Blanche Thompson Redfern was one of the four children of Rinaldo Thompson, a farmer, and Martha Eliza Converse. She married Rev Frederick C Redfern on July 9, 1897. Frederick at that time was a senior at the University of Rochester and pastor of the Plymouth Avenue Baptist Church, which he founded and where Blanche was the soprano singer. After stops in Ohio and Idaho, the family moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1914.
Blanche was an English teacher at Benedict College, the Republican Committeewoman for South Carolina, and was invited to opening of the George Washington Bridge on October 24,
1931. She wrote a personal poem to every member of the family every year for their birthday. She was the mother of Ruth Dorothea, Paul Rinaldo, Beulah (Bee), and Isabel Ordina.
After her husband died, Blanche left Columbia.
More information on the families of Blanche Thompson Redfern can be found at http://www.cac.cornell.edu/redfern/Converse-Redfern%20Family%20Tree%20and%20Related%20Branches.pdf.
Thanks to Paul Redfern, who gave me permission to use his material and photos.
Blanche was an English teacher at Benedict College, the Republican Committeewoman for South Carolina, and was invited to opening of the George Washington Bridge on October 24,
1931. She wrote a personal poem to every member of the family every year for their birthday. She was the mother of Ruth Dorothea, Paul Rinaldo, Beulah (Bee), and Isabel Ordina.
After her husband died, Blanche left Columbia.
More information on the families of Blanche Thompson Redfern can be found at http://www.cac.cornell.edu/redfern/Converse-Redfern%20Family%20Tree%20and%20Related%20Branches.pdf.
Thanks to Paul Redfern, who gave me permission to use his material and photos.
Blanche Thompson Redfern was one of the four children of Rinaldo Thompson, a farmer, and Martha Eliza Converse. She married Rev Frederick C Redfern on July 9, 1897. Frederick at that time was a senior at the University of Rochester and pastor of the Plymouth Avenue Baptist Church, which he founded and where Blanche was the soprano singer. After stops in Ohio and Idaho, the family moved to Columbia, South Carolina in 1914.
Blanche was an English teacher at Benedict College, the Republican Committeewoman for South Carolina, and was invited to opening of the George Washington Bridge on October 24,
1931. She wrote a personal poem to every member of the family every year for their birthday. She was the mother of Ruth Dorothea, Paul Rinaldo, Beulah (Bee), and Isabel Ordina.
After her husband died, Blanche left Columbia.
More information on the families of Blanche Thompson Redfern can be found at http://www.cac.cornell.edu/redfern/Converse-Redfern%20Family%20Tree%20and%20Related%20Branches.pdf.
Thanks to Paul Redfern, who gave me permission to use his material and photos.
Blanche was an English teacher at Benedict College, the Republican Committeewoman for South Carolina, and was invited to opening of the George Washington Bridge on October 24,
1931. She wrote a personal poem to every member of the family every year for their birthday. She was the mother of Ruth Dorothea, Paul Rinaldo, Beulah (Bee), and Isabel Ordina.
After her husband died, Blanche left Columbia.
More information on the families of Blanche Thompson Redfern can be found at http://www.cac.cornell.edu/redfern/Converse-Redfern%20Family%20Tree%20and%20Related%20Branches.pdf.
Thanks to Paul Redfern, who gave me permission to use his material and photos.
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