Okay, while we're talking about names . . .
Naming is important, I say. Parents have a responsibility to find the name that fits, and they hope the child will like it. We wondered if Lola would like her name. She does. I saw Ann; she seemed too petite for two names, so we just called her Ann. That made her our only child without a middle name, and it also made her mad for a while, but I think she got over it. Andrew has never liked his middle name, Harold, but it was for Harold B Lee and seemed to have stature.
Here are our names.
I am Alyce Carol Brimley. Alyce for my aunt Alice, but my mother spelled it her own way. I am known as Carol. BTW, my sister Janeen is Donna Janeen, Bill is Anthony Wilford, Sterling is Sterling Nelson, and Lucile is Mary Lucile. My parents are Wilford Charles and Lola Samantha Nelson Brimley.
I married Wayne Gordon Schiess. His parents are Charles Golden and Doris Averil Corkum Schiess, his sister is Kate Ellen.
Wayne and I have seven children. They are:
Wayne Charles
Paul Brian
Lola Janeen
Andrew Harold
Richard Joseph
Alyce Lucile
Ann
Here are our grandchildren, and I'm going from memory. Let's see how I do.
Wayne married Paula. Their children: Sarah Jean, Cory Suzanne, and Anna Rae. After their divorce, he married Kimberli Jensen. Their children: Davis Wayne, Noah Stewart, and Logan Cage.
Paul married Natasha Marie Haus. Their children: Peter Golden and Caroline Marie.
Lola married Jeffrey Lynn Scaggs. Their children: Shane Anthony, Patrick Andrew, Bryan Jeffrey, and Clayton Oliver.
Andrew married Michelle Lea Boley. Their children: Jacob Andrew, Aaron Joseph, and Nicholas Paul.
Richard married Sarah Michelle Derbowka. Their children: Penelope Jane and Sarah's daughters, Jasmyne Dawn Carol Bahr and Lena Mekare Bahr. (I had to look up Sarah's girls' middle names.) Richard and Sarah are currently "discussing" a name for the child to be born in June. Update: boy, Axel Brimley Schiess, born June 18, 2009.
Alyce will marry Benjamin Craig Larsen May 1, 2009. Correct me if I'm wrong here about his name.
Ann married Jeremy Darrell Darrington. Their children: Charles Xavier and John Fitzwilliam.
7 comments:
The only error I see is on Jeremy's name--it's Jeremy Darrell Darrington; his middle name is for his father, Darrell.
I have it on good authority that Andrew never really liked his first name, either. But plenty of people have told him they like it. So maybe he is just a malcontent.
Wow, Phyllis, the things a person learns from a blog. I never knew that, of course, being very fond of the name myself. No doubt I'm the one who chose it.
I notice he used it as a middle name for one of his sons. I thought that could mean he liked it or it might mean that he threw the name away in the middle.
Malcontent. Hope not.
you are correct. Benjamin Craig Larsen. Craig for his father. Ben is the 7th generation in his family where the eldest son in the family had a son first. I don't know how to say that right. Anyway, there's a lot of pressure for us to have a boy first. Don't want to break the streak. But Ben has told me that he won't leave me if we have a girl first. Haha.
Dear Michelangelo,
This is your mother speaking. I'd like to see you married first.
Hello, Carol:
Your mother, Lola Samantha Nelson was my second cousin twice removed since she was the daughter of Anton Peter Madsen and his wife, Samantha. Therefore you are my third cousin once removed.
Anton Peter Madsen was the brother of my second great grandfather, Christian Madsen, and they were both the sons of Jacob Christianson Madsen and his wife Dorthea Christine Jensen Madsen.
My second great grandfather, Christian, came to America in 1853 at the age of 9 years old with friends of his parents. The rest of his family did not arrive in America for a few years, since they were in the process of attempting to sell all of their worldly possessions after joining the LDS church. Their last son, Jacob Madsen, was born in Utah in 1860.
Nice to meet you here! Best Regards, Della Dale Smith-Pistelli. I live in Texas now but am originally from Southern California. If you would like to correspond with me, please contact me at either dellasmith77833@yahoo.com or dellasmith77833@gmail.com
P.S. I have a website I use for my genealogical research, and here is a link to Wilford Charles Brimley's page there:
http://www.geni.com/people/Wilford-Brimley/6000000007362389700?through=6000000005962395493
Dear Carol:
Wanted to also mention I read the story about your husband that you wrote in 2009 six years after his death. It made me cry and it also made me smile, and I didn't even know him. Interesting that he was born in Santa Monica, which is near where I grew up. Also noticed that Wilford Charles Brimley and Lola Samantha Nelson Brimley lived on Pelham Avenue in West Los Angeles during 1940. I lived about 2 blocks from there in 1968 on Selby Avenue, which is just a few blocks from the Los Angeles LDS Temple.
Hope you had a nice birthday with your son Andrew as I noticed he is 43 years old today.
Hope to communicate with you soon, since you are my third cousin once removed and all of your children are my 4th cousins. I was surprised to see that your son, Wayne lived in Austin, Texas. Is he still in Texas? I live about half way between Austin and Houston in a small town of 16,000 people called Brenham, the home of Blue Bell ice cream. That's about all this little burb is known for, other than being in Washington County, which was the birthplace of Texas in 1836.
Best Regards,
Della Dale Smith-Pistelli
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