To All:

These pages provide Photos relevant to the histories of our ancestors.

My name is Larry Drapela. I would like to welcome all family history enthusiasts to this site. We are specifically dedicated to the lineages of the Drapela, Mican, Bucsanyi, Gabor and allied families (my paternal ancestry) and to the Manley, Guffee, King, Beal and allied families (my maternal ancestry).

This site is an extension to the following Family history collections:

To summarize the ancestries covered in this site and those referenced above, the following are offered:

Paternal great grandparents of this site’s author

  • Joseph Drapela – born 1871 in the town of Jablonov in Moravia, then part of Austria-Hungary (Hapsburg Empire), now within the Czech Republic; married Rosalie Mican; died in Nada, Colorado County, Texas in 1962
  • Rosalie Mican – born 1873 in the town of Dubina in Fayette County, Texas (near Houston); married Joseph Drapela; died in Houston in 1921
  • Michael (Michaly) Bucsanyi – born 1860 in the town of Vacratot in Hungary, then part of Austria-Hungary (Hapsburg Empire); married Marie Gabor; died in Rosenberg, Fort Bend County in 1838
  • Marie Gabor – born 1864 in Budapest, Hungary; married Michael Bucsanyi; died in 1932 in Rosenberg, Fort Bend County, Texas

Maternal great grandparents of this site’s author

  • Robert Lee Manley – born 1866 in Williamson County, Tennessee (near Franklin); married Hattie Guffee (first of two marriages); died in Hillsboro, Hill County. Texas in 1949
  • Hattie Guffee – born 1873 in Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas; married Robert Lee Manley; died in Erath County, Texas in 1901
  • Jasper Newton King – born 1847 in Cherokee County, North Carolina; married Azelia Beal (third of three marriages): died 1919 in Hill County, Texas
  • Azelia Beal – born 1863 in Hill County, Texas; married Jasper Newton King; died in Haskell County, Texas in 1938

 

Photos
These are organized in various historical and regional groups; e.g. the Dial Creek region near Hillsboro, North Carolina where “our” Peter lived, the Little River region in Randolph County where his son Johnston King Sr. and his descendants lived, etc.

There is also a collection of unaffiliated photos titled “Photos of Our Ancestors”.

The Weebly site, via the link at the top of this page, includes life stories for our ancestors. I encourage you to visit it as well.