Family Photographs

Family Photographs

The Old Palatine Church - as it appeared on 10/6/1921. Notice that the original door to the right has been closed up and two doors have been created in the windows at the left. It has since been restored to the original configuration. Photo taken by Edith Diefendorf, Bruce's cousin, and daughter of Jacob Keller Diefendorf.
Great-great-grandparents' generation. Zimron Merriam - Addie's father. Esther (Densmore) Merriam - Addie's mother. Zimron Merriam, in the center - after the Civil War. Jacob Keller Diefendorf - married Elizabeth, sister of Bruce's father, John Peter. He was the father of Edith Diefendorf, who took the photo of the Palatine Church, also linked on this page. Memorial Card - Esther Merriam. Great-grandparents' generation. (Bruce & Addie) (Ernest Pinsonneault) Bruce & Addie with Zimron Merriam, her father, and four of their eventual five boys. Ernest Pinsonneault - Grandma's father. The man between the front and rear wheels is Ernest Pinsonneault - He was a fireman and this is the engine he worked with. Newspaper article from the War Years - showing 1902 photo of Ernest Pinsonneault leaning against the wheel of his fire engine in Watertown. Photo didn't scan well, as you can see. Bruce & Addie - She was the daughter of Zimron & Esther Merriam. The pose might suggest that this is their wedding picture? House at Gunn's Corners - This house stood on the SE of Gunn's Corners (intersection of Rts. 12 and 180). I believe this is where Bruce & Addie lived when they first got married, and if so, Roy was born here. No longer standing, it was about half a mile north of the old homestead in Perch River. Yahoo map of Gunn's Corners - The house I believe was Bruce and Addie's first stood just "under the H in Herbretch". The old homestead, owned by John Peter was deep in the Vee formed by 128 and 180. Bruce - Looks about twenty five? (Nice moustache!) "To Uncle Will and Aunt Ida from George" - These were Willis J. and Ida Esther (Merriam) Van Winckel. Notation on back: "L-R standing: Fred Pooler,Rex Borland and George. Sitting is 'Sinker' Haley". Bruce's obituary - dated Sept. 14th, 1900. Bruce's Memorial Card - 5/28/1863-9/9/1900 Bruce's bronze grave marker - N. Watertown Cemetery Lyle - during the First World War. Lyle - No moustache this time. Ernest and Edna (Burrington) - lived at 129 Clinton St. Great-grandma Addie (re-married Henry Bonnet) - Holding some corn, a pumpkin and a squash. Roy's Merriam uncles, aunts, cousins. "Uncle Edwin Merriam" - He was Addie's brother, Edwin Blodgett Merriam, born in 1880. Stewart & Lucy (Merriam) Kerr - with children Isobelle and Ester. Lucy Elena Merriam was Addie's sister, born in 1872. She married second Fred Rainboth. Edwin & Lucy (Merriam) Kerr - A brother and sister photo. Irene & Everett Merriam - Children of Walter Zimron and Frances (McLaughlin) Merriam. (How did mom get 'em so clean?) Walter was another of Addie's brothers; born in 1877. Will & Maude Farr's children - Maude was another of Addie's sisters, born in 1882. She married William Farr. Mrs. Edwin Merriam - Inscrutable notation on back of photograph.... Edwin married Mildred Warren. Grandparents' generation. (Roy & Eleanor) (Albert & Theresa Foos) George, Ernie and Roy - My Sarah resembles Roy quite strikingly. Roy & Ernest - Carolyn Perkins told me that when Ernie was a toddler her mother gave Ernie a "haircut" cutting off his curly locks, which Addie loved. (She had five boys and never a girl. According to CP, Addie liked for Ernie to have longish, curly hair, which she took some pride or pleasure in.) Ernest enthroned - Third son of Addie & Bruce. Roy - Dressed to the nines. Addie and the boys - Ernie, Lyle, Addie, Roy, George, Leon. Picnic - Grandma on far left. Picnic - Good eaters getting down to business. Picnic - don't fence me in. Picnic - on the road again. Roy at far right - Three Mile Bay???? Maude Horton - "a friend of the Family". (Ask Aunt Florence about her) Grandpa Roy worked in a paper mill before marrying Grandma. - She swore she'd never marry a paperworker because of the terrible injuries they often received in those pre-OSHA days. Family gathering - L-R back row: Nellie?, Eleanor, Nettie, George, Roy. Front row: Florence, Theresa, Rita, Leon? Those labelled Leon & Nellie may actually be Lyle and Mary; not sure... (Aunt Florence??) George - At Saranac Lake, winter of 1941. Photo from Aunt Nettie. Grandparents Roy & Eleanor - On their Wedding Day. Gotta have another try at scanning this one... Roy and Eleanor - his nickname for her was "Patoot", a corruption of petite. Roy & Eleanor's house - on Virginia Avenue Grandpa Roy with trophy - Grandma Eleanor - with layer cake (that reminds me; I'm hungry). Roy & Eleanor at the camp on Conesus Lake. Dr. Wilmer Pinsonneault b. 1875 - Sent to Washington when accepted for service in Medical Corps for Panama Canal service. Grandma Theresa Foos' siblings - Gram Foos' sister Ida Schueler - Worked in the office of Benjamin Sayles, wholesale clothing jobber. Lived in an apartment with Mame Witzel, Mame's parents and dog Boots. She never married. Gram Foos' sister Frances Schueler - Intended to become a nun, but died at the age of 21, having bled to death after a tooth extraction. Grandpa Albert Henry Foos 8/17/1891 or 92 (?) - 2/3/1974 - Son of Simon and Bernardine (Drexel) Foos Henry, Albert, Theresa and Florian - Wedding picture. Grandma Theresa Foos - My maternal grandmother. Parents' generation. (John & Rita) A nurse (?) holding Dad. Rita, Ernie, Florence - at the Virginia Avenue, Rochester house. Junior Austin, Dad and Bill Stevely. - Childhood playmates. Could that be Aunt Theresa on the trike? Dad with bike and knickers. Dad in the back yard. Aunt Rita, Unknown and Dad???? - Can't tell for sure. Note height of girl in the middle - too tall to be one of the family (dad was the tallest). John & Ed Courneen - on the back porch of 35 Virginia Ave. Ed lived on Brooks Ave. His father worked in the Post Office. Bill Stevely and Dad - At West High. Group photo - That must be Grandma cut off at the left. Then Addie and Aunt Florence. Sitting: Theresa, John, Rita. Dad's First Communion certificate. - He was called by his middle name (which he hated) until he reached High School. John - with uncle Ernie's canoe. Rita Foos - at Nazareth Academy (Wearing her "Sodality" medal). John and Uncle Bert Foos - hunting in Rush, 1940 with the Foos' dog Skippy. Dad became a Sergeant in December of 1942, was a Master Sergeant by Dec. 1943. Mom - about the time she worked for Kodak. Comparatively Recent Stuff (after 1956) Mom, Ken & Dad Ginny's last known appearance in a dress, May 1959 Ken, John, Ginny Pam Farr, Mom, Ken, Rhonda Farr - The lawnmower won't start. Grandma & Grandpa Foos with Birthday boy Ken - August 10, 1959 Mom sewed this bunny outfit for me to wear on Halloween 1959. - It won first prize for originality. The thing around my neck was some kind of a plastic shrunken head with a light in it. Halloween 1959 - me, posing with neighborhood street urchin. Skeleton and Cow Cow waving Ginny, Janet, Ken - November 1961? Back: Bert, Lu, Cathy, Molly Front: Bob, Ginny, Judy, Sue, Bill, Ken Taken at LaSallette Shrine in NH. Grandparents Albert & Theresa Foos with Ken - At the time of my First Communion. Ginny, Ken, Janet - at my First Communion. New York's most wanted - L-R: "Machine Gun"; "Killer"; "Ma"; "Sticky Fingers"; "Shorty". Rita & John - Dropping Janet off at SUNY Oneonta. John, Bruce, Ken - Taken at Fort Klock, I think. Our gang - Sheila, Bruce, Ken standing; Rebekah, Anne, Sarah sitting. Aunt Florence, Mom, Walt - Leaving church after Mom's & Walt's wedding. Couch deflection testing in progress - Mom, Sheila, Anne, Rebekah, Ken, Sarah & Bruce. Anne, Sheila and her mom Sheila - Taken at Round Pond, Maine. The Sykora clan - Taken at Dallaire's Motel, Biddeford, Maine. Our dog Heidi - glamor girl with hair blowing in the breeze! Sheila, Heidi (our dog), Mom and Walt. - I've been dog kissed! Cousin Brian - just bein' cool. My son Bruce My daughter Rebekah My daughter Sarah My daughter Anne Anne again Sheila and I - at the CMA 1999 Christmas Party. Sheila and I - at the Tri County Banjo Band Banquet. Ken holding the B&D Super - at the Tri County Banjo Band Banquet. Rebekah - High School Senior Picture. Ken & Sheila - At the CMA Christmas 2000 Party. Mad's & Tim's Wedding Image101 Image102 Image103 Image104 Image105 Image106 Image107 Image108 Image109 Image110 Image111 Image112 Image113 Image114 Image115 Image116 Image117 Image118 Image119 Image120

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