In Memory of Ancestors and Kin
of Michael and Rebecca McGoodwin

Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve,
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.
(Prospero in The Tempest)


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James Virgil McGoodwin (1916-1980)

He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again.
(Hamlet)

James V. McGoodwin at about 1 At about 1 year of age
c. 1917
James V. McGoodwin at 5 At about 5 years of age
c. 1921
James V. McGoodwin at 21 At about 21 years of age
c. 1937
 James V. McGoodwin at 30 At about 30 years of age
c. 1947-49
James V. McGoodwin at Magic Mountain, Denver CO, in c. 1959 At Magic Mountain, Denver CO
c. 1959
James V. McGoodwin with Florence Cardiff and Charles I. Cardiff 1969 With Florence and Charles Cardiff in Katy TX
Dec. 1969
Photographer: MCM
James V. McGoodwin with Mike's family 1978 With Tina and Mike's family near San Antonio TX
Sept. 1978
Photographer: MCM
James V. McGoodwin with Tina and Family 1979 (photomontage) With Tina and their sons, Becky, and grandchildren in San Antonio TX
December 1979, February 1980
Photographer: MCM [photomontage]

McGoodwins in Ireland

McGoodwin ancestral estate near Blarney 1986

McGoodwin ancestral burial site near Blarney 1986
Top: The McGoodwin ancestral family estate (very close to Blarney)
Bottom: MCM at the family estate burial site.
September 1986
Photographer: MCM

William Ewing McGoodwin, Jr. (1890 - 1956)

William Ewing McGoodwin, Jr. with others in 1953 L to R: John Russell Wait, Jr. (1910-1966), Tina McGoodwin,
Dorothy Wait, James McGoodwin (1916-80),
Kathryn I. R. Wait (1887-1959), William Ewing McGoodwin, Jr.
1953 photo

Catherine Gomperts McGoodwin (1899 - 1965)

Catherine Gomperts McGoodwin with son William Sterett McGoodwin 1940 Catherine Gomperts with son William Sterett McGoodwin (1917-1997)
1940 photo

William Sterett McGoodwin (1917 - 1997)
and Patrick Lee "Scooter" McGoodwin (1954 - 1998)

William Sterett McGoodwin Family 1975 William Sterett McGoodwin, Sr. with Dorothy, her mother, plus their children William S. Jr., Thomas Holman, Patrick Lee "Scooter", and Robert Ayres, and their grandchildren Catherine and William S. III.
1975 photo
William Sterett McGoodwin and Dorothy 1995 William Sterett McGoodwin, Sr. with Dorothy
1995 photo

Charles A. Gomperts (1869 - 1954)

Charles A. Gomperts 1949 1949 Photo

John Russell Wait, Sr. (1882 - 1970), 
Kathryn I. R. Wait (1887 - 1959), 
John Russell Wait, Jr. (1910 - 1966)
Kathryn R. Wait Ehlers (1911 - 1998),
William Ehlers (1906 - 1997)
Harold Vary "Jack" Wait (1912 - 2001)
Aline A. W. Wait (1915 - 2000)
Jennie E. Wait (1914 - 1977)

John Russell Wait family c. 1933-4 L to R: John Russell Wait, Jr., a friend, Margaret A. Wait, Kathryn R. Wait Ehlers, Kathryn I. R. Wait, Harold Vary "Jack" Wait, Jennie E. Wait, John Russell Wait, Sr., Tina McGoodwin
c. 1933-4
John Russell Wait family 1954 L to R: William Ehlers, Tina McGoodwin, Katheryn Lucy Ehlers, Dorothy Wait, Kathyrn I. R. Wait, Kathryn R. W. Ehlers, John Russell Wait, Sr., John Russell Wait, Jr.
1954 Photo
Jack and Aline Wait, March 2000 Harold Vary "Jack" Wait and Aline A. W. Wait with MCM & RCM, Lafayette, Louisiana
March 2000
(Photographer MCM)

John Vary Wait (c. 1859 - 1939)
Jenny E. G. Wait (c. 1861 - 1941)
Robert E. Waite (1907 - 1997)

John Vary Wait family c. 1932 L to R: Robert E. Waite (1907 - 1997), Harold Vary "Jack" Wait (1912 - 2001), Charles Cook Waite (1877 - 1961), Lydia E. Wait (1879 - 1955), Jenny E. G. Wait, John Vary Wait, Harold Nathan Wait (b. c. 1880) and his son John, 2 others
c. 1932
Robert E. and Judy Waite May 1995 Robert E. Waite with wife Judy, Santa Fe NM
May 1995
Photographer: MCM

Charles I. Cardiff (1918 - 1997)

His life was gentle, and the elements
So mixed in him that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world 'This was a man!'
(Julius Caesar)

Charles I. Cardiff Family in 1949 With Joyce and children at their home in Katy TX
1949
Charles I. Cardiff with Wendy McGoodwin at his family farm 1973 With Wendy at the Cardiff farm near Katy TX
December 1973
Photographer: MCM
Charles I. and Joyce Cardiff 1975 With Joyce
July 1975
Charles I. and Joyce Cardiff 1987 With Joyce
January 1987
Charles I. and Joyce Cardiff and Becky McGoodwin 1986 With Becky and Joyce in Seattle
February 1986
Photographer: MCM
Charles I. and Joyce Cardiff with children and grandchildren in 1991 With his children and their families in Katy TX
April 1991
Charles I. Cardiff with Case thresher 1995 With antique Case thrasher in Katy TX
May 18, 1995
Photographer: Lynn Cardiff
Charles I. Cardiff's 1914 Model T Roadster Charles Cardiff's 1914 Model T Roadster in Katy TX
c. 1999
Photographer: David Cardiff
Charles I. Cardiff's Big Barn Former link to separate website: Charles Cardiff's "Big Barn" Collection
Photos and text by David Cardiff

Florence I. Cardiff (1890 - 1980)

The men and women who are gentle and good are also happy.
Plato Gorgias

Florence Cardiff in 1969 In Katy TX
December 1969
Photo by MCM
Florence Cardiff at the piano in 1973 At her home in Katy TX
December 1973
Photo by MCM
Florence Cardiff with grandchildren in 1975 With Christie and Wendy in Seattle WA
July 1975
Photo by MCM
Florence Cardiff with Wendy and Christie McGoodwin in 1979 With Christie and Wendy at her home in Katy TX
December 1979
Photo by MCM

Musical Remembrances of Florence and Charles I. Cardiff

The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons
(The Merchant of Venice)</>

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Florence I. Cardiff singing and playing the piano in 1974

"Old Folks At Home"; "Marching through Georgia" March; and "The Cardiff Waltz" which she composed in 1913
(original analog recording and digital conversion by MCM, 4.8 MB in size)

Charles I. Cardiff singing and playing the piano in 1977

Nobody Loves Me, Everybody Hates Me
(original analog recording and digital conversion by MCM, 1.2 MB in size)