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James Osborne Arthur
Reverend James Osborne Arthur, Sr. (1887–1971) and his wife Katherine Arthur (1883–1960) were missionaries for the Reformed Church of America. While missionaries they photographed Native Americans in the American Southwest. Biography Arthur was born in 1887. He married Katherine Arthur (1883–1960) and had the following children: Margaret Jean Arthur (1913- ), James Osborne Arthur, Jr. (1915–2002), John Paul Arthur (1917–1987), Robert Lee Arthur (1919–2000) and Kathryn Arthur (1923- ). He was at the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska in 1913 and among the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apaches in the Whitetail section of the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico from 1914 to 1919. Their images were inherited by their granddaughter, Barbara Jane Arthur Jacobs, and were donated to the National Museum of the American Indian by Barbara Jacobs and her son Dr. James A. Jacobs in 2007. References External linksReverend James Osborne Arthur collection, 1913-1928at FlickrJames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Arthur And Her Children (1918)
Katherine (), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning 'pure'. This influenced the name's English spelling, giving rise to variants ''Katharine'' and ''Catharine''. The spelling with a middle 'a' was more common in the past. ''Katherine'', with a middle 'e', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations Anglophone use In Britain and America, ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. Amongst the most common variants are ''Katherine'' and ''Kathryn''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katharine' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |