Betty Lou Hyde

Betty Lou Hyde||p523.htm|Wilbur Earl Hyde|b. 1895\nd. 1962|p85.htm|Irene Evelyn Smith|b. Sep 28, 1906\nd. Oct 28, 1927|p84.htm|Lawrence J. Hyde|b. Jan, 1851|p3873.htm|Ella M.|b. Jun, 1859|p3874.htm|John Smith|b. Aug 31, 1864\nd. Mar 1, 1960|p77.htm|Sarah L. Minger|b. Jul 25, 1868\nd. Aug 22, 1940|p78.htm|

Relationship=Great-granddaughter of Leeson A. Smith Sr..
Relationship=1st cousin of Rev. Don Emmet (Sr.) Smith.
Charts on which this person appears:
Leeson Smith, Sr. Descendants Chart
Betty at three years old
     

Betty was just a young child when her mother, Irene, died on October 28, 1927, nine days after giving birth to, Donald, her second child.1,2

Upon her mother's death, Betty Lou was raised by her paternal grandparents. Her maternal grandparents raised her baby brother.3

Betty married Charles Friedlin.2

Betty died.4

Children of Betty Lou Hyde and Charles Friedlin

  • Christine Friedlin2 (living)
  • Evelyn Friedlin2 (living)

Citations

  1. [S205] John Smith, "Family Group Sheet - John Smith", 1983. Hereinafter cited as "FGS."
  2. [S62] Grace Donnan, Myrna Eberhardt, Jerry Eberhardt, "Jerry Eberhardt's Compilation of Family History Notes", Three generations of researchers (Garnavillo, Iowa). Hereinafter cited as "Jerry Eberhardt's Family History Collection."
  3. [S25] Mae (Brown) Siemers, Edith (Brown) Lenarz and Ruth (Brown) Rohrwsser, The Minger Family History, A Book of Memory (Publish Date: March 1984), Minger book-Sarah Louisa Minger's section. Hereinafter cited as Minger Family Book.
  4. [S36] Interview with Darlene Julson (Dubuque, IA), by Susan Noyes, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007.
 


  • A family history
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    and from when you came.

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    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."

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  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.

    — Alex Haley
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    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.

    — Chinese Proverb
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    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.

    — Gail Lumet Buckley
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    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.

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    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.

    — George Eliot
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    Some stay forever.

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    we borrow it from our children.

    — Native American Proverb
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    of those we hold so close.

    — Unknown
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    mostly sweet with a few nuts.

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    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.

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    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.

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