An Envelope Notated "You Need To Read This" Lucille Daffron (Allen)'s effort to record moves of the family while they were tenant farming

The Family of William Thomas Daffron and Jessie Mae Hackleman Moved From Place to Place in Alabama during the Years The Family Worked As Tenant Farmers

An old envelope is my mother's effort to reconstruct the moves. 

My mother's notes do not have a date. The envelope itself is postmarked 11 March 1983 

Front of Envelope:

Back of Envelope:

Details:

The boys were born

 On this envelope my mother, Lucille Daffron Allen, noted the dates and times of birth of her three sons. Father was Julius Page Allen

Sidney Page, Oct 14, 1939. 3:30 A.M.  Old Druid City Hospital (now U of A hospital). Dr. Rosco Shamblin. 

Robert Daffron. August 6 1941. 4:30 P.M. Old Druid City Hospital

William Julius. November 8, 1945, 6:30 P.M. "Dad's 40th birthday". 

She does not say so, but I think that I, William Julius, was also born at Old Druid City Hospital, located on the campus of the University of Alabama. 

Dowdles

 My Dowdle Family Photograph

Document photographs, as distinct from documentary photographs, can be frustrating. Once subject and other information is lost, the photograph may be charming and have an aesthetic appeal and be interesting from a purely temporal point of view, but devoid of the kind of information that a viewer wishes for they often come up lacking. This is true of family photographs such the Dowdle Family, a picture I inherited from my mother who got it from her mother, Jessie Mae Hackleman (Daffron). 

A line in pencil on the back, in my grandmother's hand says "This Jesse & Jessie Dowdle & family"

Family Search org provides this overview of the family

Jesse Allen Dowdle
Male
1856–1932
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Jessie Mildred Goodman
Female
1861–1929
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Marriage
<1878>Millport, Lamar, Alabama

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  James Edwin Dowdle

  Male

  1879–1947

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  William Lester Dowdle

  Male

  1880–1953

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• John Belton Dowdle

  Male

  1883–1964

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  Mamie Lou Dowdle

  Female

  1886–1971

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  Jesse Olen Dowdle

  Male

  1891–1948

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• George Leon Dowdle

  Male

  1891–1968

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• Waldsee Theo Dowdle

  Male

  1893–1920

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• Louis Vaughn Dowdle

  Male

  1896–1949

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• Katie Lee Dowdle

  Female

  1900–1985

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