 1950s. 
 

 

trotline or "phoning"??? ....either way that's a good bunch of cats

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

Mom and Grandad, early 1930s

Grandad, Grandma, mom, aunt probably early 40s

 

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

On 12/21/2022 at 10:57 PM, Bama Chick said:

lol my student ID from 1990. I cannot believe that was 32 years ago!

[Zepol87 9186]

Found a lot of pictures today at a great aunts funeral. I'll post more later but 2 quick shares. 

Grandpa in Vietnam and great grandpa, my dad and I in Pleasant Grove 1989

 

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

18 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Found a lot of pictures today at a great aunts funeral. I'll post more later but 2 quick shares. 

Grandpa in Vietnam and great grandpa, my dad and I in Pleasant Grove 1989

 

Those are great pics... I hate to ask but does that mean grandpa didn't make it back from Nam?

[Sawbonz 27565]

On 12/22/2022 at 1:42 AM, GoPokes83 said:

Little dude is my grandpa. Poor as hell okies.

What bank has they just knocked over?

[RMac5 1551]

On 3/22/2023 at 11:00 AM, BonzoMontreaux said:

I have ancestors that lived in Gatesville beginning around the 1870s-1880s.  A great great grandfather helped build a church there at least that's what I've been told.

 

That’s cool, they had to have known each other.

[BonzoMontreaux 1038]

13 hours ago, RMac5 said:

That’s cool, they had to have known each other.

I wouldn't doubt they crossed paths at the very least.

[Ten Bears 2481]

On 3/22/2023 at 10:48 AM, Mullet Free said:

Grandpa and friends on Rio Grande fishing trip, 1950s. 
 

 

"fishing" lol

If they were like my grandad they were pulling them out from underneath rocks.

[Ten Bears 2481]

 

My Great-Grandad and his new tractor and some of the grandkids.  The one driving is my dad, starting his lifelong career of farming and ranching.

[Elvis 3371]

[dcbc 14485]

So I (born in the early 70s), had an older dad (born 1910).  My mom was his second wife.  I mention this so that the fact that there aren't a lot of "greats" in this equation makes more sense.  His side came over from Liverpool at some point.  They migrated across the midwest through Illinois to Nebraska and South Dakota by the late 1800s.

 

So my great aunt (my dad's mom's sister).  Was living in Nebraska and, at age 13, became in a family way and was kicked out of the house (nice).  Anyway, she was pretty industrious.  She changed her name to Dora Dufran, moved to Lead, SD, (yada yada yada)  and eventually opened a brothel.   Business was good, and she opened up two more across the state, one of which was "Diddlin' Dora's in Deadwood.  She was acquainted with and employed Calamity Jane and was friendly with Wild Bill Hickok.  She is portrayed by Melanie Griffith in Buffalo Girls and has a character based on her in Deadwood.  When the rat infestation hit the brothels, she bought a bunch of cats to deal with the problem, which supposedly is why the brothels were called "Cat Houses."  She is buried at Mount Moriah cemetery in Deadwood, and her grave is rad.

 

My dad moved to California in the early 1930s and later settled in Denver.  He moved to Texas in the 1940s.  Some pictures of him below.  He was a private pilot for most of his life.  The picture below is from a trip he made over the Andes when his company was building a pipeline in Argentina.  He was the pilot.  Balls as big as chu'ch bells.

 

 

 

 

Dad in Argentina

 

Dad in with business partners in front of global domination map.

 

 

Mom was a former Miss Houston.  She owned and operated a dance studio and was a model when they were set up on a blind date.  He took her to Vargo's in Houston.  She swore she'd never marry a man who drank.  He ordered a scotch and water before dinner.  She amended the rule.

 

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by dcbc

[HornPhD 1368]

My kids and I enjoy fishing; however, we only have the time to do it when we’re on vacation. These pics are from our trip to Belize a few weeks ago. 

Edited June 25, 2023 by HornPhD

[Gatorubet 30240]

On 12/29/2022 at 5:08 PM, TexPx said:

First bike!

I have 1966 in the betting pool

[Gatorubet 30240]

My dad Trooper Gatorubet on his horse Poncho - probably early 1941 when they were assigned to patrol the desert border between Mexico and Arizona. 

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

On 6/23/2023 at 10:20 PM, dcbc said:

So I (born in the early 70s), had an older dad (born 1910).  My mom was his second wife.  I mention this so that the fact that there aren't a lot of "greats" in this equation makes more sense.  His side came over from Liverpool at some point.  They migrated across the midwest through Illinois to Nebraska and South Dakota by the late 1800s.

 

So my great aunt (my dad's mom's sister).  Was living in Nebraska and, at age 13, became in a family way and was kicked out of the house (nice).  Anyway, she was pretty industrious.  She changed her name to Dora Dufran, moved to Lead, SD, (yada yada yada)  and eventually opened a brothel.   Business was good, and she opened up two more across the state, one of which was "Diddlin' Dora's in Deadwood.  She was acquainted with and employed Calamity Jane and was friendly with Wild Bill Hickok.  She is portrayed by Melanie Griffith in Buffalo Girls and has a character based on her in Deadwood.  When the rat infestation hit the brothels, she bought a bunch of cats to deal with the problem, which supposedly is why the brothels were called "Cat Houses."  She is buried at Mount Moriah cemetery in Deadwood, and her grave is rad.

 

My dad moved to California in the early 1930s and later settled in Denver.  He moved to Texas in the 1940s.  Some pictures of him below.  He was a private pilot for most of his life.  The picture below is from a trip he made over the Andes when his company was building a pipeline in Argentina.  He was the pilot.  Balls as big as chu'ch bells.

 

 

 

 

Dad in Argentina

 

Dad in with business partners in front of global domination map.

 

 

Mom was a former Miss Houston.  She owned and operated a dance studio and was a model when they were set up on a blind date.  He took her to Vargo's in Houston.  She swore she'd never marry a man who drank.  He ordered a scotch and water before dinner.  She amended the rule.

 

 

This is great stuff, fascinating 

[South Austin 52511]

My dad being awarded the Silver Star for his time in Vietnam. I think this was taken in 1969 or 1970, not too long before he met my mom in San Francisco where he was stationed after the war. He made a career of the Marine Corps and served for 27 years, retiring in 1993 a couple years after serving in the Persian Gulf War. He was like a 6’4” real life GI Joe action figure to me as a kid.

[MalibuSheriff 1090]

My granddad on Peleliu in late 1944.

[Gatorubet 30240]

My 16-year-old great grandmother with her baby, born during the Civil War.

[Bozo_Casanova 26472]

12 hours ago, South Austin said:

not too long before he met my mom in San Francisco

🤐

[Armybrat 40850]

Dad (right) in the Aleutian Islands , 1943.

 

Edited June 27, 2023 by Armybrat

[Kennythetiger 9386]

Is he pissing on a cross?  

[Armybrat 40850]

20 minutes ago, Kennythetiger said:

Is he pissing on a cross?  

The GI in the background? I have no idea who he is or what he’s doing.