Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my paternal aunt taken in 1965, maybe Christmas Eve, in her family living room in New Castle, Delaware.  She was 14 years old.

Diane Odgers
1951 - 2002

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my great-aunt and her husband taken in 1944 at the Davis studios, maybe in Wilmington, Delaware.

Irvin Pinder (1920 - 1987)
Norma Lea (LeGates) Pinder (1922 - 1992)

Record of Physical Examination - Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps existed between 1933 and 1942.  It employed millions of unmarried men between the ages of 17 and 25 on projects in rural areas owned primarily by federal, state, and local governments. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men, to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States.  The men served a term of six months, but they could serve up to four terms. They earned $30 a month, $25 of which was sent home to their families.

This is my maternal grandfather's Record of Physical Examination while he was in the CCC.  He was generally healthy throughout his service.  He was recorded as being 71 inches tall and weighing 140 pounds with 20/20 eyesight and hearing.  He was vaccinated for Typhoid-paratyphoid and Smallpox.  He did spend two days, 17 March through 19 March 1937, in the hospital with tonsillitis, but he made a complete recovery.

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my maternal great-aunt taken in 1940 outside of her family home in Trenton, New Jersey.  She was 20 years old.

Margaret Bunting
1920 - 2008

Transfers

The Civilian Conservation Corps existed between 1933 and 1942.  It employed millions of unmarried men between the ages of 17 and 25 on projects in rural areas owned primarily by federal, state, and local governments. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men, to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States.  The men served a term of six months, but they could serve up to four terms. They earned $30 a month, $25 of which was sent home to their families.

This is a record of my maternal grandfather's transfers while he was in the CCC.  He was transferred two times.  Once to Camp Squaw Creek and once to Camp Dix, New Jersey.

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my great-aunt (18 years old) and my maternal grandmother (23 years old) taken outside of their family home in Trenton, New Jersey in 1938.

Margaret Bunting (1920 - 2008)
Kathryn (Bunting) Branyan (1915 - 1998)

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my maternal grandmother and aunt taken in 1944 in Wilmington, Delaware.  My grandmother was 28 years old.

Kathryn (Bunting) Branyan (1915 - 1998)
Kathleen Branyan (1944 - 1947)