Lottie was b. to Augustus "Gus" & Matilda "Tillie" (Bruen) De Forest near Leigh, NE. The top photo is her high school graduation picture. She played a mandolin in a small community orchestra and loved pictures of babies that were published in the newspaper with amusing captions. She always had the picture of her with her mandolin in the community orchestra on prominent display in the little duplex apt. she was renting across the street from us in the 1950's.
She m. Walter Robeson Galbraith on 2 March 1907 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. Pictured is their wedding picture, then they are at the rear of the family group photo. They raised two children, Morris and Alice, until Walter, who had been educated as an engineer, was killed in a 1923 gas plant explosion in Salt Creek, WY. Walter & Lottie's daughter Mabel died as a "blue baby." They had tried farming, but Walter wasn't a very good farmer, according to Alice.
One of her favorite books was Lucile by Owen Meredith. She gave their daughter Alice the middle name "Lucile."
I remember her telling about the Blizzard of 1888. She said that she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She had to feel her way along the fence that led to the barn so that she could feed the animals.
After Walter died, she along with Morris and Alice first lived with her parents, then she worked at various jobs, including nursing, until she could collect social security. Walter hadn't had any life insurance. Life insurance was uncommon in those days.
1930 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Moses R. Galbraith 80 PA widower
Myra Galbraith 52 NE daughter
Charlotte Galbraith 52 NE daughter-in-law, widow, sales lady in dry goods
Alice Galbraith 19 WY granddaughter, stenographer
When she lived in California, she used to attend both the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Rosemead. She believed in social justice, so was proud of having voted for FDR.
Grandma Lottie used to like to say that she was ambidextrous. Someone who is truly ambidextrous is naturally that way. I don't know if she was naturally ambidextrous, or if she'd taught herself to also write with her left hand.
When I was a child, I once asked Grandma Lottie what my grandfather Walter had been like. She looked like she was going to cry. She managed to say, "He was such a good man." I didn't continue the conversation because I didn't want her to start crying. My mother Alice said that Lottie had done lots of crying after Walter's tragic death.
I remember Grandma Lottie talking about the Blizzard of 1888 in Nebraska. She said she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She told us that she went hand over hand following a fence from the house to the barn to feed the animals. She would have been around 10 at the time.
She m. Walter Robeson Galbraith on 2 March 1907 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. Pictured is their wedding picture, then they are at the rear of the family group photo. They raised two children, Morris and Alice, until Walter, who had been educated as an engineer, was killed in a 1923 gas plant explosion in Salt Creek, WY. Walter & Lottie's daughter Mabel died as a "blue baby." They had tried farming, but Walter wasn't a very good farmer, according to Alice.
One of her favorite books was Lucile by Owen Meredith. She gave their daughter Alice the middle name "Lucile."
I remember her telling about the Blizzard of 1888. She said that she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She had to feel her way along the fence that led to the barn so that she could feed the animals.
After Walter died, she along with Morris and Alice first lived with her parents, then she worked at various jobs, including nursing, until she could collect social security. Walter hadn't had any life insurance. Life insurance was uncommon in those days.
1930 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Moses R. Galbraith 80 PA widower
Myra Galbraith 52 NE daughter
Charlotte Galbraith 52 NE daughter-in-law, widow, sales lady in dry goods
Alice Galbraith 19 WY granddaughter, stenographer
When she lived in California, she used to attend both the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Rosemead. She believed in social justice, so was proud of having voted for FDR.
Grandma Lottie used to like to say that she was ambidextrous. Someone who is truly ambidextrous is naturally that way. I don't know if she was naturally ambidextrous, or if she'd taught herself to also write with her left hand.
When I was a child, I once asked Grandma Lottie what my grandfather Walter had been like. She looked like she was going to cry. She managed to say, "He was such a good man." I didn't continue the conversation because I didn't want her to start crying. My mother Alice said that Lottie had done lots of crying after Walter's tragic death.
I remember Grandma Lottie talking about the Blizzard of 1888 in Nebraska. She said she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She told us that she went hand over hand following a fence from the house to the barn to feed the animals. She would have been around 10 at the time.
Lottie was b. to Augustus "Gus" & Matilda "Tillie" (Bruen) De Forest near Leigh, NE. The top photo is her high school graduation picture. She played a mandolin in a small community orchestra and loved pictures of babies that were published in the newspaper with amusing captions. She always had the picture of her with her mandolin in the community orchestra on prominent display in the little duplex apt. she was renting across the street from us in the 1950's.
She m. Walter Robeson Galbraith on 2 March 1907 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. Pictured is their wedding picture, then they are at the rear of the family group photo. They raised two children, Morris and Alice, until Walter, who had been educated as an engineer, was killed in a 1923 gas plant explosion in Salt Creek, WY. Walter & Lottie's daughter Mabel died as a "blue baby." They had tried farming, but Walter wasn't a very good farmer, according to Alice.
One of her favorite books was Lucile by Owen Meredith. She gave their daughter Alice the middle name "Lucile."
I remember her telling about the Blizzard of 1888. She said that she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She had to feel her way along the fence that led to the barn so that she could feed the animals.
After Walter died, she along with Morris and Alice first lived with her parents, then she worked at various jobs, including nursing, until she could collect social security. Walter hadn't had any life insurance. Life insurance was uncommon in those days.
1930 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Moses R. Galbraith 80 PA widower
Myra Galbraith 52 NE daughter
Charlotte Galbraith 52 NE daughter-in-law, widow, sales lady in dry goods
Alice Galbraith 19 WY granddaughter, stenographer
When she lived in California, she used to attend both the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Rosemead. She believed in social justice, so was proud of having voted for FDR.
Grandma Lottie used to like to say that she was ambidextrous. Someone who is truly ambidextrous is naturally that way. I don't know if she was naturally ambidextrous, or if she'd taught herself to also write with her left hand.
When I was a child, I once asked Grandma Lottie what my grandfather Walter had been like. She looked like she was going to cry. She managed to say, "He was such a good man." I didn't continue the conversation because I didn't want her to start crying. My mother Alice said that Lottie had done lots of crying after Walter's tragic death.
I remember Grandma Lottie talking about the Blizzard of 1888 in Nebraska. She said she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She told us that she went hand over hand following a fence from the house to the barn to feed the animals. She would have been around 10 at the time.
She m. Walter Robeson Galbraith on 2 March 1907 in Omaha, Douglas Co., NE. Pictured is their wedding picture, then they are at the rear of the family group photo. They raised two children, Morris and Alice, until Walter, who had been educated as an engineer, was killed in a 1923 gas plant explosion in Salt Creek, WY. Walter & Lottie's daughter Mabel died as a "blue baby." They had tried farming, but Walter wasn't a very good farmer, according to Alice.
One of her favorite books was Lucile by Owen Meredith. She gave their daughter Alice the middle name "Lucile."
I remember her telling about the Blizzard of 1888. She said that she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She had to feel her way along the fence that led to the barn so that she could feed the animals.
After Walter died, she along with Morris and Alice first lived with her parents, then she worked at various jobs, including nursing, until she could collect social security. Walter hadn't had any life insurance. Life insurance was uncommon in those days.
1930 Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska
Moses R. Galbraith 80 PA widower
Myra Galbraith 52 NE daughter
Charlotte Galbraith 52 NE daughter-in-law, widow, sales lady in dry goods
Alice Galbraith 19 WY granddaughter, stenographer
When she lived in California, she used to attend both the Presbyterian and Methodist churches in Rosemead. She believed in social justice, so was proud of having voted for FDR.
Grandma Lottie used to like to say that she was ambidextrous. Someone who is truly ambidextrous is naturally that way. I don't know if she was naturally ambidextrous, or if she'd taught herself to also write with her left hand.
When I was a child, I once asked Grandma Lottie what my grandfather Walter had been like. She looked like she was going to cry. She managed to say, "He was such a good man." I didn't continue the conversation because I didn't want her to start crying. My mother Alice said that Lottie had done lots of crying after Walter's tragic death.
I remember Grandma Lottie talking about the Blizzard of 1888 in Nebraska. She said she couldn't see her hand in front of her face. She told us that she went hand over hand following a fence from the house to the barn to feed the animals. She would have been around 10 at the time.
Gravesite Details
Garden of Love Lawn, Gate 1, Section 1, Lot 1811
