Wind Cowan Olds Cont.
Vera Wind Spaulding, Grand Marshal of the Clayton Brickyard Day Parade, August 4, 2007. She was surrounded by her son George, two daughters, grandchildren and her cousin Minnie Westby Hayworth.
Frances Marie Wind Wieshaar, Born Dec. 28th 1914 and died Dec.1st. 1999 and her little Sister Vera born in 1920.
Vera Wind Spaulding with her Son George.
Then along came the Olds family with a number of girls, one of which was Helen Olds shown with her younger cousin while at the railroad section house at Boyd, WA.
The Olds family of Deer Park and later Loon Lake, Ida, Mary, Helen, Frances and Tom holding little Susan.
Grandma Christina holding Baby George Spaulding. Vera Spaulding, Fred Wind Jr., and his little daughters Karen and Susan.
Ole Wind and Olga Westby Wind's wedding picture, 1911.
Bill Wind was the first of Wilhelm and Christinas sons. He was born in Racine and never married. He died in Clayton in 1935.
Olga Westby Wind with her Mother Kate, Oscar Westby and an unidetified Westby cousin
Mrs. Ida Olds Norby 2007. It would appear she has had a good and happy life. She and Mae Fischback still correspond even to this day. Now that is what you call old friends as they near 100.
Fred Wind and Jr.
Susan's Mom and Dad in 1996. Helen and Fred Wind with a quilt given to them by their daughter Karen. The quilt squares were given to Helen Olds when she was a teacher and principal at Loon Lake Elementary by her students. Karen made the squares into this quilt.
Vera Wind Spaulding, with her son George and her two daughters, Gayle on the left and Christina on the far right. Thank you Susan Wind Simpson, again.
From the 19th Century the 20th and into the 21st Century. All three names died, Wind, Cowan and Olds which is amazing concidering the huge family. However the blood lines of the Wind and Olds still flow. Here is Susan Wind ( Her Mother was an Olds) and Bob Simpson with their children and grand children. All is not lost.
Bob and Susan Simpson, 2007. Without them these two albums would not exist. The CDPHS Website is very gratefull to these genealogists.
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Two of Ole and Olga Wind's children, Alfred and Frances. Taken in 1917 before Vera was born in 1920. Sadly Alfred died only a few months later.
The Cowan Family long after George Cowan died. Back row. Frank Cowan, Harry (Toots) Cowan, Rienhold Weishaar, Mike Cowan. Front row. And Mother of the clan Christina Cowan and Emma Cowan. Sadly the Cowan name and blood line died even though there were four Cowan offspring. Two never married and the other two had no children. This directly from the family Geneologist Susan Wind Simpson.
Mr. George Cowan with his wife Christina.
A 1905 Photo of Christina, Mike and Emma Cowan.
Only two of these young men can be identified, lower left is Ole Wind and upper right is Susan Wind Simpson's Grandfather, Fred Wind.
Mike Cowan 1905. He was the baby of the family who was really George William Cowan Jr. He never married and lived on the ranch all his life. He died in 1963.
Adam Wind was the second son of Wilhelm and Christina. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1885 and died at the age of 8 in Clayton. He is buried on the ranch property.
Robert Simpson and Fred Wind pushing the limit in 1967. Bob & his and wife Susan last visited the area in about 1986.
Fred Wind Sr. 1905
Miss Ida Olds Graduation picture in the year 1927
1926 Tom and Frances Olds with Mary, Helen and Ida.
Fred and Lena Wind with Son Fred
This old photogragh is the wedding picture of Tom and Frances Olds, the parents of Susan Wind Simpson's Mother.
The eldest of the Olds sisters, Mary Mildred Olds, a Deer Park High School graduate.
What a fitting finale to this family history. The following are the words as written by the Wind Cowan Olds Genealogist, Susan Wind Simpson. "This is my grandmother, Frances McNeil Olds (my mothers mother). She was a tiny lady with a big heart. She died in her sleep October 31, 1966. It was the first major loss in my young life. I still have her old treadle sewing machine on which she made her three daughters' baby clothes and my (and my sisters') special dresses, and my own wedding dress. I treasure it."
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