Sentimental Sunday - Teachers

I am a teacher!

So was my grandmother, Frankie Joy Root Prime!

My grandmother lived the last years of her life at Leisure World in Seal Beach, Orange, California. Many of her siblings also lived there and were able to share a lot of time, memories, friendship and fun together.

When she passed away, I helped clean out her home, distributing and packing up her belongings. In one of the cabinets I found this small ceramic jar, an apple. I asked if I might keep it, and was granted permission.

I have no idea what the story is behind this apple. Was it a gift from a former student? An item my grandmother purchased for herself? I will never know.

What I know now, but I did not know as a child when I found it, was how this small apple connects my grandmother to me, representing both of our teaching careers.

Frankie Joy Root Prime was born April 24, 1895 in Murray, Cass, Nebraska.

She attended Nebraska State University at Lincoln, Nebraska to earn her Teacher's Certificate, and later, the University School of Music.

Frankie taught at the following locations:
McCoy School (Imperial, Chase, Nebraska), 1913-1914
Spring Green (Beaver City, Furnas, Nebraska), 1914-1916
Tobias Elementary (Tobias, Saline, Nebraska), 1916-1918
West A Street School (Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska), 1919-1920
Bluff School (Arapahoe, Furnas, Nebraska), 1922-1923
Torrance Extended Day Care Center (Torrance, Los Angeles, California), 1944-??

My grandparents were married September 28, 1920. My grandfather, Elmer Campbell Prime, passed away September 19, 1943, due to complications following an automobile accident.

Frankie Joy Root Prime died June 1, 1968, and is buried at Roosevelt Memorial Cemetery in Gardena, Los Angeles, California.

Root Siblings

Left to Right: Hope Evelyn Root Dickinson, Faith Ardor Root Hammer, Frankie Joy Root Prime, George Firola Root, Earnest Raymond Deakin

This picture is take in Seal Beach, Orange County, California at Leisure World. The only sibling missing from the picture is Eulalie Zoe Root Gamet.

Wedding Picture

Left to Right:
Elmer Campbell Prime (b: 23 Sep 1892, Arapahoe, Furnas, Nebraska, USA; d: 19 Sep 1943, Torrance, Los Angeles, California, USA)
Frankie Joy Root (b: 24 Apr 1895, Murray, Cass, Nebraska, USA; 01 Jun 1968, Seal Beach, Orange, California, USA)
m: 28 Sep 1920, location and details?

Root Sisters

Faith Root Hammer and Hope Root Dickinson with children. Can you help identify the children in this picture? Are they two of the Hammer children?

The Boys

Guy Dickinson, George Root, and Earnest Raymond (Uncle Ray) Deakin

Roots

Group picture of George, Joy, Hope, and Helen Root, Mrs. Bushnell, and Guy Dickinson (Back of picture, but I think that is Uncle Guy, not Mr. Bushnell, as indicated)

Charles Franklin & Nancy (Wood) Root

Charles Franklin Root

b: 6 Jun 1867 in Newaygo, Michigan, USA

m:

d: 21 April 1938 in Willow Brook, Orange, California, USA

Nancy Merriam Wood

b: 12 July 1857 in Mt. Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, USA

d: 1933 in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, USA

Root Family

This picture is of James Root and his wife, Harriet Ann Dickinson Root, and their children - Martha, Mary, Minnie, and Charles Franklin (known as Frank). Charles Franklin Root (bottom, right) is the father of Hope, Joy, Lee (Eulalie), Faith, and George. We think that Uncle Guy Dickinson (husband of Aunt Hope) is related to Harriet Ann, but have not yet connected them for sure. Any help appreciated here. Another note - Minnie Root later married George Wood, the son of James Wood, and brother of Nancy Merriam Wood (wife of Charles Franklin Root). It seems clear that the families were intertwined through the generations.

Frankie Joy Root

b: 24 April 1895 in Murray, Cass, Nebraska, USA

m: Elmer Campbell Prime on 28 Sept 1920

d: 01 June 1968 in Seal Beach, Orange, California, USA