After Aunt Mary’s funeral, I received a box of her personal items. Here are the contents of the box.
Dennis Bussey, Aunt Mary’s nephew - December 29, 2011
Forty-four cards and love letters from Mary’s husband
Zan were bound in this package.
This poem was enclosed in one of Zan’s letters.
Mary’s Bible had these inserts and items taped inside the cover
Mary’s High School diploma and related documents
Note the Class Motto:
Do more; wish less
The following epistle is by Mary’s brother Carlton Dean
The following two documents are by Joe Bussey, husband of Mary’s sister Marge.
Note in this letter Joe Bussey states. “For the period 25 July 1934 to 10 May 1945 I served continuously aboard the battleship U.S.S. California BB44....I was participating in operations of war in foreign waters...”
The following document connects the Gilchrist to the Revolutionary war.
The following two letters by Mary’s nephew Dennis Bussey were to the entire Gilchrist family.
The following letter by Mary’s sister Ellen documents the events surrounding the 1981 funeral of Mary’s nephew Wayne Bussey
Following is Mary’s niece Susan Frank's account of the 1987 family reunion at Silver City, South Dakota
Following are three nearly identical presentations of the Gilchrist genealogy
Version 1 - 3 pages
Version 2 - 4 pages
Version 3 - 7 pages
Mary’s grandmother on he mother’s side was Mary Turner, born in 1856. Following is the Turner family history including Humphrey Turner who emigrated to America from Essex, England in about 1628. 5 pages
