Sunday, October 18, 2009

The Ortons


MAIL0116, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

My daughter Dalilah came by this morning and we went to Bob Evans for breakfast during which she asked a lot of questions about my mothers side of the family, the Ortons.
I explained that after the Orton Show folded in 1931, everyone went their separate way.
I think this was taken in 1927 and I wasn't born until 1935 so it's unlikely anyone of my generation other than Aunt Grace's son Robert and myself would still survive.
She seemed genuinely interested however and asked if I would send out a feeler to ask if anyone of Orton lineage would be interested in contacting her.

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Posted by Buckles at 10/18/2009 11:46:00 AM

3 comments:

Mike Naughton said...

Swing and sway the Orton way on the Bertram Mills Circus in Olympia, London 1955

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=40019

Question, weren't the Ortons divorced and the gentleman kept using the Orton name when he was not the original Orton, the former wife was the Orton?

Clarification for historical purposes, please?

18 October, 2009 18:38
Fred Pfening said...

Buckles: If Dalilah really wants to dig into family history, she should subscribe to a web site called Newspaperarchive.com. It has an insane number of papers online, including literally millions of them from Wisconsin and Iowa, which should be heavy on Orton news. She can do a name search which will list all the times a name, say Criley Orton, appeared in newspapers. She can then go to the paper and read the article, and even copy it. It's an amazing technology.
One other thing. Years ago Dick Conover, an electrical engineering graduate of The Ohio State University, told me that Orton Hall on the OSU campus was named after one of Hiram Orton's decsendants who went off the reservation and became a distinguished geology professor at Ohio State. As you know your dad and Dick were big friends, so I'm thinking the Col. told Dick this. I have no idea if it's true or not, but thought I'd pass it on. FP

19 October, 2009 14:04
Roger Smith said...

Fred is more than right. I'm using NewspaperArchives.com for my research, and the value of this site is nothing short of astonishing. There is almost no end to what you can find. Enter the most specific information you have, or just a name, and you will have gratifying response.

20 October, 2009 14:40

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