Our Family History
Here is a Wedding picture of my (Tim Hinds) mom and dad. This was sent to me by my uncle Bill along with some other interesting photo's of my family's history.
Herbert and Gertrude Hinds, Married on August 6th 1955 in Kansasville, Wisconsin and today have been married for over 52 years.
On this page I will share some photos and a little history perhaps of my immediate family and their ancestors. I will also tell the story of how I became interested in my family history and genealogy in general.
One thing is for certain, if you like to solve mysteries and enjoy learning about history you will easily get hooked on genealogy. There is so much that you can find out about your past or others in the way they lived and what they were like.
How I got started in genealogy
I believe it was in 2000 that I received a family history book from my parents who had received a copy from other family members I think. At first I browsed through it and set it down not to be touched for several months. I then picked it up again and started reading it again. The family history book was compiled by Donald Wright and in it was information about a person named James J. Hinds.
It was James J. Hinds that really sparked my interest in genealogy as his short life ended just 4 miles from my office. Since the location peaked my curiosity, I began to do more research on this individual and put some personality in to this persons history.
From there it expanded to include reviewing my own family and looking to add to it. And the rest as they say IS history.
Pictures of the family
With my family history starting to get bigger than I imagined it would be, I decided to put some photos of the Hinds family here for other people to pick up and use in their family tree if they desire. This gives my fellow genealogists the option to take it or leave it as the picture or pictures may have no value to their work. So below are some pictures with a description of who, when, and where, if possible.
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| Herbert Roland Hinds and Gertrude Evalyn Wright (Hinds) on their wedding day, August 6th 1955 | John Herbert Lang and Ellen Mary (Brense) Lang holding their grandson Roger Lang | Lillian Dora Lang and Marian Anna Lang together in Michigan in 1946 or 1947 ? | Roland Ellsworth Hinds while he was in Alaska in 1943 |
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| Lillian Dora (Lang) Hinds in Chicago. Year 1943 | Left to right, Herbert Roland Hinds, Luella Dorothy (Hinds) Irvin, William Ellsworth Hinds, and Russell James Hinds. 1985 | John H. Lang III, John Herbert Lang, and John H. Lang Jr. taken August 25th 1946 | Julia Clarie Hockman and William Ellsworth Hinds on their wedding day in 1950 |
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| Summer 1994 picture of my parents and my uncle Bill and Russ, and my aunt Julia. My wife and I are on the left. | Roland Hinds Working at the Dudley Paper Company in 1955 or 56 | Lillian Hinds and 2 of her children Herbert and Luella in May 1943 | John Lang, Lillian (Lang) Hinds, and Ellen Lang in Kenosha Wisconsin for the Funeral of Herbert Milton Hinds. 1944 |