Frank & Myrtle's Family
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Esther
and Florence Church
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Harriet,
their youngest child, was born in 1919 when Grandmother was 38
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Florence
at the well pump
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Uncle Jay all duded up |
Uncle Jay and Aunt Rachel with Eileen (b. 1923) and Gretchen (b. 1922). The tykes, striken with diptheria, died within two weeks of each other in Februrary 1925 <<<<<Dick
Powers, Harriet Church, and Larry Powers in Grandfather and Grandmother's
Petersburgh front yard facing the Millyard
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<<Esther Church Bierwirth, Dan & Susie McCumber, Johnny Bierwirth, & Floss Church McCumber. About 1948 | |||
(Below): Florence Church |
Mike
Powers, Richard, Lawrence, Marie, and Marion Church Powers - 1928
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Ned,
Myra, and Connie Church about 1943
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Grandmother's fair skin had no tolerance for the sun. She learned to make hats in the Home Bureau and created a large collection for sunny days...car in the background may be the one Grandfather dubbed "Ol' Dagan.">>>>>> |
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Ned in fashion as a young man |
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Harriet>>
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Petersburgh Gathering, June 6, 1946: Rear row - Jim Bierwirth, Grandmother Church, Jay Church, Grandfather Church, Michael Powers, Marion Church Powers, Bess Carr Cutler, Arthur Cutler; Front row - Susie McCumber, Jean Bierwirth, Harriet Church, Esther Church Bierwirth, Danny McCumber, and Floss Church McCumber Grandmother Church, Florence (Floss), and Esther >>>> |
(Above:) Church cousins at Rt. 7 picnic: Front - Patty Bierwirth, Floss Church McCumber, Jess Waddington, Beulah & Richard Cutler; Rear - Libby Bass Mulready,Grace Mulready Bass, Myrtle Church, Marion Church Powers, and Bess Carr Cutler. About 1948 |
Many of Frank and Myrtle's grandchildren attended Berlin for secondary education....