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Our Thanksgivings have been a bit different the past few years. Our kids have gotten older and live out of state. This year, like last, we will be apart, and our celebration will be small and intimate...just me, the Hubs, his dad, and a friend. But I do have several tangible reminders of the kids. Each year, these creations come out with our small set of Thanksgiving decorations. They still bring a smile and memories of when our now-adult children were wide-eyed kids sitting around the dinner table, sharing their own unique perspective on the holiday. Two items that show this kids-eye view of Thanksgiving are a poem and a menu, created by our daughter Anne and son James, respectively. Anne wrote this poem about Thanksgiving when she was probably about 8-9 years old. It still cracks me up!   James, not to be outdone, decided to create menus for our Thanksgiving dinner one year. He must have been in about 2nd or 3rd grade, learning to spell big words! I always give kids a lot of...
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Favorite Photo


I'm participating in the 2024 "52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks" Writing Challenge - Week 3 Theme: Favorite Photo


It's nearly impossible to pick a favorite photo from those I've accumulated through my research or that have been shared with me over the past several years by cousins. My "favorite" changes from time to time.

This precious photo is one of my current favorites, and was shared with me by my cousin. Pictured is my grandmother Mary Josephine Baker (1911-1981) with her older brother Charles Edward Baker (1908-1955).1 

I'm guessing that was taken about 1913 or so likely in Cleveland; Charles (or Charlie, as he was known), was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, but Mary Josephine (known is Josephine or Jo), was born in Cleveland. If taken about 1913, the family was living at 5009 St. Clair Avenue in Cleveland.2

Dad always said that his mother and her big brother were very close, and one can see the connection here. I can imagine Charlie protecting and guiding his little sister around the house or playing in the yard, making sure she did not get into any trouble. Little Jo looks very shy and quiet, and like she relied upon her big brother to take care of her.

The original photo was black and white. I enhanced the digital copy of the photograph with the Photomyne app on my Samsung phone in 2022. 

Until next time...

Next week's theme: Witness to History 

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NOTES

1 For Mary Josephine's birth: St. Edward's Church, Cleveland, Ohio, Certificate of Baptism for Mary Josephine Baker, (7 May 1911), prepared 1 June 1973. Private collection of R. Firestone [address for private use], 2022. Copied from original church register; date of birth 7 May 1911, date of baptism 4 June 1911. For Charles' birth: St. Catharines, Lincoln, Ontario, Canada, Births, 1908, #104, Edward Charles Baker, 1 May 1908, father Edward Jos. Baker, moulder; database and images, "Ontario, Canada Births, 1869-1912," FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S7-23B : 10 October 2023). 

2 Photo of Edward Baker and Mary Josephine Baker, unknown photographer, about 1913, location unknown; private collection of R. Firestone [address for private use], 2022. Colorized by N. Casey using Photomyne app, 2022.  For 1913 residence: "U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995," Cleveland, Ohio, 1913, p. 85, Baker, Edw., molder r 5009 St Clair av NE; digital image, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1344482356:2469 : 14 January 2024), image 770.


 


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