Minnie Pearl Wilson

Minnie Pearl Wilson was my great-grandmother.  I have many fond memories of visiting with her during my youth.  

This is my favorite photo of Grandma Wilson (Minnie Pearl Hatfield Wilson).  It was taken about 1911 on the Rooker Ranch near Red Rock, New Mexico.  Grandpa Wilson (Charles B Wilson) worked on the ranch.  I really like the colorized version of this photo.

Grandma Wilson would take her 22 rifle out to hunt for a rabbit or squirrel so she would have meat to cook dinner for her family. 

 

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Charles and Pearl Wilson

 Charles and Pearl (Hatfield) Wilson

Charles B Wilson and Minnie Pearl Hatfield are my great-grandparents.  I have many memories of visiting Grandma Wilson (Minnie Pearl) at her little house in Cortez, Colorado.  As a young child, I would walk with Maymie from her house to Grandma Wilson's house.  Sometimes Grandma Wilson would send me out in her garden to pick peas, tomatoes, or green beans.  She also had a small flower garden with the sweetest smelling flowers.  

Pearl and Charles Wilson

Before and after Comparison

Wilson Family Photos

 Wilson Family in Color

Charles B Wilson and Minnie Pearl Hatfield Wilson are my great-grandparents on my paternal grandmother's line

Wilson Family Homestead 1918

Wilson family 1918
(Charles B. Wilson and Minnie Pearl Hatfield) 

in front of the Dry Valley home near Monticello. Picture taken about 1918.

Back row: Grandma Wilson, Vern, Maymie

Dad Wilson is holding Pat 
Front row: Alma, John, Buck 

Alfred Hatfield is on the horse and Susie is on the far right standing behind the post

Color comparison of the Wilson Homestead

Charles "B" Wilson and Minnie Pearl Hatfield Family 1926
Back row: Alma, Buck, John, Maymie
Front seated: Dad Wilson, Pat, Pearl
Picture taken at Bug Point, Utah about 1926

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clmroots: Wilson's Utah Homestead 

Hatfield Photos - Before and After

Martin and Nancy (McNeil) Hatfield

 Below are Hatfield photos before and after being colorized and enhanced at MyHeritage.com.  I really like the improved photo.  Martin and Nancy are my 2nd great-grandparents.  Both had passed away before I was born, so I never had a chance to meet them during their lifetimes.  But, the colorized photo makes me feel like I knew them.

Before and after being colorized and enhanced.

Hatfield Family Before & After

Above photo comparison of the Hatfield Family 1917
Son, Will and wife, Myrtle, and their daughters: Elsie and Mildred;
Daughter Blanche and son Alfred

Back row: Myrtle, Will, Blanche, Alfred

Front row: Nancy, Elsie, Martin holding Mildred

The red cross on Elsie's dress could have something to do with WWI?

Hatfield Oklahoma Homestead before and after

Left to right: Clinton holding horses, Alfred holding puppy, Grace holding horses, Martin holding a rifle, Nancy, Anna holding a rifle.  This photo was not dated, but guessing from the ages of the children, the photo was taken about 1909.

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Hatfield Brothers Reunion 1915

Hatfield Brothers Reunion

Boone, Iowa, October 1915

L to R: Hiram V Hatfield, Albert W Hatfield, Martin Monroe Hatfield, Henry S Hatfield

The above photocopy of the Hatfield brothers was taken in October 1915 in Boone, Iowa.  The brothers had gathered together for a reunion.  They were the four remaining brothers (out of seven) of parents John Martin Hatfield and Martha Jay.

The following news article reported on the reunion.

Boone News Republican, Saturday, 16 Oct 1915, Boone, Iowa

Reunion of the Hatfield Family

H.V. Hatfield, Wamego, Kans., M.M. Hatfield, Smith Center, Kans., and H.S. Hatfield, Lehigh, Iowa, are visiting at the home of their brother, A.W. Hatfield, 11 West Ninth Street.

The brothers are greatly enjoying the reunion, some of them not having seen each other for thirty-four years. 

They are all surprised and pleased in the wonderful growth and improvements in Boone since last visiting here.