Ralph E. Phelps newspaper Article

From a scrapbook of Ralph's sister Lillian Phelps:

Ralph Phelps & Grandson Jack Givens

The following snip is from Lilly Hoover's address book which had addresses as well as notes about family. here is the entry for the birth of Jack Givens, the grandson of Ralph Phelps. Years ago I unfortunately found out, online that jack died in an auto accident. He was survived by his wife and one son, Robert Ronzio Givens

Here is the newspaper clipping obituary for Ralph Phelps

Phelps & Wilson 1953

Al Wilson Jr., Herma Phelps, Jack Givens (Grandson), Ralph Phelps, Oklahoma 1953

Lillian'a Wedding Announcement

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More Ralph Phelps photos from the 1914 California Fair. Sorry for the bad scanning job.

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Pictures taken by Ralph Phelps at the 1914 California Fair. This might explain similar pictures in a previous post. I will c ordinate it all once I am done uploading the scrapbook.

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Ralph Phelps with what must be his daughter Patty in the top right photo. Ralph and Herma in bottom left photo and Herma and Patty in lower right photo. I haven't looked at these photos in so long I am remembering what I can as I post them, which is not the professional way to do it but its too late now.

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Ralph Phelps in the lower left hand picture with a baby. Not sure if it is his daughter Patty or another baby

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Top left and middle photos of Herma Phelps. Not sure of far right. Bottom left is Lillian and Herma. The bottom right is Herma and Ralph

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Top left is Ralph Phelps. Top right is Lillian with Ralph behind the screen door. Bottom left is Ralph and the bottom right are his wife Herma and his sister Lillian

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I'm uncertain who these are or where they were taken. The man in the top left could possibly be Ralph Phelps, but I am not sure. Not sure if the others are of his daughter Patty. Clearly I am going to have to go back to the scrapbook and try to remove the photos to see if there are names

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Top left is Lillian. The middle picture is Herma Phelps and her daughter Patty Phelps. Patty was a first cousin of my father and is the mother of my late cousin Jack Givens. The bottom left is Herma and Lillian. Ralph and Herma moved to Oklahoma City, but I think these pictures were taken in Indianapolis.

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Photo on the bottom left is Lillian and her brother Ralph Phelps. I am uncertain of the rest. I really only remember meeting my Great Uncle Ralph Phelps once in Oklahoma City OK in 1977. My dad, me and Uncle Ralph went to dinner at a local mall. I remember him as a very nice and interesting man. I wish I had written down notes after our meeting, or made a recording of him talking as was my habit back then. Every Christmas since I was a teenager he sent me $100 as a present. Back in the 60's and 70's to a kid that was a fortune. It is still a pretty good amount. I always wrote him a thank you note with an update on what I and my family were doing. He is survived by a great grandson who is the only other surviving family member I know of. His grandson Jack Givens unfortunately was killed in a car accident back in the 1990's. We used to correspond once in a while. He was a bank President in St. Louis with Mark Twain Bank as I recall.

I just remembered the young woman in the top middle picture is Herma Phelps, the wife of Ralph Phelps. I do not know her maiden name. So it is likely the unknowns in this picture are related to her side of the family.

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Top left photo is Ralph Phelps and 3 unknowns. Top right is Kate Bender, Perry Hoover, 3 unknowns and what might be Harry Phelps on the right in the cowboy hat. The woman with the horse on the bottom left is unknown. Te bottom right photo is from 1901 and is starting from the far right, Lilly Hoover, Kate Bender, Amy Phelps, Harry Phelps, Perry Hoover and I think it is Cary Hoover and maybe his wife or another woman. I have conflicting information on two copies of this photo. The other photos have no dates

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Another page from Lillian's scrapbook. I believe the young man in the middle of the top row is her brother Ralph Phelps. I am not sure of the others aside from Lillian.

Harry E. Phelps & Amy Rose (Hoover) Phelps

Amy Rose Phelps

Harry E. Phelps

Another page from Lillian's scrapbook. This one contains a newspaper article dated March 5, 1910, concerning the suicide of her father, Harry. E. Phelps. Also on this page is a small obit for her mother Amy Ros Phelps, and a picture showing her brother Ralph Phelps.

Perry & Cary Hoover 75th Birthday Celebration

Here is a newspaper clipping dated, September 15, 1907, from an Indianapolis Indiana newspaper concerning a family birthday celebration for Lillian's grandfather Perry Hoover and his twin Cary Hoover. Five year old Lillian is in the front row. Other markings point to Lillian's brother Ralph Phelps, her aunt Lilly Hoover, sister of Amy Hoover Phelps who was Lillian's mother. I included two additional pages from the scrapbook.

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