Cake, ice cream, and extra candle! My mother always put an extra candle on the cake to grow with. She made the best cakes! I still love celebrating my birthday with cake, Breyers ice cream, and making a wish with friends and family. This year I celebrated at our local Mexican restaurant, and my birthday … Continue reading Six Word Saturday – 5 December 2015
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Family Friends Friday – Del Carlo Family of Readington Township, New Jersey
Family Friends Friday today is about the Del Carlo family of Readington Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. I love this photograph taken in 1933 on the Mirota farm showing the girlfriends having fun together with arms interlocking. It looks like Al has just stopped over to visit sisters, Gen and Mary. I love their bright … Continue reading Family Friends Friday – Del Carlo Family of Readington Township, New Jersey
William John Doran (1893 – 1961)
This last August my brother, John, and I had the great good fortune of meeting two of William John Doran's children, and their spouses, in New Jersey. William John's brother, Bernard, was our grandfather. This is one of the photographs they had saved of their father. William John Doran was born in Belfast, County Antrim, … Continue reading William John Doran (1893 – 1961)