Another one of those stories. Genealogy I am doing it. Due to my efforts, family and others dump other photos in my lap. Here is another one of those photos.

Scanning more photos that belonged to my Uncle and Aunt Dave and Betty Donaldson I stumbled upon this photo. I recognized Delos Donaldson and wondered about these other people. Who are/were they? Why a photo? Why a train car? Where?

Turn it over and someone felt to record the information, which is somewhat unusual.

20 September 1916 – Green River, Wyoming

Mr. J. C. Bloomer Water Foreman U.P.

Miss Thelma Bloomer

Miss Annie Bloomer

Mr. David D. Donaldson

I did a little research to find these individuals and additional information.

John C Bloemer, born 30 December 1869 in Germany, died 9 January 1947 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, buried St. Mary Magdalene, Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. He was widower, met and married Annie Cecile Brass 5 August 1919 in Kansas City, Missouri. Interesting Delos would list her as Miss but with his last name. Were they holding out as husband and wife, then why the Miss? Annie was born 1870 in Missouri and died February 1938 in Kansas City.

Thelma Katherine Bloemer was born to John and Franciska 7 October 1903 in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming and died in 2000 in Ogden, Weber, Utah. She married twice to Donald Doctor McGuire and later to Daniel George Thinnes.

I assume the U.P. above is Union Pacific, not clear what a Water Foreman does, if that was irrigation, city, or train related.

Here is another photo in the group. This appears to be the same day with the train and shirt. We now know it is likely Green River, Wyoming.

David Delos Donaldson, born 26 March 1894 in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, died 24 September 1953 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah.