More of my family

A happy birthday for my father's older brother,  Chauncey Sweet Rogers, born Sept 21, 1912, died 15 Dec, 1974.  I knew him but a little.

Feb. 1937 hunting expedition in the wilds of Texas.  Sitting in front is my Uncle Jimmy, kneeling behind him is my grandmother Ada Phillips Swasey Rogers (Gummy) and standing from left to right, Mataley Munhall (soon to marry my father who probably took the photo) then George Rogers Sr. (Poppy) and on r. is Chauncey Rogers.

Chauncey Sweet Rogers. 1912-1974

Reposting from a blog on Saturday, September 21, 2013

My Uncle Chauncey Rogers, brother of my father, was born on 21 SEP 1912 in Galveston TX.  He died  15 December of 1974, in Houston, Harris County, TX (or possibly Escondido, San Diego County, CA) age 62.

Alexander, George Jr, (mislabled), James and Chauncey Rogers, Fort Worth house

 1927

On the Fort Worth Census of 1930, he was 18 and his occupation was listed as "none."  His older brother Alexander was a "drafter for the telephone company" and his father was an accountant for a packing company.

In 1940, his parents had moved to San Antonio, and at 27 he was living at home as well as his 18 year old brother, James.  My father had married by that time, as well as the oldest brother Alexander.  Again, the young men living at home had no occupation listed on that census, and their father was listed as an auditor for Commission Co (which I know nothing about.)

In 1942 he was in basic training in the Navy, in California.

He married when he was 41 in 1953, Eunice B.Shifflett, who had been divorced.  He and my grandfather built a house for Chauncey and Eunice on the same property as my grandparents, but facing the side street.  I don't have a record of Eunice's son who I believe may have been grown by the time she married Chauncey.  I just found a record of her death in Irving, Texas in 2004 at age 92. (Thanks to cousin, Patricia, who keeps up with family records on Ancestry!)

Eunice and Chauncey, George Sr. and Ada S. Rogers

George Jr, Chauncey, James Rogers at funeral of George Rogers Sr. 1960

I don't know if Chauncey and Eunice moved to California after my grandmother's death in 1964, but it's likely that they moved somewhere soon after that.  My parents moved back to Houston TX from St. Louis MO in the early 70's, but I don't remember seeing Uncle Chauncey during my visits to them.

I had no idea what Uncle Chauncey's interests were, nor his occupation.  How can I have missed knowing anything about him?  It happened.  A reminder to ask questions about relatives while they are around.