Highlights from our family's heritage.

These are  only a few  of our photographs!

To see all of our family's photos, go to
our  Family Gallery  page.

Photos are arranged by date.

John Shore was born 1802 in England; Mary Ann Brandenburg was born 1815 in Maryland.  They were married in 1838.

John and Mary Ann had four children:

Althea Sedale Shore, born 1840 (died 1842)
Sarah Amanda Shore, 1842-1876
Louisa Cedelia Shore, 1844-1931
William Thomas Shore, 1846-1898.

This photograph shows John and Mary Ann, with their son William Thomas at about four years of age.

The little boy moved slightly, while his parents held steady for this photograph.

John and Mary Ann are the great-grandparents of Ernest Shore, Mary Louise (Shore) Green, Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts, Jessie Kathryn (Shore) Kollenberg.

William Thomas Shore enlisted in the 112th Illinois Volunteer Regiment on 15 Feb 1863.  He was then 16 years and 10 months of age.

He was wounded at Resaca, Georgia on 14 May 1864, one month after his 18th birthday.  After twelve months in hospitals, he was discharged at Knoxville, Tennessee on 13 May 1865.

Here is William Thomas Shore in a later photograph.

The date is uncertain, but is probably around 1890.  By then he was father to two living sons:  Albertus Shore and Jesse Shore, by his second wife Ianthe (Talbott) Shore.  A daughter by his first wife Cora (Dick) Shore died in infancy, and his young son by her died in 1871.  His first wife Cora died at age 18, and his second wife Ianthe died at age 23.  In William's lifetime he buried two of his children and both of his young wives.

William Thomas Shore died in 1898 from a lingering illness he had contracted during his service in the Civil War.  He had been granted a medical pension for it, but the illness was not curable.

Catherine Fadden is the wife of Owen Gaffney.  She was born about 1818 in Ireland, and died 26 Jan 1871 in San Patricio, Texas.

Owen and Catherine had four children:

Mary Francis Gaffney
James Owen Gaffney, born 1839
John Gaffney, born about 1842
Michael T. Gaffney, born 1846.

Our immediate family is descended from her son James Owen Gaffney, and we have cousins who are related to her other children.

Her granddaughter Anna Agnes Gaffney (born 1872) married Jesse Perry Shore (born 1877).  Our immediate family is descended from that marriage.

A Gaffney family Bible in her son's (Owen Phillip Gaffney) family shows that she was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England on 19 Nov 1850.

Family tradition has it that she came to America intending to be a nun, but met James Owen Gaffney.  James Owen and Margaret were married 26 Oct 1869.

James was born in 1839, and died in 1912.

Margaret was born in 1850, and died in 1896.

They are the father and mother of ten children.

Their daughter Anna Agnes Gaffney (born 1872) married Jesse Perry Shore (born 1877).  Our family is descended from that marriage.

Son of Owen Gaffney and Catherine (Fadden) Gaffney.

This photo is a miniature, mounted in a lapel pin 23mm in diameter.  It appears to be taken from a print of the James Owen and Margaret Gaffney photo shown above.

Wife of James Owen Gaffney.

Son of Owen Gaffney and Catherine (Fadden) Gaffney.

Brother of James Owen Gaffney.

Another portrait of Michael T. Gaffney, from the same studio as the photo shown above.

Son of Owen Gaffney and Catherine (Fadden) Gaffney, shown with his wife and children.

Son of James Owen Gaffney and Margaret T. (O'Reilly) Gaffney.

Son of James Owen Gaffney and Margaret T. (O'Reilly) Gaffney.

Son of James Owen Gaffney and Margaret T. (O'Reilly) Gaffney.

Nephew of Anna Agnes Gaffney.

Her sister Mary Estella ("Mayme") Gaffney married Albert Rachal.

Jesse served with the U.S. Army in the Philippines, during the Spanish-American War.

Jesse P. Shore is at the left.

With his rank, he appears to be leading this patrol.

Note the fixed bayonets.

Page from Jesse P. Shore's Philippines album.

Photo taken at Sewell Studio, 1025 Market Street, San Francisco.

Jesse Shore on his way to the Philippines (1899) or return (1900).

Addressed to Kate Gaffney, Sinton, Texas.

Posted from Guffey, Texas, 05 Jan 1907.

Guffey was an oil boomtown in the early 20th century.

Brother of Anna Agnes Gaffney.

Emmet is the man in the middle, on the bicycle.  A family story is that he was killed in a railroad holdup in 1908, at Sinton, Texas.

Brother of Anna Agnes Gaffney.

Charles is the man in the middle, in the suit and bowtie.  He owned oil wells in Mexico.

Photo 1

Photo 2

Three children of Jesse and Anna (Gaffney) Shore.

Ernest:  born 1904
Margaret Ann:  born 1910
Mary Louise:  born 1907

During the Mexican Revolution, and especially around the time of Pancho Villa's raid into New Mexico in 1916, the US Army sent troops along the border.

This is the 22nd Infantry camp at Warren, Arizona, June to September 1916.

Tim and Camille (Gaffney) Finegan, with their niece Margaret Ann Shore.

Camille is the sister of Anna (Gaffney) Shore, mother of Margaret Ann.

The children are identified in Margaret Ann Shore's handwriting.

'Sister' is the children's nickname for Mary Louise Shore.

The people are identified in Margaret Ann Shore's handwriting.

Anna is holding her daughter Frances, at the left.

Her daughter Margaret Ann (b. 1910) is at the right, 8 years old.

The photo is marked "1918" in Margaret Ann's handwriting.

Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn as she appeared later in her life.  A letter with the photograph, written 15 June 1920, mentions that it was taken "last winter".

Four generations in Louisa Cedelia (Shore) Winn's family.

Dean Winn (Louisa's grandson), and his daughter Deana Marie.

Louisa, and her son Edgar Winn.

Daughter of Jesse and Anna Shore.  The date is in her handwriting.

Taken in the front yard of Jesse and Anna Shore's home, 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio, Texas.

The date is 1922 in Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts' handwriting.  Jesse and Anna with their family had moved into the home in 1921.

Taken in the front yard of their parents Jesse and Anna Shore's home, 716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio, Texas.

Jesse and Anna Shore, with daughters Jessie Kathryn and Margaret Ann Shore.

Their daughter Mary Louise and son Ernest James Shore are not shown.

Jesse and Anna Shore, with daughter Mary Louise Shore in back.

Their daughters Margaret Ann and Jessie Kathryn are in front.

He is in the third row (from the top or bottom).

At his parents Jesse and Anna Shore's home, 716 Denver Blvd, San Antonio, Texas.

A rare snowfall.

Taken at the Denver Heights park across the street from their parents Jesse and Anna Shore's home, 716 Denver Blvd, San Antonio, Texas.

At her parents Jesse and Anna Shore's home, 716 Denver Blvd, San Antonio, Texas.

On the back is written "Me on the front porch", in her handwriting.

Joseph's sister, born 1907.

The automobile's license plate is Texas 1930.

716 Denver Boulevard, San Antonio, Texas

Shows "Grandma" and her grandchild, in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

Shows "Aunt Sissy".

Photo is marked "1935" in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

Photo is marked "Easter 1935" in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

James is two months old.

Photo is marked "Aunt Louise, Corpus Christi" in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

615 Delmar Street, San Antonio, Texas

Corpus Christi, Texas

Joseph Roberts Jr and James Jesse Roberts.

716 Denver Blvd., San Antonio, Texas

Photo is marked "with Grandpa" in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

The photo was mailed to Joseph Roberts Sr, who was stationed in Panama.

Downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Photos like this were taken by sidewalk photographers.  The photographer handed a sales coupon to the person, who could pick up the photo at the studio.

Downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Another sidewalk photo.

Downtown San Antonio, Texas.

Downtown San Antonio, Texas.

James Jesse Roberts, Joseph Roberts Jr, Carole Ann Roberts.

Taken at 716 Denver Blvd., San Antonio, Texas.

410 Royston Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.

The pictures are marked "Ninth birthday" and "Halloween party", in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

Top Photo:  Shows Anna Shore ("Mama") and Margaret Ann Roberts ("Me"), in Margaret Ann's handwriting. "J" is Joseph Roberts Jr, and the second little girl from the left (facing away from the camera) is Carole Ann Roberts.  The other children are not identified (including the girl with apple in her mouth).

Middle Photo:  James Jesse Roberts, Joseph Roberts Jr, and Carole Ann Roberts.

410 Royston Avenue, San Antonio, Texas.

Back:  Jessie Kollenberg, Anna Shore, Jesse Shore.

Front:  James Jesse Roberts, Carole Ann Roberts, Joseph Roberts Jr.

The picture is marked "Jodie's 9th Birthday" in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

His letter calls it "Coke Time", in Dutch Guiana (Surinam).

Joseph and Margaret Ann Roberts, Jessie and Carl Kollenberg.

Joseph Jr, Carole Ann, and James.

Joseph Roberts Jr, James Jesse Roberts, Carole Ann Roberts

An album of photographs and cards from the Green, Kollenberg, Roberts, and Shore families.

This is a PDF file with 37 images.

It is a large file and may take some time to download.

Back:  Jesse Shore, Henry Kollenberg, Mary Kollenberg, Anna Shore.

Front:  Jessie (Shore) Kollenberg, Carl Kollenberg Jr.

Kollenberg and Shore Grandparents (2)

Back:  Louise (Shore) Green, Margaret Ann (Shore) Roberts (holding Cheryl Sue Roberts), Henry Kollenberg, Mary Kollenberg, Anna Shore.

Front:  Jesse Shore (holding Thomas Green), James Roberts, Carl Kollenberg Jr, Carole Ann Roberts, Joseph Roberts Jr.

Here is a collection of Roberts family photos.

They were taken in Texas, California, and Japan.

Back:  Cheryl Sue Roberts, Thomas Green

Front:  Carole Ann, James Jesse, Joseph Oliver Roberts Jr.

Denver Blvd, San Antonio, Texas

Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas

On the back is written "Japan 1951" in Margaret Ann Roberts' handwriting.

With two little Japanese girls in the garden of the Roberts family's house in Tokyo.

Prior to the war the girls' family lived in the house.  Now they were renting it as "US House 656" for dependents of USAF personnel, and were living in the former gardener's quarters behind the house.

Another photo of Cheryl at the Roberts family's house in Tokyo.

The fountain was spring-fed, flowing from the wall into the garden.

At the family's home in Tokyo, Japan.

Here is also a photo of  Sachiko,  the family's 20-year-old maid.  A photo of Yago (the 19-year-old 'houseboy') has not been found.

Mom Roberts did all the cooking, and Sachiko and Yago got their first taste of Mexican food with Mom's enchiladas.

On the golf course, Japan.

On top of the New Kaijo building.

To the left, the building in the distance is the Imperial Palace, and the tower behind it is for the NHK broadcast service (now called the "Tokyo Tower").

Here is a photo of the building.  Joe worked at the radio station on the top floor.  He built and installed the 4-element beam antenna atop the tower on the roof.  It's pointing to the United States ("Stateside") where most of the radio messages were sent.

Here is a photo of the Tokyo Marunouchi area.  The arrow points to the roof of the building where Joe was standing.

Here are two photos of the area around the building in September 1945, one month after the end of World War II.   Photos  1  2

Here is a modern photo taken in 2014.  The old 8-floor building has been replaced by a new 15-floor one.

The historic building across the street was nearly 100 years old, and had survived Tokyo's earthquakes as well as bombings during World War II.  In 2017 it was demolished to make way for new construction.

"At Bonnie's"

Well into her late 70s, Margaret Ann Roberts was a regular volunteer at a Senior Center and Nursing Home.  She visited the elderly people, helped them with their daily needs, held their hands and talked with them.  She said, "It makes me feel young."

The residents' teeshirts read "Love is ageless."

Tarpon Springs, Florida

At the beach, Tarpon Springs, Florida.

On her 80th birthday, 17 July 1990.

Grandchildren of Carole Ann (Roberts) Dormer

Top:  David Gebhardt, Jason Reber, Owen Whetstine, and Marcus Gebhardt.

Christmas Day, 1993.

In front of James and Jean's home, San Antonio, Texas.

Two photos of the four children of Joseph and Margaret Ann Roberts.

Left photo (1948):  James, Joseph Jr, Cheryl, and Carole Ann.

Taken at James and Jean Roberts' home, San Antonio, Texas.

Easter, 2005.

Photo with her parents, John and Evangeline (Roberts) Sutter.

Born 04 May 2005, Beverly, Massachusetts.

First photo:  One Day Old

Eighth Grade dance, Katy, Texas.

Diane (Graves) Chiappone, with sons Anthony and Christopher.

James Michael Gaffney (left) and James Jesse Roberts.

During March 2006, Jim did extensive research to locate other living Gaffney relatives.  As a result of the search he found his cousin James Michael Gaffney.

The cousins met on 4 April 2006 in San Antonio, Texas.

Lee and Sheri (Dormer) Rasmussen with awards at target competition, Reno, Nevada.