Thursday, May 5, 2016

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my maternal great-aunt taken after her high school graduation in 1937.  She is sitting outside of her family home in Trenton, New Jersey.  She was 17 years old.

Margaret Bunting
1920 - 2008

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my maternal great-aunt taken in 1944 outside of her family home in Trenton, New Jersey.  She was 24 years old.

Margaret Bunting
1920 - 2008

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Photo of the Day

This is a photo of my great-aunt and maternal grandmother taken outside of their family home in Trenton, New Jersey in 1940.

Laura Bunting (1921 - 1994)
Kathryn Bunting (1915 - 1998)

Friday, April 29, 2016

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

Sunday, April 24, 2016

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)

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

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

Bills of Repairs September 24,1904

 This cover sheet is found in the Civil War Pension File of my paternal third great-grandfather.  The bills were submitted by a pension atto...