Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

From Arthur Moore, May 1994

Annie Tucker Wallingford was a wonderful, fine woman, but she was frugal. She bought syrup in a barrel with a spigot. One day Annie had a new barrel. When she opened the spigot, the syrup was sugared and wouldn't come out. She left the spigot on, and the syrup broke loose and drained out. She was so upset, we thought we'd have to bury her.

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Stories from Corinne Ogg Wallingford, collected by Joan Wallingford Mickler:

When Roland and Corinne married, his grandmother Annie was living with Minnie and Harry Noe in the San Felipe housing.

When Roland and Corinne went to visit Annie, Roland insisted that Corinne wear hose and no lipstick.

Conversation with Frances Williamson and Madelyn Hegar, Summer 1989, from Joan Wallingford Mickler:

Annie Wallingford (John's mother who lived with the family on the Wallingford place) griped a lot about spending money. She always wanted more. Aunt Maye says that she was "peculiar, stingy like". Annie said that all the Hegars think about are their stomachs.

Every Sunday the Wallingford family went to the Hegar place for dinner. Helen and John Page would also come with their 10 children in a surrey with fringe on top. They would have a feast of smoked meat and vegetables. Grandpa Hegar sent both families home with food.

When John Pinckney Wallingford died, the family (Edna, Virgil, Roland, and Edna Ruth) went to live with Grandpa Alfred Hegar, who was a stern, gruff German. Aunt Maye says that he thought he was the only one who could take proper care of them. They lived at least a year with him on the old Hegar home place. Virgil was 11, Roland was 8, and Edna Ruth was 6. Edna Ruth was always afraid of Grandpa Hegar.

Grandmother Annie stayed on the Wallingford home place with her bachelor son Alvin.

[Note added by Nick Wallingford: J.P. Wallingford died in 1922, and Alvin had married in 1916. It might be this refers to Annie staying on in the T.G. Wallingford home after he died in 1909?]

Grandpa Hegar did all the shopping for the family - even clothes for the girls. At Christmas he bought Edna Ruth a sweater and a doll. He always bought lots of fruit, nuts and firecrackers at Christmas time. He took the kids to school in Magnolia in a truck. Edna Ruth remembers how cold it w

Grandpa Hegar did all the shopping for the family - even clothes for the girls. At Christmas he bought Edna Ruth a sweater and a doll. He always bought lots of fruit, nuts and firecrackers at Christmas time. He took the kids to school in Magnolia in a truck. Edna Ruth remembers how cold it was.

Virgil came to Houston to work. He stayed with Mary Emma and George ______ (cousins). [Note from Nick Wallingford: Probably the Loyds?] He worked for a filling station on Houston Ave. One day a man came into the station and offered him a job at the gas company. There he met John Blaffer, an oilman, and just kept working his way up.

The family moved to Heights Blvd. in Houston. Aunt Maye remembers meeting Roland downtown. He was shivering in knee pants and barefoot. She bought clothes for him.

Joan asked Virgil and Roland why the family moved to Houston. They said they were starving on the farm and had to do something.

The family also lived for a time with John and Helen Page (sister to Edna) on Washington Ave. in Houston. Uncle John had a "good job" at Henke and Pilot Grocery store. On payday he gave each of his 10 children a generous allowance of 25 cents. While the Wallingfords were with him, he included Virgil and Roland in the allowances. John, Helen, their 10 children, Edna, and her three children lived in a little two bedroom house.

At Christmas time Helen and Edna were sleeping by the fire. Roland talked the kids into throwing a firecracker at their feet.

Death certificate number 30586, Texas Deaths 1903-1940, page 26599.

Edna Ruth Wallingford Lange's Stories

Edna Ruth is the daughter of John Pinckney Wallingford. She was born after her grandfather died, but she recalls some stories about her grandmother:

Grandma would go to the valley (San Benito) to see Aunt Minnie's family (Minnie Devoe Wallingford and Harry K. Noe) and would take Roland (John Roland Wallingford, son of John Pinckney) with her often. Edna Ruth can remember seeing her coming home on the train with her suitcase, pillow, and quilt under her arm. A highlight was the little gift in her suitcase for Edna Ruth and Roland.

Edna Ruth remembers her father getting a large box from one of the stores in Waller or Hempstead. They called it the "quilt box," and all the worn out or out-grown clothes were put in the box for Grandma to use for her quilts. Edna Ruth doesn't remember Grandma doing much besides her quilting. Grandma would say, "Honey - when Grandma gets her pension (Confederate widow's pension?), next month, I'll buy you something." They would look at the Sears catalog to find a blouse or dress.

Grandma would say, "Come here, Edna Ruth. Let's you and Grandma look at the Sears Roebuck catalog." As they turned the pages, Grandma would say, 'You know that couldn't be worth very much at that price."

Edna Ruth remembers that she and Roland would follow Grandma in the garden picking vegetables. Corinne Ogg Wallingford, Roland's wife, adds that Roland told her they ate mostly sweet potatoes, cornbread, and syrup - carrots were considered "pig food."

Grandma would put food on the table, and Roland would say, "Oh, Grandma, I don't want to eat that." Grandma would always say, "Well, honey, if you were hungry, you'd eat that!"

Grandma would keep her snuff on the mantel by the clock. Edna Ruth thought it looked so good that she got herself some in a teaspoon. It was the most awful stuff she ever tasted!

As a young teen after her father died and her family moved to Houston, Edna Ruth would take Grandma on the street car to downtown Houston to shop at every store. Grandma would embarrass her by trying to "bargain" the prices down.

Lee Wallingford's Stories

Lee is the son of Alvin Wallingford, the son of Thomas Ginn and Annie Wallingford.

Lee remembers Grandma coming to his house and patching all the clothes. She patched all the clothes no matter how old and worn-out they were.

Grandma would send Lee out to get her a "toothbrush" - a section of a small tree branch. She preferred one from a plum tree, but a peach one would do.

On cold winter nights with kerosene lanterns for light, Grandma would put her quilting frames down from the ceiling and quilt late into the night.