tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post6359680528340334635..comments2024-03-28T07:48:11.698-07:00Comments on Heirlooms Reunited: Brief Bio of Hart Pease Danks, born Connecticut 1834, set poem "Silver Threads Among the Gold" to musicPam Beveridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-41473998117107332082020-02-22T23:29:30.597-08:002020-02-22T23:29:30.597-08:00Albertha Danks married name was Bilder not Builder...Albertha Danks married name was Bilder not Builder. She Married Nathan Bilder, Then divorced and married Sydney Harris.Donald Forbeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13103450990457027139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-26033321796939649032011-09-14T11:02:33.567-07:002011-09-14T11:02:33.567-07:00Thanks for adding some color to this post!Thanks for adding some color to this post!Pam Beveridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06272409581983333836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7470217109659177851.post-53793408039783889892011-09-14T10:17:01.864-07:002011-09-14T10:17:01.864-07:00I was just looking into danks recently via wikiped...I was just looking into danks recently via wikipedia and other sources. According to The National cyclopaedia of American biography (1898), Danks' parents were Albert and Nancy E. (Bunnell) Danks.<br /><br />yes, he married hattie r. colahan in 1858, and apparently they were estranged at the time of his death. <br /><br />there was a lawsuit between one of daughters and widow and his son (Albert V. Danks) over song royalties some time after danks' death. Gertrude L. and Albertha Danks-Builder were his daughters, Albertha died during the lawsuit. Hattie died in 1924, and the sensational storyline of the time was that she died poor, even though she was the inspiration for the greatest love song (silver threads among the gold) even though the lyrics were actually written by Eben E. Rexford (something easily overlooked in 1924 in order to come up with a juicy storyline.)milowenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970503858469369658noreply@blogger.com