The above photograph is one of my favorites and it presents the Robert and Ethel Boardman Family in about 1941 in West Seattle. Left to Right: Ruth, Uncle Boardie, Ethel, Robert, Aileen. In front: Marjorie, unknown doggy and Verne. Ruth and Boardie are maybe just married. Aileen and Verne married in 1938.
Grandfather Robert Boardman passed in 1945 and it wasn’t until 1965 that Ethel Adella Brown Boardman also succumbed. They are buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in West Seattle next to eat other. These photos are not very good.
Verne C. Cahan and Hazel Aileen Cahan are buried in Forest Lawn as well and not to far from Robert and Ethel, Aileen’s mother. For some reason my photos of their tombstones are missing but I do have a couple of things. I just might have to go and redo.
Verne’s tombstone reads: Verne C. Cahan, Washington, PVT BTRY D 146 Field Arty, WWI, Feb. 17, 1897 (Masonic sign) Aug 31, 1963.
This is a very bad photo of Aileen and Verne’s tombstone and only shows the location. Aileen was born May 23, 1907 and died Dec 30, 1988.
John Henry Boardman and his wife Laura Cuthbert Boardman, a brother of my grandfather, are right next to Robert & Ethel.
Marjorie F. Boardman and Keith B. MacDonald are buried in the Acacia Memorial Park in Lake City a part of north Seattle, Washington.
All the above are in King County and are featured on Find A Grave except for the one below.
Robert Brown Boardman (Uncle Boardie) and his 2nd wife Blanche (Jerry) are buried in Abbey View Cemetery in Brier, Washington. It is just up north of Seattle in Snohomish County a couple of miles from my location. I do not know where Ruth is buried Boardie’s first wife.
As a descendant of this family, I do have more pictures, stories, experiences and documents about the family from about 1945 onwards but this is where I draw the line for publishing personal stuff. There are living descendants of Marjorie and Uncle Boardie so if you are a cousin and would like to know more, I would be happy to share offline, just leave a comment and I will contact you.
My focus now is to go back in time to learn more about the origins of both of the Boardmans and Browns. The Boardman and Mc/MacMurrays will take us back to Lancashire, England. The Browns came from Ireland about 1830, they settled in Hastings and Lambton County, Ontario and some stayed but others headed to LaPeer County, Michigan and more. Still others migrated to Winnipeg and further west to British Columbia. Emma Ward Brown, my great-grandmother came from Strathroy, Ontario and is of English descent I think? I am hoping to see if I cannot connect her to her parents and take that line back to the British Isles.