Debbie Owen
Location: Silverhill
E-mail: owenpkhotmail.com
Message:Welcome to the Silverhill History website!
I hope you will find this site informative and interesting. Let me know if you have anything you can add to this website, such as: photos of Silverhill places or people, documents, vital records, interesting stories or facts, or even boring stories and facts! A genealogist/historian will find any information about their family interesting.
Also, if you find any information on this site that is incorrect please contact me and I will correct it.
Please sign the Guestbook before you leave. I hope you enjoyed your visit!
Charles G. Canning Sr.
Thu Jan 13 18:57:18 2005
Location: Magnolia Springs.AL
E-mail: Marchagulftel.com
Message: Everytime I visit this site, I thank GOD for Blessing us at Zion by sending Debby and Phil to us.
Pauline Simpson
Mon Jan 17 11:13:33 2005
Location: United States
E-mail: teamsimpsongulftel.com
Message: Enjoyed the talk at the Baldwin County Museum in Elberta and have enjoyed your web site, as well.
Larry Murphy
Sat Jan 22 09:31:02 2005
Location: Abington, Massachusetts
E-mail: LSMurphy561adelphia.net
Message: Without a doubt, the most beautiful web site I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing.
Gene Sykes
Mon Jan 24 17:40:21 2005
Location: Goshen, Al.36035
E-mail: genesykes36035yahoo.com
Message: Great Site
Max Ard
Mon Feb 7 16:46:49 2005
Location: Summerdale
E-mail: gpawgulftel.com
Message: You have created the absolute best town history website i have ever seen! This is awesome!
Kelly Gutensohn
Sat Feb 12 19:46:22 2005
Location: Holmes Beach, FL
E-mail: kjguteaol.com
Message: Holla, your site rocks, I enjoyed the "Time Pod". Thanks for the experience, I am still Kelly from the block.
Paula Lenor Webb
Fri Feb 18 14:36:57 2005
Location: Cleveland, MS
E-mail: plwebbiehotmail.com
Message: (The Wigstrom Family) What a wonderful website about my Grandfather's people! He was Adolf Wigstrom, my mother is his youngest daughter, Irene Huff. I never really knew anything about that side of the family till I read your website. Thank you so much for creating it! Paula Lenor Webb
j blakeney/j eisele
Thu Feb 24 16:23:30 2005
Location: silverhill
E-mail: judiebgulftel.com
Message: Moved to Silverhill approximately 1 1/2 year ago and am curious as to it's heritage. This website is quite unique and interesting. I live a block from the new childrens' play park. It's fabulous!
carey fincher
Sun Feb 27 08:47:09 2005
Location: loxley usa
dayna fincher
Sun Feb 27 08:48:19 2005
Location: loxley usa
cheryl gates
Sun Feb 27 08:48:43 2005
Heather Williamson
Thu Mar 10 08:48:02 2005
Location: Silverhill
E-mail: willi116bama.ua.edu
Message:
LEE INGRAM
Thu Mar 10 09:26:34 2005
Location: SILVERHILL, USA
E-mail: ingra012bama.ua.edu
Message: I WAS RAISED IN THE TOWN OF SILVERHILL ALL MY LIFE. I AM NOW 20 AND ATTEND UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. I WENT TO SILVERHILL SCHOOL FOR 6 YEARS, AND I LOVED EVERY THING ABOUT THIS TOWN. BEING ABLE TO SEE THE HISTORY IS VERY COOL.
tammy miller
Mon Mar 14 17:29:24 2005
Location: silverhill baldwin
E-mail: dtmillergulftel.com
Message: i love history just browsing
Sherry Lauing McCarthy
Wed Mar 16 05:21:33 2005
Location: Ridgefield, WA
E-mail: s-lauingearthlink.net
Message: I believe that my old family home on Hwy 55 in Silverhill once belonged to Oscar Johnson. My mother used to make jokes when things went missing or we heard strange bumps in the night - "no need to worry - that's just Oscar"
Ross Jaburg
Sat Apr 30 06:50:39 2005
Location: Silverhill, AL
E-mail: webmastersilverhill.us
Message: My wife Judy and I just bought 4 1/2 acres in Silverhill at the northeast corner of 1st Street and North. I believe we have found our ultimate destination and the location of our dreams. This town is what's best about "small town america" and with it's rich history, Silverhill is definitely "A Good Place To Live." I am particularly interested in the farming history of this area and the Silverhill Satsuma Mandarin, which was apparently developed by Dr. O.F.E. Winberg here. I have a very nice specimen of this delicious citrus tree in my yard and I wonder if it is descended from one of the original plantings in 1910. This website is a fantastically helpful place to learn about the unique and special town that is Silverhill. I look forward to contributing what I can to my newfound home.
Judy Bishop
Thu May 26 13:23:41 2005
Location: The Woodlands, TX 77384
E-mail: jabeepdq.net
Message: Beautiful site. I'm hoping to learn more about Swedish settlers in Silverhill around 1860.
Patrick O'Neill
Sun Jun 12 13:28:08 2005
Location: San Antonio,USA
Message: Really a superb site. Keep up the great work!
Rebecca Plunkett
Sun Jun 12 19:36:31 2005
Location: Silverhill, Alabama
Message: I have lived in Silverhill for twelve years now and love living here. I am starting my own family now at the age of 21 and plan on raising my children here. Silverhill is truly " A Great Place To Live".
Annie Simmons
Thu Jun 16 08:00:03 2005
Message: Looks Good
Steve Nicholas
Sat Jun 25 23:21:18 2005
Location: Powder Springs, Ga
E-mail: stevefnicholasyahoo.com
Message: As a child, my grandmother and I visited the graves of her parents in a Silverhill cemetary. Her maiden name was Waveria. She has since passed, as her husband. I believe I have her maiden name correct, maybe drop the i. If anyone can point me in a direction as to where I can find her parents graves, I would be very much in debt to them. The daughter was Gertrude and the son was Anton. Both are buried in Pine Crest cemetary in Mobile Alabama. If additional information is needed, please contact me. Thank you in advance.
Cathy Sullivan Sloan
Fri Jul 8 20:00:01 2005
Location: Glendale, AZ
E-mail: cathysloancox.net
Message: My grandmother, Esther Carlson Sullivan, died this spring. She was the last of the six Carlson girls. She was 96 years old. She was born in Silverhill and fondly remembers her family farm. She left for Arizona in 1918, but never forgot Alabama. I loved listening and recording her stories from her childhood. We were told many years ago that Silverhill no longer existed. We are very pleased to visit your site and learn more. Sincerely,
Andrew Granahl
Mon Jul 11 22:50:31 2005
Location: USA
E-mail: folgers549hotmail.com
Message: Very good work, nice webpage.
Barbara Zellers
Thu Jul 14 09:18:06 2005
Location: Virginia,Il usa
E-mail: zellers52grics.net
Message: cool place
Thomas J McGovern
Tue Jul 26 14:39:35 2005
Location: Las Vegas
E-mail: mcgovernscox.net
Message: great site!
Kristy Shobe
Thu Jul 28 15:15:06 2005
Location: Maple Hill, NC
E-mail: kls3909uncw.edu
Message: This looks great, I cannot wait to move back to Silverhill. Some of my former teachers still teach at Silverhill. I would love to be able to teach at Silverhill amongst some of my greatest inspirations. Silverhill is "a good place to live!"
Tawana Davis
Fri Aug 5 11:10:34 2005
Location: Gadsden, USA
E-mail: twana69us2000yahoo.com
Message: This is the best page I have seen yet on the net.
Millie Whitney
Fri Aug 5 19:50:47 2005
Location: Summerdale, AL
E-mail: milwhithotmail.com
Message: Oh my gosh!! I sure did enjoy it.
Kelly Goodwin Kofonis
Fri Aug 5 23:45:47 2005
Location: Daphne, Al
E-mail: kgoodwin8hotmail.com
Message: I am the Grand-Daughter of Lois Cline and the late Milton J. Cline. I am very pround to say that my family is a part of such a wonderful town. I only wish my very loved and much missed Grandfather were here so I could share it with him. Thank You for taking the time to create this page for all to see.
Joe Bystricky
Mon Aug 22 00:37:06 2005
Location: Silverhill, AL USA
E-mail: tddy35bearyahoo.com
Message: I really like the way that this website presents the history of Silverhill. Well orgainized and so much information, that I didn't even know about our little town.
Gates Edward Smyth
Tue Aug 30 07:48:24 2005
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
E-mail: pearlygates321yahoo.com
Message: I am Gates. I'm 13 weeks old. I'm the first son of Stephanie Gates Smyth and David Edward Smyth and the grandson of Robert Gates and Peggy Gates (Wigstrom family history). My great grandparents were Martha Wigstrom Gates and Amon "Boompa" Gates. I wish I could have known them, because they sure would have like me.
Leigh Lassitter De Ball
Fri Sep 16 12:03:17 2005
Location: Robertsdale, AL USA
E-mail: ldeballyahoo.com
Message: Born and raised in Silverhill. Graduated from Silverhill Junior High School (8th grade) in 1977.
Andrew Richmond
Fri Sep 16 16:15:12 2005
Location: Pensacola, USA
E-mail: richmonds99aol.com
Message: I have a letter from 1882, written to a Mr. A Jonssan in Baldwin County, that appears to be in Swedish. Looking for any info on Johnsons from Baldwin Co.
Jennifer (Watts) Arnette
Fri Sep 30 15:22:22 2005
Location: Sillverhill
E-mail: jarnette1972yahoo.com
Message: Enjoyed all the Family history (Foukal) that I was not aware of. Thanks Much
Akron M. Lindsey
Mon Oct 3 17:06:08 2005
Location: Spring Valley, Ca. 91977
E-mail: allindseycox.net
Message: Lived in Robertdale and went to school there...many years ago....a very nice site....if anyone sees Albert Phillips are anyone... from the 1948 era...plse say hi for me ..tnx..e-mails welcome...my sister Helen lives in S'hill now...
melanie krenek watts
Fri Oct 7 07:05:08 2005
Location: Irvington, AL. USA
E-mail: melanie36544peoplepc.com
Message: I was introduced to this site by my daughter, Jennifer Watts Arnett. It is fantasic!
April Thomas
Wed Oct 26 14:46:16 2005
Location: Robertsdale, USA
Message: I was just sitting here amazed at the "Wigstrom Family History". I am the granddaughter of Evelyn Skelton Wigstrom that married Ernest Wigstrom. She passed away last year and I miss Nanny (Evelyn) and Papa (Ernest) very much. By seeing this it has allowed me to see many of their very important moments in their lives. Thank you so much for the time and hard work that you have put into the history.
Lorna Schilke
Thu Oct 27 14:55:39 2005
Location: Harrison, Idaho, USA
E-mail: LornaGSdirecway.com
Message: Looking for records/family members of the Charles Hoff family.
Lesley Jaquay
Tue Nov 1 21:43:52 2005
Location: Mobile, Al
E-mail: LesleyJaquay69MSN.com
Lisa Howard
Mon Nov 7 17:26:10 2005
Location: Mobile, USA
E-mail: lhowardmdbellco.com
Randy McCardle
Thu Nov 10 19:18:38 2005
Location: Silverhill USA
E-mail: ranmccardyahoo
Message: What a wonderful website!
Christopher Brandon Flowers
Sun Nov 13 19:30:35 2005
Location: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
E-mail: brandonflowerscomcast.net
Message: Nice site! Lineage includes- great-great grandson of Mr. Oscar Johnson, Great-grandson of Mrs. Elvera Charlotte Armstrong, Grandson- Mrs. Elvera Armstrong Cline, Grandson- Mr. Milton J. Cline.
Jennifer Wigstrom Battles
Thu Nov 24 18:36:30 2005
Location: Ponchatoula, Louisiana
E-mail: jenniferjobattleshotmail.com
Barbara Till Prestridge
Fri Dec 2 22:17:57 2005
Location: Mississippi
E-mail: bprestbellsouth.net
Message: Lived in Silverhill till I was four months old. Still have family in the area. Love the site and the history.
AMY L MEEKER
Tue Dec 6 12:42:48 2005
Location: SILVERHILL
regina collins smith
Tue Dec 13 20:45:40 2005
Location: Thorsby, Al.
E-mail: rdsmith810earthlink.com
Message: wonderful site.
Robert Alexander Young
Thu Dec 29 18:44:06 2005
Location: Anderson SC USA
E-mail: walrus512004yahoo.com
Message: I am the grandson of Gertrude Wavera Sutton and the greatgrandson of Barbara Wavera. Both resided in Silverhill in the 1920s-30s My grandmother was a 1928 graduate of Robertsdale High.I have several photos of farming in Silverhill in the early 20s which I will be glad to share. Great site!