March 04, 2010
Lemmon Family's Baby Book For Sale on Ebay
Are there any relatives of Lemmon's Wilbert "Billy" Tubbs out there? Billy's baby book from 1912 is for sale on Ebay, which somehow seems a sad and tragic end for the treasured memories and photos of a loved one. According to the seller:
"Wilbert (Billy) Alfred Tubbs... was born on August 26, 1912 in the town of Lemmon, South Dakota. Billy's parents were Alfred S. Tubbs and Helen Catherine (Meagly/Meagley) Tubbs. Alfred was well known in the community being the President of the State-Line Land Company and was also the deputy state surveyor. There is a record of his "Holy Baptism" in the Trinity Church in Lemmon on July 27th, 1913. There are quite a few photographs... of him in the early years of his childhood. It looks like there is one with a grandma holding him, a few with mom holding him, one shows mom? getting ready to bathe him in a sink, one with dad? sitting next to him with a cute hat on, a photo of their house from a distance, him with a cute smile as mom is kissing his head, him standing by a table with a little stuffed dog on it, standing by their front door as mom holds his hand over the rail, there is a neat one with him sitting next to a friend at a later age holding a football and a dog next to them, a group of his friends/playmates, him in a field with a football standing by a friend and a dog, him on a horse as well. There are a few letters written to him including a unique tall skinny envelope that appears to be of Japanese origin with neat thin paper that the letter was written on with a neat Japanese scene on it. There is a small "family tree" diagram on one page showing his line from his mom and dad. There are several other informational pages that tell about events in his early years."
This Tubbs family baby book is for sale on Ebay right now, here, and my fervent hope is that someone from Billy's family will rescue the book for the family.
Update -- I contacted the seller on Ebay and offered a nominal fee in an attempt to buy the book and reconnect it with the family, but was turned down. The seller is asking for $130. Nice money if you can get it, I guess. Frankly, though, I think it is a sad thing for things like this, veritable family heirlooms, to fall out of the hands of families. I'm sure that Billy Tubbs descendants, if he has any -- or cousins for that matter -- would appreciate having this bit of family history.
--Mike Crowley
Editor's Note--Other than finding this baby book on Ebay, I have no relationship to the buyer and don't know anything about why this book is being sold.
"Wilbert (Billy) Alfred Tubbs... was born on August 26, 1912 in the town of Lemmon, South Dakota. Billy's parents were Alfred S. Tubbs and Helen Catherine (Meagly/Meagley) Tubbs. Alfred was well known in the community being the President of the State-Line Land Company and was also the deputy state surveyor. There is a record of his "Holy Baptism" in the Trinity Church in Lemmon on July 27th, 1913. There are quite a few photographs... of him in the early years of his childhood. It looks like there is one with a grandma holding him, a few with mom holding him, one shows mom? getting ready to bathe him in a sink, one with dad? sitting next to him with a cute hat on, a photo of their house from a distance, him with a cute smile as mom is kissing his head, him standing by a table with a little stuffed dog on it, standing by their front door as mom holds his hand over the rail, there is a neat one with him sitting next to a friend at a later age holding a football and a dog next to them, a group of his friends/playmates, him in a field with a football standing by a friend and a dog, him on a horse as well. There are a few letters written to him including a unique tall skinny envelope that appears to be of Japanese origin with neat thin paper that the letter was written on with a neat Japanese scene on it. There is a small "family tree" diagram on one page showing his line from his mom and dad. There are several other informational pages that tell about events in his early years."
This Tubbs family baby book is for sale on Ebay right now, here, and my fervent hope is that someone from Billy's family will rescue the book for the family.
Update -- I contacted the seller on Ebay and offered a nominal fee in an attempt to buy the book and reconnect it with the family, but was turned down. The seller is asking for $130. Nice money if you can get it, I guess. Frankly, though, I think it is a sad thing for things like this, veritable family heirlooms, to fall out of the hands of families. I'm sure that Billy Tubbs descendants, if he has any -- or cousins for that matter -- would appreciate having this bit of family history.
--Mike Crowley
Editor's Note--Other than finding this baby book on Ebay, I have no relationship to the buyer and don't know anything about why this book is being sold.
Mike Crowley Thursday, March 04, 2010
3 Comments:
Saw the story on SD Magazine. Did you notice that the book came up for sale again several times, finally selling for under 20 bucks? I hope it found its way back to family.
JN,
Funny you should ask. The seller agreed to sell it to me for $20 and I just bought it a couple of days ago. I am hoping to find someone from the family to return it to. Any ideas?
--Mike Crowley
Funny you should ask. The seller agreed to sell it to me for $20 and I just bought it a couple of days ago. I am hoping to find someone from the family to return it to. Any ideas?
--Mike Crowley
Wilbert Tubbs ebay baby book, give this link a try if you have not found anything ...
http://find.allfolks.com/tubbs.htm
http://find.allfolks.com/tubbs.htm
