- John BRUCE Junor- WWI uniform in 1919(Age 26) (28 KB)
John Bruce Junor (1893-1979).Picture taken in New York as he was visiting friends on the way back home in 1919. - Olive Shook Roberts Sprague - 1923 (33 KB)
Olive (Ollie) Mae Shook Roberts standing by some (now) classic cars in 1923 Los Angeles, California - John Madison Parker (circa 1882) (23 KB)
John Madison Parker (1861 Arkansas - 1928 California).Husband of Carrie Emiline Turton Parker (1867-1941) - Bruce & Peggy Junor and Loys & Carl Parker - 1957 (26 KB)
John BRUCE Junor & wife Marguerite "Peggy" Roberts Junorand Mary LOYS Laurenson Parker & husband John CARL Parker - Aug. 1957 - Louisa Stuart Renton Junor (circa 1861) (34 KB)
Louisa Stuart Renton Junor (1840 Scotland-1929 Scotland).She was married to William James Balfour Junor, Captain, New Zealand Volunteer Militia (1838 India - 1867 New Zealand) - Ellen McDonald McMahon & John McMahon (abt. 1905) (32 KB)
Ellen Josephine McDonald (1852 Canada-1940 Calif.) and husband John McMahon (1841 Canada - 1910 Calif.) sitting in their home with 4 generations of family women photo on the table. - Olive Shook Roberts & Frank Roberts - July 4, 1904 (206 KB)
Olive Shook Roberts & husband Frank S. RobertsIndependence Day, 4th of July, 1904 - Colorado - William James Balfour Junor (circa 1861) (45 KB)
Captain William James Balfour Junor, New Zealand Volunteer Militia (1838 India - 1867 New Zealand).Husband of Louisa Stuart Renton Junor(1840 Scotland-1929 Scotland). - 1911 at the fair -Josephine & dad Adolph Schreiber (44 KB)
(1911)Mary JOSEPHINE Schreiber (b. abt. 1903 Idaho) and her father Adolph F. Schreiber (b. 1865 Germany).Picture post card postmarked 13 Oct. 1991, and sent to her cousin "Miss Helen Junor, 814 Dearborn, Caldwell, Ida."Helen is Ellen Josephine Junor Garcia (1897-1992). "Dear Helen, I went to the fair and had my picture taken.Papa was with me.Josephine."[Josephine later married Robert Palmer] - John McMahon on a porch - San Francisco circa 1905 (49 KB)
John McMahon (1841-1910) husband of Ellen Josephine McDonald McMahon (1852-1940) - Elphinstone Patrick Junor (65 KB)
Elphinstone Patrick Junor (1864 New Zealand - 1937 California).Husband of Mary Agnes McMahon Junor (1870-1955) - (abt. 1930)Carrie Emiline Turton Parker (55 KB)
Carrie Emiline Turton Parker (1867 Keosaqua, Van Buren County, Iowa - 1941 El Monte, L. A. County, Calif.).Wife of John Madison Parker (1861 Ark-1928 Calif.).Carrie & John are the parents of John CARL, Cordelia, Ethel, & Cleo Parker. - James W. Laurenson - age 14(1890) (18 KB)
James W. Laurenson was born in 1876 in Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa and died in 1935 in San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California - Mary Agnes McMahon - Wedding Day - 1890 (67 KB)
Mary Agnes McMahon (1870-1955) married Elphinstone Patrick Junor on June 25, 1890. - (1906) James Henry Laurenson - Atlantic, IA (25 KB)
James Henry Laurenson (1845 Lycoming County, Pennsylvania - 1926 Atlantic, Cass County, Iowa), husband of Eliza Mary Wycoff Henry Laurenson (1838-1920).James & Eliza are th parents of James, Mary, Euphemia, Henry & John Laurenson. - Mary Margaret McDonnell McDonald (1834-1905) (42 KB)
Mary Margaret McDonnell McDonald (b. May 1, 1834 Tipperary, Ireland - Sept. 1, 1905 San Francisco, Calif.).Wife of John McDonald (1828-1883) and mother of 13 children including Ellen, Ruth, Josephine, Michael, Patrick, Minnie, Maggie, Lizzie, Teresa, Katherine, John, Joseph and Annie McDonald.[Undated photo-- about 1898] - Ethel Bea Parker - teacher in New Mexico in 1907 (1370 KB)
Ethel Bea Parker (1890-1919) was a 17 year old teacher in Dawson, New Mexico, USA in 1907.She later married George Ferguson and had 4 children.She died in the national flu epidemic. - Mary LOYS Laurenson - circa 1929 (123 KB)
Mary LOYS Laurenson (1911-1987) married John CARL Parker (1909-1980) - (1883) James HORACE & Cordelia Turton Family (100 KB)
TURTON FAMILY (abt. 1883) (left to right, top)Craig Hartzell (1874 IA - 1927 Ark.), Carrie Emiline (1867 IA - 1941 CA)[mother of John CARL Parker] , Carl (1868 IA-1909 NM), Callie (1882 IA - ?), father James HORACE Turton (abt. 1840 - abt. 1905), Cleo Margaret (1884 IA - ?), mother Cordelia "Delia" Hartzell Turton (1844 Iowa - after 1910 Ark.) - (1897) Bruce & Louise Junor (siblings) - Idaho (55 KB)
John BRUCE Junor, age 3 (1893 ID - 1979 CA) and sister Mary LOUISE Junor, age 5 1/2 (1891 ID - 1975 CA).Written on the back of the photo: "Mrs. E.P. Junor, Silver City, Idaho.Pastel bust of boy.Hair sample.Eyes blue.Suit navy blue....curvy fan rosy...make the curl of hair next to girl same as the other side.Lower..."Photographer: Aledum & Bishop...Silver City and DeLamar, Idaho - The Happy Family on horseback -(about 1895) (39 KB)
Marked "The Happy Family," it was otherwise unidentified.It was in the effects of John Bruce Junor and is highly likely to have been taken near Boise, Idaho about 1895 and likely depicts McMahons and Junors - Olive Shook Roberts and daughter "Peggy"(1911) (46 KB)
1911 - Olive Shook Roberts (27) and daughter "Peggy" Marguerite Roberts Junor (7).Santa Monica Beach, California."I had on a rented suit.I forgot to take my own.They are so big and ugly."(Peggy Roberts) - (abt. 1908) Florence Cecelia Taulty Laurenson (33 KB)
Florence Cecelia Taulty Laurenson (1884 Iowa -1918 Colo.) wife of James Warren Laurenson(photo abt. 1908) - (1923) Mary LOUISE Junor Schmidt and son RSS (55 KB)
(1923) Mary LOUISE Junor Schmidt (1891 Idaho - 1975 California) and son RSS at the park - James Balfour, First Laird of Pilrig (1681-1737) (4 KB)
James Balfour, 1st Laird of Pilrig (1681, Edinburgh, Scotland - 1737 at Pilrig House, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a 2nd great-grandfather of John BRUCE Junor (1893-1979).(Photo of painting from: Holmes à Court extended family; http://holmesacourt.org/d0/i0001541.htm#i1541) - (abt. 1901) James Warren Laurenson (34 KB)
James Warren Laurenson (abt. age 25 or 27)(1876 Atlantic, Iowa - 1935 San Pedro, Calif.)husband of Florence Cecelia Taulty Laurenson - (abt. 1917)James Porter Shook & 4 adult sons (63 KB)
(abt. 1917) James Porter Shook and 4 adult sons:David Page Shook (1893-1972), Wilbur Arthur Shook (1896-1985), Earl Leroy Shook (1898-1972), father James Porter Shook (1858-1934), Harry James Shook (1886-1970). (left to right, starting at the top) Photographer: E.R. Johnson, 529 E. 20th Ave., Denver, Colo. - JUNOR Family Tartan (434 KB)
Junor Family Tartan - The Scottish Tartans Society - (1962) NM- Shook, Grusendorf, Hall, Junor, Roberts (26 KB)
1962 Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA: Anna Mae Shook Grusendorf ( 1/2 1st cousin to Olive), Carrie "Caroline" Shook Hall (sister of Olive), Marguerite "Peggy" Hazelle Roberts Junor (daughter of Olive) and Ollie "Olive" Mae Shook Roberts Sprague (sister of Caroline).Anna Mae Shook Grusendorf is a daughter of Robert Arthur Shook (1862-1944) and Fannie Elizabeth Morgan (1863-1931) - 1918--John Bruce Junor-WWI medals, battles, bullet (100 KB)
(1918) John Bruce Junor (1893-1979) World War I Insignia & Medals.Upper l. corner: collar ornament, 363rd Infan. Regmt, D. Co..Middle top ctr.: purple heart medal awarded to me for wounds received near Waeraghem, Belgium [31 Oct, 1918].Upper R: collar ornament worn by all U.S. Army.2nd row l.:purple heart ribbon worn on uniform & victory medal ribbon w/ star for each battle.2nd row r.: 91st Div. pine tree emblem worn as shoulder patch.3rd row l.: civilian purple heart pin. 4th row l.: U.S. Army discharge lapel button-silver for wounded.5th row l.: German machine gun bullet taken from my r. arm.Ring soldered on & worn on end of watch chain.6th row l.: wound chevron worn on lower part of r. sleeve.Ctr. under purple heart medal- is victory medal w/ battle names.R. side under pine tree- is my "dog tag" which has my serial no. on it.I still remember it.Below dog tag - is overseas service chevron each one designated 6 mo. overseas - I was only 9 mo's, hence no 2nd one.My company commander recommended me for OCS, but on return from hospital war was ended.JB Junor 07/07/1970. - 4 SHOOK brothers - circa 1895 (86 KB)
Four of the SHOOK brothers - l. to r.: Granville Lee (b. 1852), David Marian (b. 1869), Robert Arthur (1862-1944), and James Porter (1858-1934).All 4 are sons of David S. Shook (1820-1901).Indiana Deal Shook (1st wife)(abt. 1815-1859) is mother of Granville & James.Eliza Moffitt Shook (1829-1894)(2nd wife) is mother of Robert & David.(undated photo) - 1907 Wedding -Blanche Shook & Frank Keicher (48 KB)
Frank J. Kiecher married (27 Feb. 1907) Blanche Edith Shook at the ~U Ranch N.E. of Akron, Colorado.Blanche is the eldest daughter of Robert Arthur Shook (1862-1944) and Fannie Elizabeth Morgan (1863-1931).[Robert Arthur Shook is the son of David S. Shook, and 1/2 brother of James Porter Shook.] - (1906) Marguerite 'Peggy" Hazelle Roberts (child) (31 KB)
(1906) Marguerite 'Peggy" Hazelle Roberts (1904-1987), 2 years and 7 months old.Later married John BRUCE Junor (1893-1979). - 1943 - Jiu-Jitsu:Olive Shook Roberts Sprague (109 KB)
Ollie "Olive" May Josephine Shook Roberts Sprague (1884 Guthrie Center, Iowa - 1982 Costa Mesa, California).The accompanying article is entitled: "Grandma Sprague Applies Jiu-Jitsu To Plant Tasks."She studied Jiu-Jitsu for many years in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA in the late 1930's.She was 59 and working at Douglas Aircraft at the time of this article and photo. She was one of the first five American women to take up this art of self defense.Santa Monica Airview News; Sept. 7, 1943 - (abt. 1885)John McMahon(1841-1910) (29 KB)
John McMahon (b. 1841 Nova Scotia, Canada - d. 1910 Calif (?).He is the husband of Ellen Josephine McDonald McMahon (1852-1940) and they are the parents of 10 McMahon children, including Mary "May" Agnes, Josephine "Josie" W., Frank Edward, John Ignatius, Ellen "Nell" Mary, Henry Gratton, Annie Geneva, Leo Andrew, Margaret Mary, & John J. McMahon.[undated photo-- abt. 1885]Their daughter Mary Agnes McMahon (1870-1955) married Elphinstone Patrick Junor (1864-1937) in Boise, Idaho in 1890.Elphinstone and Mary are the parents of John Bruce Junor (1893-1979), Mary Louise Junor Schmidt, & Ellen "Helen" Josephine Garcia Schmidt. - (abt. 1929)-huge cannon - Bruce & Peggy Junor (69 KB)
J. Bruce Junor & wife "Peggy" Marguerite Roberts Junor & friend standing in front of a huge railroad mounted mobile cannon in about 1929.Fort MacArthur, near San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California.Note from BBJ: During the first world war, the U.S. Army sought to provide heavy mobile fire power to the Coast Artillery service. This railway mounted gun (cannon) was capable of shooting a 1,450 pound shell up to 27 miles.It could be parked over a special prepared gun mount and have its wheels removed. This allowed the gun to turn 360 degrees and fire in any direction.[The friend is possibly Camille Underwood.]For info. on the cannon, visit: http://www.ftmac.org/BatteryErwin.htm - (1912)Mary LOUISE Junor Schmidt (age 21) (30 KB)
Mary LOUISE Junor Schmidt at age 21 (1891 Idaho - 1975 Calif.).Wife of Herbert OTTO (H.O.) Schmidt (1895-1978) and daughter of Elphinstone Patrick Junor (1864 NZ - 1937 Calif.) and Mary "May" "Mamie" Agnes McMahon (1870 Calif - 1955 Calif.).Louise is also sister of John BRUCE Junor and Helen "Ellen" Josephine Junor Garcia. - James and Florence Laurenson (38 KB)
1905 Wedding Day. James W. and Florence Laurenson.(Florence Cecilia Taulty Laurenson).Parents of Mary LOYS Laurenson Parker - John and Maggie Taulty (30 KB)
John and Maggie Taulty.Parents of Florence Cecelia Taulty Laurenson. - James P. Shook and ten young family members (1907) (108 KB)
Mrs. Olive M. Shook Roberts (1884-1962), Frank Roberts (1884-1907), Marguerite H. Roberts (1904-1987), Caroline Shook (1890-1985), and two(unidentified) likely siblings Harry J. andMinnel A. Shook (Top row, l. to r.).Four unidentified children, who are likely siblings David P., Wilbur A., Earl L., & Elsie Z. Shook and father James Porter Shook (1858-1934) (bottom row, l. to r.) - Miners (abt 1890)- Junor / McMahon (123 KB)
This photo was in the effects of John Bruce Junor (1893 Idaho - 1979 Calif.) marked only "Junor."Given extremely well documented family history, it is highly likely that the photo depicts JB Junor's maternal grandfather John McMahon (1841-1910) and sons & wives, and son-in-law (JB Junor's father) Elphinstone Patrick Junor (1864-1937) mining the Comstock Lode in Silver City, Idaho. - Shook - Specialty Lunch Counter - Los Angeles, CA (142 KB)
To the immediate right of the waiter are: Olive Shook Roberts Sprague, her sister Caroline Shook Paul, and Olive's 2nd husband James Sprague. - John BRUCE Junor - 1910 Football Team (130 KB)
1910 Football Team at Caldwell High School, Idaho.John BRUCE Junor is on the far right in the middle row. [From the "Pow Wow;" the 1911 Caldwell High School Yearbook] - (abt 1920) Louisa Stuart Renton Junor (1840-1929) (55 KB)
Louisa Stuart Renton Junor (1840 Peebles, Scotland - 1929 Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, Scotland).Widow of William James Balfour Junor (1838 India -1867 New Zealand).They are the parents of Elphinstone Patrick Junor, Elizabeth Renton Junor & Katherine R. Junor, all born in New Zealand.Paper photo frame was marked: "R. Kerr. 76 Temple Pk. Cres, Edin."[Edinburgh, Scotland] - Aaron & Hosea Parker -The original Parker brothers (106 KB)
This photo was unmarked but is most likely:Aaron Parker (b. 1810 Kentucky, d. 1878 Madison County Arkansas) and brother Hosea Parker (born 1823 Tennessee, d. 1902 Madison County, Arkansas)[Photo courtesy of Loucille Bolinger Edwards] - David S. Shook (1820-1901) &daughter & granddaugtr (82 KB)
David S. Shook (1820-1901), daughter Josephine "Josie" Shook Lawler (born 1867) and granddaughter Edith Lawler (1892-1979)(Photo courtesy of Michael Wester: http://www.math.unm.edu/~wester/genealogy/pix/pix.html)NOTE: David S.Shook is the father of James Porter Shook (1858-1934) - (abt. 1913) Helen "Ellen" Josephine Junor Garcia (17 KB)
16 year old Helen "Ellen" Josephine Junor Garcia (1897 Idaho - 1992 Calif.)Wife of Herbert Ely (Sr.) Garcia (1895 Calif. - 1968 Calif.) and daughter of Elphinstone Patrick Junor (1864 NZ - 1937 Calif.) and Mary "May" "Mamie" Agnes McMahon (1870 Calif - 1955 Calif.).Ellen is also sister of John BRUCE Junor and Mary LOUISE Junor Schmidt. - (1929)Mary LOYS Laurenson - Catalina Island, CA. (38 KB)
(1929)Mary LOYS Laurenson (age 18) at Catalina Island (Los Angeles County, California), with the Casino in the background.Loys (1911- Atlantic, Iowa - 1987 Orange County, California) married John CARL Parker (1909 Dawson, New Mexico - 1980 Orange County, California) - Margaret Bruce (55 KB)
Margaret Bruce is the mother of Catherine Balfour.Her daughter Catherine Balfour married Thomas Junor in 1809 and was b. 1786, d. 1827 in Edinburgh, Scotland. - Margaret Parker McKelvey Stone & 3 family (1930) (25 KB)
1930 - (l. to r.) Edna Harris McKelvey, Margaret Parker McKelvey Stone (b.1851), her son John Hosea McKelvey (b. 1870) & wife Sarah l. Casebolt McKelvey[Margaret is the daughter of John HOSEA, Sr. Parker (1823-1902),HOSEA is the brother of Aaron "Aron" "Ail" Parker (1810-1878)]{Photo courtesy of Laura L. McKelvey Jones of Illinois} - (abt. 1930)Elphinstone Patrick Junor [1864-1937] (31 KB)
(abt. 1930)Elphinstone Patrick Junor [1864-1937] - 1912- 3 gen's women-Parker /Turton/Brinkerhoff... (57 KB)
Three generations of Parker women (left to right):Ethel Bea Parker Ferguson (1890 Ark. - 1919), her daughter Carrie Rebecca Ferguson Mitchell (1910 Colfax,NM -1987 L.A., CA), Carrie Emiline Turton Parker (1867 Iowa - 1941 El Monte, CA), Cordelia Baldwin Parker Brinkerhoff (1904 Colo- 1989 L.A., CA.).Photo taken in 1912 in Dawson, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA.CarrieETP is mother of EthelBPF & CordeliaBPB [and John CARL Parker; not depicted], and grandmother of Carrie RFM. - CARL Parker & LOYS Laurenson- 1931 Wedding (39 KB)
Wedding Day - 1931 in Los Angeles.John CARL Parker (1909-1980) & Mary LOYS Laurenson (1911-1987) - (abt. 1930)Mary Agnes McMahon Junor [1870-1955] (48 KB)
(abt. 1930) Mary Agnes McMahon Junor [1870-1955] - 1934 - Carl Parker & dad-in-law James W. Laurenson (35 KB)
John CARL Parker (1909-1980) and his father-in-law James W. Laurenson (1876-1935) [father of Mary LOYS Laureson Parker (1911-1987)].Imprint on photo was "3 Apr. 1934 at Barcus Photo Service quality Kodak finishing." - James W. Laurenson & his 4 children(circa 1923) (61 KB)
The 5 Laurensons in San Pedro, California-Dad James W. Laurenson (1876-1935) and his four children (l. to r.): Mary LOYS, Catherine ROMAINE, John "JACK" Marcus, James DAYLE(photo undated- approx. 1923) - * Parker Family Tree House (53 KB)
Parker Family Tree House - (abt. 1921) John CARL Parker (168 KB)
John CARL Parker as a boy about 1921. - (abt. 1905)James Warren Laureson (34 KB)
(abt. 1905)Portrait photo of James Warren Laureson (1876-1935) - BRUCE Junor -1919 - France (WWI) - Co. D,91st Div. (150 KB)
"This picture of my Company was taken about March 15, 1919, in front of the Catholic Church in Nogent-Le-Rotrol, France.The building on the right was the school.You can see the upper part of my face in 2nd row above the officer in the light coat.The war was over and we were getting ready to come home."Corporal JB Junor. U.S. Army, AEF, 91st Division, Co.D.Photographer:Photographie D'Art, A.-R. Endrey, 191, Rue Des Filles-Du-Calvaire, 93, Boul'd De Sebastopol, Paris - (1903) 4 gen's women-McDonald/McMahon, Junor.. (144 KB)
1903 - McDonnell/McDonald, McMahon, Junor, Schmidt - 4 female generations. (Clockwise, starting on the left side): Mary Margaret McDonnell McDonald (b. 1834 Ireland, d. 1905 Calif.); Mary Agnes McMahon Junor (b. 1870 Calif., d. 1955 Calif.); Ellen Josephine McDonald McMahon (b. 1852 Canada, d. 1940 Calif.); Mary LOUISE Junor Schmidt (b. 1891 Idaho, d.1975 Calif.)Photographer: Tonkin, 1490 Market St., San Francisco, Calif. (MaryMMM is mother of EllenJMM, who is the mother of MaryAMJ,who is the mother of MLouiseJS)[brother of MLouiseJS is John Bruce Junor, b. 1893 Idaho, d. 1979, not depicted] - 1933 - 4 generations:Shook, Roberts, Junor (32 KB)
(l. to r.)Marguerite "Peggy" Roberts Junor (29), baby BBJ, James Porter Shook (75), Olive Shook Roberts Sprague (49) - 1933 - Thomas Junor (d. 1827 Edinburgh, Scotland) (16 KB)
Portrait of Thomas Junor who was born in the late 1700's in Grenada, The West Indies.He died in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1827.Thomas Junor and his wife Catherine Balfour (1786-1827) died rather young, and were the parents of eight JUNOR children including: William (1810-1840), Margaret Joanna (1812- ), Elphinstone Patrick (1814-1840), Henry Davidson, Sarah Henrietta (1815- ), Catharine (1811- ), John Balfour (1821-1868), and Patrick Bruce Junor (1823-1909).[Thomas Junor & Catherine Balfour Junor are the great-great grandparents of John BRUCE Junor (1893-1979] - Earl Leroy Shook, U.S.S. Ajax;U.S. Navy (abt.1919) (112 KB)
Earl Leroy Shook (b. 1898 Colorado, d. 1972 Los Angeles, Calif.).U.S.S. Ajax; U.S. Navy (abt.1919)Earl Leroy Shook is the brother of Olive M. Shook Roberts Sprague (1884-1982).They are the children of James Porter Shook and Etta Josephine Page Shook.[U.S.S. Ajax - WWIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ajax_%28AG-15%29 ] - 1918 -Loys & Romaine Laurenson:Greeley, Colo (57 KB)
Mary LOYS Laurenson Parker, age 7 (1911-1987) and her sister Katheryn ROMAINE Laurenson Williams Snow, age 9 (1909-1985) in Greeley, Colorado (1918).Loys and Romaine are daughters of James Warren Laurenson and Florence Cecelia Talty (Taulty) Laurenson. - 1918 -Laurenson/McCarville families on front porch (56 KB)
(left to right, top)- John "Jack Marcus Laurenson (1908-1968), Ellen Loretta Talty McCarville (1880-1965) and her sister Florence Cecilia Talty Laurenson (1884-1918), [child] Catherine ROMAINE Laurenson Williams (1909-1985), Margaret Brekaney (?).(left to right, bottom) - James "Dayle" Laurenson (1906-1990), "Kamie" [bending over] (?), Mary LOYS Laurenson Parker (1911-1987), Thomas GLENN McCarville (b.1903 ) - (1929) Romaine & bro. Jack Laurenson & RSW (44 KB)
Katheryn ROMAINE Laurenson Williams Snow (1909 Atlantic, Iowa -1985 Huntington Beach, Calif.), her brother John "Jack" Marcus Laurenson (1908 Atlantic, Iowa - 1968 Long Beach, Calif.), and Romaine's son: RSW (April 1929) - (abt 1892) Eliza Mary Wycoff Henry Laurenson (15 KB)
Elizabeth Mary Wycoff Henry Laurenson (1838 New Jersey - 1920 Atlantic, Iowa).Photo frame indicates photographer: E.D. Nash, Atlantic, Iowa, Crystal Finish.Eliza is the wife of James Henry Laurenson (1845 PA-1926 IA) and mother of James, Warren, Euphemia, Henry & John Laurenson.
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