Mommy and Daddy have been in the longest search for a new home for our newest family member. Our search has been bittersweet along the way. Currently we are staying with Jim’s mother, Peggy and her husband Wayne until a suitable home for us is found.
Tyler on the other hand is growing like a weed. At his last check-up (Jan. 3) He was 23 in. and 18 lbs. 13 oz. He is eating solids now, mostly peas, sweet potatoes, squash, and occasional bananas. His next Dr. appointment is March 3.
We suspect the process of teething is beginning. He is creeping—- Backwards and in circles (like his Daddy I’m told)—- he can almost roll over, if he got the bottom arm out of the way and he can sit UNASSISTED for a whole 3 minutes!!! As you can well see Mommy and Daddy are very excited and exhausted as taking care of a 5 mo. old, work and house hunting takes a lot out of anyone.
Take care,
Love, Hugs, n Sloppy Tyler kisses,
Lillian, Jim, and Tyler Turner
– Feb 8, 2000
When I got home from work this evening, I found out Tyler FINALLY rolled over by himself. :))))))))))
Lillian,
I think its wonderful news &the part about tyler is soo cute. I would love to baby-sit for you at any time (not during school hours of course:))
While I could not retain and download all of the very many threads we had accumulated over 15 years, the threads I will be attaching on this set of posts will be the personal anecdotes, commentary and speculation specifically from the Dexters International family website that we had built. Right now, with foot surgery keeping me off my feet for the next few weeks, it seems the perfect time to begin posting these threads. These will be nested here in the appropriate category.
Feel free to let me know if you spot any errors or omissions at any time.
Edward Harvey Dexter, Jr.was born on November 13, 1909, the first child born to Edward H. Dexter Sr. and Josephine Johanna Swan in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. He and his wife, Majorie Elizabeth (nee Huston) were married on February 22, 1931 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.
Marriage License of Ed and Marj Dexter
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In May of 1931, Edward and Marjorie had a son they named Richard Allen. Richard did not live long and was buried on May 8, 1931 within the same interment ground as his aunt, Gladys (Houston) Marts.
In June of 1933, Ronald Harvey Dexter was born
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In Aug of 1937, Carol Ann Dexter was born.
Ed often went to see his son’s track events and football games and when it was time, he was able to send his daughter to nursing school.
As kids, I didn’t really notice how little my dad’s parents were involved in our lives. We visited them at Christmas and Easter, and that was it. The only other times were when they visited our home for a party my parents would hold, though that was rare. By the time I came along, my grandfather was already having issues with his eyesight and rarely drove after dark.
Ed held a variety of jobs over his lifetime, from working at a local drive-in theater, where he was once pistol-whipped by a thief to NCR, from where he retired when he was in his 60’s.
He had developed diabetes and it was controlled by a very strict diet, which Marj tended to daily. He had a number of episodes, a few which put him in hospital due to the diabetes, and he also had issues with his heart. He had a pacemaker put in and it kept him going for many years.
Ed finally developed cancer, which took his life in February of 1991. He had a quiet life led by a very quiet man.
Things I remember about Ed: his eternal cigars, the garden in the backyard of their home on Watervliet; dancing with him at my first wedding and always worrying about him because he seemed so sad and beaten.
Since the website and blog are just getting started, categorizing where things need to go is a priority. Photos will have a gallery and detailed information can be submitted to go with each one. I will also try with my best effort to link the photos to the related family and individuals to which they belong.
So, where did they come from? What is it that drove these people from one land and sent them out to explore others? What is going on with the brick walls we seem to encounter and what suggestions can you make to help break through them?
We’ll start with the most recent decendents and work our way back to the oldest forefathers.
We’ll start with Edward Harvey Dexter Junior, my dad’s father. <Click here> to be taken to his page and to see his family
Welcome to our new Dexter Family genealogy website. This site is about the Dexter family that came out of Staines, Middlesex, England and prior to that (from what we have learned) Nottinghamshire.
Beyond that is the wall we work through. We will also work with associated families that tie in to this direct line, so that even if you aren’t one of “my” directs, you have a direct association which matters and should be included.
Your Input Makes This Site Valuable To All
Take the time to add to, edit and upload your own family data to make this a fully collaborative effort.
From time to time, I’ll request input and will make changes based on that.
Add commentary and more as we go along. and I will protect the website and each of you from being hacked or otherwise having issues with the website. That said, it is difficult in the world environment to offer perfect protections. Know that I do my best, but if you see something odd, notify me to find and fix any issue.
The Old MyFamily Website
Because much of what we have here came from the efforts of all involved with the Dexter International Website (a MyFamily.com product, which was closed by that organization) I add this disclaimer:
Ancestry.com, the parent company to MyFamily.com, completely closed ALL of their MyFamily websites in order to make room for other products and services on their servers.
It is believed that ALL anecdotal information with the exceptions of the photographs and very few bits I was able to harvest, are gone permanently. The only things that were permitted to be downloaded away from the original sites were photographs.
WITH THAT IN MIND, please be aware that I acknowledge that there are photos and documents that are not “mine”; and I had no part in their creation. They are part of this database as soon as I can upload them here, I will do so.
SHOULD YOU run across a photo or document that you prepared, researched or in any way created, let me know at once so I can give you or the artist proper credit. It is in no way my design nor interest to take property that isn’t mine and as such if I can’t remember who submitted an item, I will say so. Do claim that which is yours. I apologize for the inconvenience, unfortunately, there was no way to prevent this, as far as I am aware.
Thank you for your understanding. I will monitor and provide you a website we can all be proud to view, support and promote, and to include those of our kith and kin as may be interested in it.
Let me know if you have any issues whatsoever – you can email me directly at
