I've gotten a bit behind in updates as we get closer an closer to the reunion. Can you believe, we're only about a month away? Anyway, I've got lots of updates for the Photo Album, Snapshots, and Lineage Page. Jill send multiple batches of photos of both the original Stone siblings, as well as children and grandchildren. I have started entering Shirley Stone's family pictures and Lineage, and will move on to Nancy next.
This time I'm going to feature multi-generational photos in the blog. We actually have a number of them, and more will be available on the Snapshots page as I add them throughout the week, so please check back soon. The picture below is a photo of my immediate family, grandmother (Nana), and Uncle Tony. (I'm the one in the garish yellow shirt.) If you have any multi generation photos, please send them to me or Jill to post on the Snapshots page
Right to left: Tony Eaton, Linda Eaton, (Top to bottom) Katy, Carol, and Heather Kramp. Becky Kramp and Bill Kramp. 1987
From another offshoot of the Stone family, we have 3 generations of daughters. Shirley (Stone) MacNeil, Jennifer (MacNeil) Swain, and her first 2 daughters Kristen and Courtney.
Shirley, Jennifer, Kristen, and baby Courtney.
On a side note, I should mention that I do my best to retouch old photos to look as good as they can on a computer screen. I am not a professional retoucher though, so I must apologize that not all photos will turn out perfectly.
- Katy
Lots of photos came in after my last post. We've now got pictures of the Martels, Connors and the Kramp family on the
Photo Album page. I'll be uploading even more photos on the snapshots page a little bit later as well. We're still missing any photos, and a lot of info particularly of the Canadian cousins. Please get that information in so I can fill in the gaps.
Bill and Carol Kramp have also sent in a Midi file for "Stone's Rag" and the words for 'Mary is a Grand Old Name' in honor of Aunt Mary. They are learning to play them both for the reunion. You can hear part of Mary's a Grand Old Name on the movie Yankee Doodle Dandy from 1942, although it was actually written in the 1890s. If anyone knows any other Mary songs, please sent them in, so we can all learn them.Lyrics to Mary's A Grand Old Name :
My mother's name was Mary
She was so good and true
Because her name was Mary
She called me Mary, too
She wasn't gay or airy
But plain as she could be
I hate to meet a fairy
Who calls herself Marie
For it is Mary, Mary
Plain as any name can be
But with propriety, society will say Marie
But it was Mary, Mary
Long before the fashions came
And there is something there that sounds so square
It's a grand old name
Now, when her name is Mary
There is no falseness there
When to Marie she'll vary
She'll surely bleach her hair
Though Mary's ordinary
Marie is fair to see
Don't ever fear sweet Mary
Beware of sweet Marie
For it is Mary, Mary
Plain as any name can be
But with propriety, society will say Marie
But it was Mary, Mary
Long before the fashions came
And there is something there that sounds so square
It's a grand old name
Lastly we've added another link to Ward and Linda's children. Jill found some photos of Edgar Stone, his wife, Doris, and their children. You can see Edgar and Doris on the
Photo Album, and the children will be posted in Snapshots later. In addition some photos of Edgar and Ward together were found as well. These photos lend such a sense of time and history for me. The portrait of Ward on the home page looks to be of him in his late teens to early 20s, right about the time he was crossing the threshold from boy to man. In the photo below, he is a grown man and father, with his son at 15, starting to cross that threshold himself.
Ward and Edgar Stone - 1938 Milford New Hampshire
Oh, if you were wondering who the 3 girls were in the last post, this is yet another photo of multiple generations, although you might not have guessed it. From left to right, Nancy Stone, Mary Stone, and last is their niece, a very young Linda Eaton. It was taken at some point between 1948 and 1952.
That's it for now. Please check back over the week, to see the family photos that are added to the Snapshots page.
- Katy
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