Charles C. and Martha Jane Crawley – Family Photos
I believe in miracles, how ever small they may be. While corresponding with Rick Lawrence, an online researcher I had connected with through genealogy.com on my Crawley family, I witnessed one. He mentioned receiving some scans of photographs of my 3rd Great Grandparents Charles C. Crawley and Martha Jane Aubrey from some connections in Austin, Texas. (Janie Parrish?) The owner of the photos had found the picture of Martha quite comical as it looked as though she was holding a cigar in her hand.
When Rick forwarded the pictures to me, I touched them up a bit and sent them back, and kept thinking that the picture of Charles looked quite familiar. I looked back through the old photocopies that my mother had made from my Great Grandparents collection, and there it was staring me in the face… the unlabeled match to the picture I had just received by email. It was slightly different, as though it had been taken a moment before or after the previous one, but it was surely a match. A little miracle.
And for future reference, it was a not a cigar at all. As I retouched the photo, what appeared to be a cigar between Martha’s fingers was actually the spine of the family bible. In one of my other family photos of this time-period I’ve noticed the wife with the family bible in hand. Perhaps this was a traditional thing? It sure does change your perception on Martha versus the cigar, doesn’t it?
Charles C. Crawley
Birth – 13 May 1830, Georgia
Death – 28 Nov 1884, Yell, Arkansas
Burial – Parks Cem., Gravelly, Yell, Arkansas
Martha Jane Aubrey
Birth – 1 Jan 1838, Arkansas
Death – 6 Mar 1926, Texas
Burial – Fairview Cemetery
Charles C. Crawley and his wife Martha Jane Aubrey Crawley
The photocopy of the unlabeled photograph of Charles C. Crawley that came from my Great Grandparents in the 1970's.
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Seeing these photos gave me chills! To think I am able to see photos of my Geat-Great-Great Grand Parents is truely amazing. I am decended from Francis “Fannie” Victoria Weems Crawley (01/23/1857–6/21/1945) Her Parents were Charles And Martha. Finding this site and information is truely amazing. If there are any more photos I would love to see them.
I’m sure that I have a picture of Fannie. My G. Grandmother kept an old photo album filled with photos of her family. Unfortunately, none of the photos are labeled. There is one page that is filled with photos of a group of older women who I believe to be the Crawley sisters (my G. Grandmother’s aunts and her mother). I was able to get scans of all the photos. Perhaps I can take some time and send you a copy and you can see if you can recognize her in the group.
Sorry, forgot to list my email if youhave any other information with regard to the Crawley side of the family or Francis Weems Crawley, photos etc. weemzer333@yahoo.com. Thank you again and for all the great information.