The Families
Editor's Note. In 1970 my mother Mary Gwinn Bowe published 500 copies of The Families, her book of family stories and genealogy. It was the result of years of research and writing. This was of course in the era [...]
2011 Preface of William John Bowe Jr. to Julia & Gus
Preface I was delighted when Charley Bowe told me that he had run across a typewritten memoir authored by his paternal grandmother, Julia Lecour Bowe. I was even more delighted when he asked me to write a preface to [...]
1935-1938 Chesley & Betsy Riboud at Play & a Visit to Baltimore
1935-Nancy and Jacques go for a skiing vacation in the Alps;Return to 7, rue Madame and Chindrieux; Watch their Chesley learn to walk and play outside in her playpen;1938-Betsy Riboud learns to walk on the steamship from Le Harve;Visiting Elizabeth [...]
1946-Exploring a Jacques Riboud Design in an Army Artillery Field Exercise
In 1940 Jacques Riboud, then a French Army artillery officer, had been captured by the German Army and interred as a prisoner of war. After World War II ended, he developed improvements in field artillery design and had them [...]
1933 New York to Paris
Chapter 1 - 00:00 Nancy & Jacques Sail to France from New York Chapter 2 - 02:12 Nancy & Jacques Riboud Apartment at 7, rue Madame, Paris Chapter 3 - 03:27 The Luxembourg Gardens Chapter 4 - 03:52 Jacques [...]
Richard Gwinn, Sr.
Richard Lawrence Gwinn , Sr. (a twin brother of John Chesley Gwinn) was born in Newton County , Georgia in 1831 and died in Philadelphia in 1898.
Paul (Bon Papa) Riboud
Paul Riboud in 1949 Chindrieux, France
1986 Nancy, Livie, Jean Gwinn & Myriam Riboud visit Northbrook
In December 1986 Nancy, Livie and Jean Gwinn Riboud travelled to Northbrook, Illinois to visit family.
