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
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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)
Surname Saturday – The Szanto Family of Flemington, New Jersey
Surname Saturday looks at different family names, and today is about the Szanto or Santo family of Flemington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The Szanto surname is from Hungary and is an occupational name for a plowman. It is sometimes seen this way - Szántó. "Matyas Szanto was born in 1890 in the town of Petervasara, … Continue reading Surname Saturday – The Szanto Family of Flemington, New Jersey