Friday, August 21, 2015

Family Friday: Trainer/O'Brien

The two men in this Ft. Wayne, Indiana, photo captioned "Dad - the fiddler, John & his eagle," are my best friend's maternal grandfather Roy O'Connor Trainer (1873-1948) and his brother-in-law John H. O'Brien (1868-1942).* 

[Courtesy of B. Poppe]

The handsome glass-fronted oak bookcase ended up in San Diego but not the rustic burl-root chairs and hatstand or the eagle.

*Thank you Bonnie for setting me straight about the identity of John.

© 2015 Copyright, Christine Manczuk, All Rights Reserved.

1 comment:

  1. Not his son John, but his brother in law, John O'Brien, my grandmother's brother, who brought all that stuff back from Idaho, where he had lived for some years!

    ReplyDelete