George L. Robertson was a livestock broker . He would travel around andbuy cattle. They would be put out to pasture during the spring and summerto fatten up. He the fall or next spring the would have a cattle driveusually from the ranch to Sprinffield Mo. where they had a stockyard. Thecattle drive would take a couple of weeks. They had aranch and nicethings for the times. His wife Hattie Belle Mosier was a very stylishlady. George L. was a pretty good looking man. A picture I saw of him hewas dressed in pants and cowboy hat and 6 shooter on his hip. It was aexciting time, Wyett Earp and Billy the Kid. The had to protect thereown.My Aunt Carolyn has some wonderful pictures of Hattie andothers.Dorothy grew up well groomed to be a lady.
Hattie was a very pretty woman and very high class. She was much the lady.
She had Bridge partys with the fancy little sandwichs ect.They werefairly well off. Her Daughter Dorothy George was the same way. Wanted tolive a high life style.I have seen a picture of Hattie once at my auntCarolyn's house..she also had a picture of George louise Robertson ibeleive.....wonderful tintypes.....i hope to get a copy made someday forthis book.
He had 2 heartatttacks in dec of 1997 is ok for now, Santee and Shawneeare adopted twins.......Mike and family live in Camp Verde Az. terry ison the tribal counsel and Mike workes at the casino there......
He had 2 heartatttacks in dec of 1997 is ok for now, Santee and Shawneeare adopted twins.......Mike and family live in Camp Verde Az. terry ison the tribal counsel and Mike workes at the casino there......
He had 2 heartatttacks in dec of 1997 is ok for now, Santee and Shawneeare adopted twins.......Mike and family live in Camp Verde Az. terry ison the tribal counsel and Mike workes at the casino there......
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2 PLAC Social Security #: 497-22-7458
2 SOUR Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date of Import: Aug 5, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.74247.132
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2 PLAC Last residence: NM 87112
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2 PLAC State of issue: MO
1 _MDCL had brown hair and eyes olive complexion medium build
[Brderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records:U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with S, Date ofImport: Aug 5, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.74247.132]Individual: Spurgeon, George
Birth date: Jul 7, 1926
Death date: Aug 1966
Social Security #: 497-22-7458
Last residence: NM 87112
State of issue: MOGeorge was my father, he loved to hunt and fish and play softball orbaseball.
he bought land on Val Varde ranch up by Taos New Mexico and built a cabinthere, it was his favorite place. He meet my mother Pauline while theywere in highschool, Boliver High in Boliver Missouri,he went in to theAir Force at the end of World War II and was a tail gunner in a B-52Bomber.He didnt see alot of action cause the war ended soon after heenlisted, They had a turkey farm in warrensburg Missouri, hundreds ofturkys, chickens ect. After the war buisness wasnt good so they sold thefarm and he went to work at Ceasna Aircraft company, then for Boeing.Later there were layoffs and he went to Wisconsin and went to work forCyress Leary they made the big equipment machines road grators ect, helearned to read blueprints working there. In 1959 they came to Alb. NewMexico and he went to work for ACF as a forman. They made top secretstuff for the goverment. He got cancer about 1963 aand had severalsurgeries ect was written up in the newspaper ect. He still played balland hunted even while in pain ect. he died at Presbyterian Hospital inAlb. New Mexico and is buried in Santa Fe New Mexico at the veteranscemetary.
I miss him alot I was young when he died and no matter what they saygirls need there dad too.
he wasnt perfect but he was my dad!
She is 5ft 10 inches tall, aburn hair, green eyes, and olive complextion.Pretty lady. Went to beautition school in Harrington Kanas and dated myfather George R . Spurgeon There nicknames in high school were "Spud"for my dad and " Streak" for her. She had a streak in the front of herhair.She used to babysit kids and do ironing on the side when we werelittle for extra money. She remembers when she was a child and went toher Grandma and Granpa's. They would help around the farm. Canning food,putting things down in the root cellar. She used to suck her fingers andremembers grandma Hawkins scolding her for it. So she would hide and suckthem!!
Steve loved to hunt and fish and fight. He enlisted in the Marines andwent to Viet Nam. He was only there a few weeks and was killed in the tetoffensive. He is buried in Santa Fe New Mexico at veterans cemetery withDad (george R)
He wa s18 years old and didnt have a chance to live much. He would havebeen a good man. We were all proud of him.
She is 5ft 10 inches tall, aburn hair, green eyes, and olive complextion.Pretty lady. Went to beautition school in Harrington Kanas and dated myfather George R . Spurgeon There nicknames in high school were "Spud"for my dad and " Streak" for her. She had a streak in the front of herhair.She used to babysit kids and do ironing on the side when we werelittle for extra money. She remembers when she was a child and went toher Grandma and Granpa's. They would help around the farm. Canning food,putting things down in the root cellar. She used to suck her fingers andremembers grandma Hawkins scolding her for it. So she would hide and suckthem!!
Steve loved to hunt and fish and fight. He enlisted in the Marines andwent to Viet Nam. He was only there a few weeks and was killed in the tetoffensive. He is buried in Santa Fe New Mexico at veterans cemetery withDad (george R)
He wa s18 years old and didnt have a chance to live much. He would havebeen a good man. We were all proud of him.
Shannon Dawn was from chuck's first wife. Brandy Mariha fromLeslie.Brandy was in Texas as late as 1994. Chuck shot himself in thehead about 10 years ago he has lived with mom ever since. He drives a carect but isnt what he used to be,
Shannon Dawn was from chuck's first wife. Brandy Mariha fromLeslie.Brandy was in Texas as late as 1994. Chuck shot himself in thehead about 10 years ago he has lived with mom ever since. He drives a carect but isnt what he used to be,
1 NAME Timothy /Maurer/
2 SOUR S12338
We were divorced in 1977 in New Mexico. He was a violent man. Never didpay any child support or visit his children. I remarried Franklin JoesephOpdyke on Dec. 26 1987 in Alb. New Mexico. . And he is Papa to the grandchildren. I'm Opy not Grandma!
TIM DIED HERE IN ALB. NEW MEXICO..
HE DIED FROM A DRUG AND ALCHOHAL OVER DOSE.. HE WAS CREAMATED AND HISAHSES SPREAD UP AT SANDIA CREST,, HE DIED OCT 7 1996 WE DIDNT FIND OUTTILL AUG 2000. I HAVE HIS OBIT AND DEATH CERTIFICATE. OBIT WAS IN OCT10TH 19996 Paper. his mother died in the late 1980s in santa fe from aheart attack......she was a alchohic also...his father was too. he diedin the 1970s i beleive in ohio...he had a kidney transplat years ago.hissocial security number was 585-34-9451 still know it after all theseyears~[Genealogy.com, Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 L-Z, Ed. 9, SocialSecurity Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Nov 7, 2000, Internal Ref.#1.112.9.23217.118]Individual: Maurer, Timothy
Social Security #: 585-32-9451
Issued in: New MexicoBirth date: May 22, 1950
Death date: Oct 7, 1996
Residence code: PE (Death reported by the Old Age, Survivors & DisabilityInsurance or the Supplemental Security Income programs)ZIP Code of last known residence: 87107
Location associated with this ZIP Code:Albuquerque, New Mexico
My father George Robertson Spurgeon met my mother Alice Pauline Hawkinswhile they were going to Bolivar High School in Bolivar Missouri. He wentinto the Airforce towards the end of World War II. He was a tail gunnerin a B-52 Airplane. My mother went to beauty college in HarringtonKansas. They were married in December 20, 1946 in Junction City Kanas.After the war they
had a farm.They had hundreds of chickens, turkeys cows ect. In fact thefarm house they later discovered was built by my mothers gr. gr.granfather Robert Newton Hawkins as they found a plaque on the back ofthe house. Any way after the war the bottom fell out of the turkeybussiness and they moved to Milwalkee Wisconsin so dad could work atBycyrus Erie, they made heavy equipment for building roads ect. Here helearned how to read blueprints and inspect parts. Here was where mybrother chuck was born.
They went back to Whicita Kansas for awhile and dadworked at Boeing Airplane Plant and at Ceasna Airplane plant. They builtthe little white house in Cheney Kansas and I was born in Whicita Kansason September 02,1955. The house was a nice little house. I remember ithad wood floors. I had a white cat named Honey. She had one blue eye andone green. She had kittens in the kitchen. My brothers were alwaysclimbing the water tower across the street and getting in trouble.It hada cellar where everyone would go when there was a Tornado.
We moved to Albuquerque New Mexico in 1959. Dad went towork at a plant called A. C. F. down on Broadway. He was a inspecter.They made top secret stuff. Nuclear. Dad and uncle Jr. (mom's brother)went hunting alot. Dad loved to hunt deer with a bow and arrow and wasvery good. They ran across some land up by Taos New Mexico and bought it.Jr. later sold his. Dad built a cabin on ours. Now it is on the same landas the Viet Nam Memorial. Which is ironic sense Steve was killed there inthe war. Where the memorial is I remember my brothers and I going Cyotehunting at nite with flashlights! We spent alot of time there as kidstill dad got sick. We all learned how to shoot a bow and guns and fish.One of dads favorite hunting places was Black Lake. Across the highwayand now lays behind Angel Fire Ski Resort. He had a tendency to catch adeer on the run and shoot it in the butt!!! We always had to walk milesand follow the blood trail till we found it. Dad would not waste animals!Then he would section it up and we would pack it back. Steve shot hisfirst little buck up there when he was a young teenager.
I remember walking miles as a little girl about 6 or 7years old. But I didnot want to be left behind. I would get so tired andjust be dragging. But the boys told me if I ever whined or slowed themdown I couldn't go again. So I kept up!!!
My parents bought a few houses in Alb. One on GracelandN.E. and one on Betts N.E. and finally settled in the house at 11006Snowheights N. E.
Honey my cat was run over not to long after we moved there. Later I got acat named Taffey who I had for years and loved to death. When I waslittle we would play hid and seek with each other.
Daddycame down with Melonomia Cancer in Jan of 1963. He had several surgery'sand tried experimental treatments. Nothing worked. But he played baseballand hunted as long as he could. I remember him playing ball with stitchsin his leg.I know he was in pain but played his hardest any way. Heworked for a while with Harold Groves who opened a Archery center. Himand dad made the original Spitfire bows(recurve) and later the compoundbows. The cancer finally won and he died June13,1966. He had been in Newyork trying a new treatment and slipped into a coma. Mom and a friendBill Mc Adamms rented a little Cesena plane and flew up and brought himback to Alb. HE died at Presbyterian Hospital. I was 11 years old. Dadwas no angel he had his falts but I thoght alot of him as any little girldoes of her daddy. He had many friends and there was a long line of carsat the funeral going to Santa Fe where he is buried with Steve in theNational Cemetery. He was a Christian and went to church almost everySunday and so did we! His father Roy died before he did from throatCancer here in Alb. Dorothy died years later
Mom is a strongwoman, pretty and stuborn, had a hard life but always hung in there, sheused to babysit and iron peoples clothes for ect mony when dad was sickShe is a hell of a lady just wish I could be more like her!
As for me I married Tim Iwas 16 years old and very foolish. He was a acholholic and violent. Istayed with him 6 and half years. Had three children Tamantha Jamie andPaula I married again a Eddie Hopper we were together 2 years he wasviolent also. Then I married John Curkendall we were together for 3 yearsbut he was in army and never home I needed help. Then Married FrankOpdyke we have been together 10 years he is a good man and was a dad tothe girls. I have always worked hard and did the best I could at thetime. The twins had multiple learning problems and epilepsy tammy hadlearning problems with math..They all had hard teenage years running awaydrinking drugs ect. Frank and I seperated in Jan. 1997 I have filed for adivorce, it is hard on everyone, but there wont be another husband.I havemoved to Phoenix Az. Im working as a Emissions Inspector for the statehard work hot as hell but is not bad paying and has benifits. Tammy movedhere in April 1997 has had some hard luck money, ect ill be 42 nextweek....Tammy has moved back to Alb. and is divorcing Donny.......not unexpected,,,Jamie got married to James Ball they are still in Va, and sheseems happy....well is April1998 and james and jamie got married lastDecember....shes preg. again due in sept. they are thinking maybe twins!paula has a boy friend and tammys got a job at norwest bank.Jamie had aboy.James Stephen Larkin Ball. Sept 15th 1998 in va. she doing good.icame back from phx az... things werent good there but got the divorcedone.was final Oct 19th 1998.is sad so many years wasted but is the wayof the world I guess.It has been hard on me and my girls. They feeldevoted to frank and they should in alot of ways but i have been made outthe bad guy...Jamie and paula have stayed ok with me but tammy and I arenot the same anymore..........i miss them all but they dont understand Iguess, but they are all adults.I am working for Palm harbor homes as aservice tech 55 hours a week. Im getting to old for this working likethis but have to take care of myself.No one wants to take care of me asfar as my girls go anyways,im still the bad guy i guess.Have a boyfriendhe is a very kind man and hard worker. wants to get married but i wont dothat again.Mom is 70 years old now,pappa health is failing.Jamie is stillin va with james and kids and paula is here with her boyfriend shesdivorced now from Carl. Lost custody of the kids.Guess ill never see themagain.....ritchie and faith. I sent b days and xmas to them anyways/Tammyis in town with boyfriend greg and girls. Clorissa is 6 yrs old now andali is 2 really cute.Tammy isnt happy tho....worried for her but shedoesnt talk to me any more much/maybe 1999 will be better for all of us!
