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Family picture ca. 1898 (John Macrander & Sarah Frances Arthur)
Johannes (John) Macrander (*1819-†1910) at his farm home near Westboro, Atchison County, Missouri. He came to the Port of Baltimore, Maryland 10 June 1840, on the sailing bark "Emil" from Rotterdam, NL. The journey was 69 days at sea. The Prussian owned bark was constructed in Stettin, Prussia (now in Poland). John came to join his elder brother, Dr. Johann Friedrich Jacob Macrander, M.D. who was married and had been in Frederick, Maryland since about 1837.
John Albert Macrander (*1843-†1921) and adult children. He was the second son of Dr. Johann Friedrich Jacob Macrander, M.D. originally of Wetzlar, Prussia. John Albert Macrander was born in Harrisburg, Daupine County, Pennsylvania. The family was next in Big Lick (now the City of Roanoke), Roanoke County, Virginia.
Dr. Jacob Macrander died in 1859, leaving his widow with three teenage sons and a younger daughter. Within a year or so, the sons became soldiers in the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.). George Henry Macrander was in an Infantry regiment, John Albert Macrander was in a Cavalry regiment, and the youngest son, Charles A. Macrander was in a Horse Artillery unit. After the conflict ended, the younger sister married a fellow soldier serving with her brother George Henry Macrander in the Infantry.
Dr. Jacob Macrander died in 1859, leaving his widow with three teenage sons and a younger daughter. Within a year or so, the sons became soldiers in the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.). George Henry Macrander was in an Infantry regiment, John Albert Macrander was in a Cavalry regiment, and the youngest son, Charles A. Macrander was in a Horse Artillery unit. After the conflict ended, the younger sister married a fellow soldier serving with her brother George Henry Macrander in the Infantry.
John Macrander & Sarah Francis Arthur, 1895
John David Macrander & Cora May (Mumford) Macrander, circa 1910, near Westboro, Atchison County, Missouri.
1914 - The home in Lincoln Township near Westboro, Atchison Co., MO, where Lawrence Carol Macrander grew up. He is 3rd from the right side, about age 9 yrs. His siblings called him "Tuffy" a slang form of tough boy.
The photo on the right is made before 1898, it includes John David Macrander and wife Cora May Mumford and their two children, Gae Lenore Macrander and Wayne Orley Macrander, sitting as the second family from the left.
The photo was made at the farm home of Josias Mumford who served in the Union Army in the 4th Iowa Volunteer regiment of Infantry.
The photo was made at the farm home of Josias Mumford who served in the Union Army in the 4th Iowa Volunteer regiment of Infantry.
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1: Josiah Don Macrander
2: Cora May Macrander-Mumford
3: John David Macrander
4: Arthur David Ward
5: Thomas Ward
6: Walter Elmer Ward
7: Mary Elizabeth Dack-Ward-Macrander
8: Silas Frank Wood
9: Frances Hanna Wood-Dack
10: George Oliver Macrander
11: Ida L. Macrander-Wilson
12: Bertha Ellen Larabee-Macrander
13: Eva Lena Miller-Macrander
2: Cora May Macrander-Mumford
3: John David Macrander
4: Arthur David Ward
5: Thomas Ward
6: Walter Elmer Ward
7: Mary Elizabeth Dack-Ward-Macrander
8: Silas Frank Wood
9: Frances Hanna Wood-Dack
10: George Oliver Macrander
11: Ida L. Macrander-Wilson
12: Bertha Ellen Larabee-Macrander
13: Eva Lena Miller-Macrander
14: Maude Olive Foust-Macrander
15: Sarah Jane Macrander-Webb
16: Gaye Leonora Macrander-Barger
17: Wayne Orley Macrander
18: Harry Jolson Ward
19: John Everrett Ward
20: Elbert Orville Ward
21: John Macrander
22: Sarah Frances Macrander-Arthur
23: Zerah Todd Macrander
24: William Thomas Macrander
25: Charles Orville Macrander
15: Sarah Jane Macrander-Webb
16: Gaye Leonora Macrander-Barger
17: Wayne Orley Macrander
18: Harry Jolson Ward
19: John Everrett Ward
20: Elbert Orville Ward
21: John Macrander
22: Sarah Frances Macrander-Arthur
23: Zerah Todd Macrander
24: William Thomas Macrander
25: Charles Orville Macrander
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Macrander homestead, build in ca. 1935. Wayne Orley Macrander built the house of adobe bricks, beam ceilings, sawmill roof rafters and decking. Photo was made by Russell Lee, 'Farm Security Administration' (FSA) in 1940. Wind driven battery charger provided power for a direct current audio modulated (AM) radio broadcast receiver. West ridge of Mariano Mesa is behind the homesite. The barn is to the right rear. (Sec 11, T2n, R15W, Catron Co., NM, approximately 6 miles N. of Omega on U.S. Hwy 60.)
Summer session music lesson in adobe home of Floy E. (Farnsworth) Macrander, ca. 1940. In the living room at adobe home of Wayne Orley and Floy Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Macrander. In 1935, Floy was employed by the 'Works Progress Administration' (WPA) in the 'Federal Music Project' (FMP) as a music instructor. She taught each week for two days at 'Rural Mountain View School' and three days in town at Quemado 'Grade' and 'High School'. During Summer break, she gave group lessons in her home. The piano was given to neighbors when Macranders, sold the homestead in the 1940s. (Sec 11, T2n, R15W, Catron Co., NM, approximately 6 miles N. of Omega on U.S. Hwy 60.)
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John Macrander (*1819-†1910) & Sarah Francis Arthur in the 1870-1880's era
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