This page contains photos and documents from Betty’s side of the family going back several generations, including the Lacy and Hair families. The content is ordered chronologically. When possible, I have taken captions from the back of the original photos.
The Hair & Lacy Families: 1880s-1910s
Jacob Hair, great grandfather of Dora Lacy
Nancy Hair, great grandmother of Dora Lacy
William and Margaret Hair, 1886
George Frank Lacy, known as Frank. Father of George, Goldie, Ezra, Alma, Dora. Taken from tin type
George Frank and Anna Lacy with son, George
Ida Belle Hair
Marriage Record: Frank Lacy and Ida Hair
Top Left: Marriage application for Frank Lacy and Ida Hair, 1906 (image courtesy of Ancestry.com)
William and Margaret Hair Obituaries
Margaret Pitcher Hair obituary, 1911
William Hair obituary, 1916
The Tangeman Family: 1900s-1910s
Louise Borderding Tangeman with Carl Dicke (father of James Dicke); Louise lived with Carl’s parents
Ben and Louise Tangeman, 1903
Ben and Louise Tangeman marriage certificate, 1903
Omer’s baptism certificate, 1904
Omer’s confirmation certificate from St. Peter’s church in New Bremen, 1919
Louise Tangeman’s sister, Emma Borgerding, 1910s
The Lacy Family: 1900s-1920s
Coates and Coppock Family Reunion invitation sent to George Frank Lacy, 1916
Sisters Alma and Dora
Dora, age 1, and Alma, age 4, c. 1910
Dora Arbutus Lacy (10 yr. 3 mo.) and Alma Margaret lacy (12 yr. 7 mo.), July 1919
Dora and Alma as teenagers, early 1920s
Dora Lacy (second row left) school photo, 1910s
Dora Lacy (back row left) school photo, October 1922
George Frank lacy and Ida Belle, 1920s
Jacob Hair, Geo Frank Ida B. Lacy, Dora & Alma Lacy, 1920s