Eva and Louis

If these are my great grandparents, they they are your great grandparents.

Picture taken near their home in Boston, on the Boston Commons.

I share these pictures with you when I come across them. I have looked at a great many family pictures, and these are significant. So pay attention and look into their faces. Their story can help you some day.

Children of Louis and Eva Hamlin

This is the picture where Eva said 'Never was there a happier time'

Roger Chesley
Beth
Louise
Harriet Dora
Perley
Benjamin

5 Generations

Included here are:
Relia Sarah Allen Christensen
Ann Clarise Christensen Nelson
Ann Raquel Nelson Hutton
John J Hutton
Cameron J Hutton

4 Generations

Included here are:
Roger Chesley Hamlin
Eva Gertrude Robinson (Hamlin)
Dora Robinson (Webster)
Benjamin Pillsbury Webster

Hamlin Family

Hamlin Family circa 1935

Picture taken on the famly farm called 'Pinefields'. The home is on the left, barn is on the right. The home is currently a Vetenary Hospital.(2000)

Included - Back row - Left to Right:
Perley Hamlin
Harriet (his wife) (one time secratary to Howard Hughs)
Louise Comstock (Hamlin)
Al Comstock (her husband)
Albert Hanson (grandpa)
Beth Hanson (Hamlin) (grandma)
Polly Hamlin (McMillin) (Bens 1st wife)
Harriet Dora Hamlin (never married)(Judy's favorite aunt)
Louis H Hamlin
- front row -
Polly (married Lee Alexander)
Eva Gertrude Hamlin (Robinson)(nana)
Judy (married Granville Hutton) (with the pig tails)
Roger Hanson (Judy's brother)
who is this other boy?
Ben Hamlin
Howard Hamlin (on his fathers back, obviously in trouble with his mother)

Cameron helps wash the car

Let see did he help wash the car or just get wet? 

Giants in Baseball

Baseball influenced me more than any other thing.

When we were visiting in California, my brother mentioned about the baseball teams we played on. He mentioned that when he played he exerted a great deal of energy to win. When I played on the same teams we always won. It seemed to come natural to me that we always did very well.






You can also tell who is bigger in this picture. There was a time when he would pick on me, but when I became taller the picking stopped.







Do you remember the story I told you about the time I was on first? It was near the end of the season. There was one out. I attempted to steal second base. I ran as fast as I could and was thrown out. As I reflect upon this, I realized I should have attempted this earlier in the season, or left the bag sooner.



Here I am as catcher. 'Strike'

Junior with hair

Never before seen pictures from 1948

Hutton Day 1948

You thought Hutton Day was just a regional Holiday. Well they have been going on much longer than previously thought. All the family came over for a meal, just to be together. Just look at the spread. At least two pies, Jello desert with whipped cream. Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well.

Present are from left to right:

1. Granville Hutton Sr.
2. Myrtle Hutton
   
3. Geraldine Richards
   
4. Dean Higgison
   
5. Manyard Higgison
   
6. Toots Higgison
   
7. [Probably] Roscoe Hutton serving from dish
8. Unknown man in white shirt
9. Alvin Langendoerfer
10. Burnette Langendoefer
11. (Mary Jane Richards) in lap
12. Bill Richards
    
13. Marion Hutton
    

This must have been a practice Hutton Day. Back then it could have been called Hanson day. But more likely it was a wedding shower.


The inspectors took a good hard look at this page, blew it up and rotated it on the signature on the card. It is signed, 'Sincerely yours, Judith Hanson'. Even a closer look and she is keeping track of the whole list in a book. Which reminds me have you written all your thank you notes?

Honeymoon 1948

Judy and Jr. passed by Niagra Falls on the way to Colorado. They were driving a new Packard, picked up in Detroit for Al Langendoerfer.

My father let his bride drive the car for her first time. He said when she went to pass a vehicle she got her self around the slow car, but forgot to get the rest of the car passed, before pulling back into the driving lane. My guess is they were not thinking much about the drive or the water falls. However they are lovely pictures.


 

Birthday at 15

On Rebeccas birthday, we had a family meal. As usual the birthdayee got to select the menu items including the style of cake. The specialty of the day was Lime cream pie and Strawberry cream pie. Yumee!

Other items include:

• CRT ring
• Contacts
• Buzz Word, the game
• Music Ginger Jar
• Sun Glasses
• Option, on choice of private room
  

Horse Ride in Sringville

Rebecca and I went riding horses one day. We borrowed them from my friend Paul in Springville. Their names were Jack and Slash or Fatty. What a great time we had.

Zephyr Cove

And here we stopped at Lake Tahoe just long enough for us to wet our feet

Hutton Day - Modesto

Here Cameron posed just long enough for me to take a picture of him and the door.






We declared this to be a Hutton Day.

You remember this is a regional Holiday. We got together had a BBQ, and they had a concert in the park that evening. They brought out the police complete with horses, had a band play patriotic songs, and tons of visitors. Parking was limited.

Duane thought this was a great tradition to follow.

From Glacier Point

Half Dome, with John, Cosette and Cameron.


And do you remember the other post about Glacier Point?















Raquel with Yosemite Falls.















Rebecca with Vernal Falls being lower and Nevada Falls being the upper.

John said if we would have come to Glacier point first he would have wanted to hike to the upper falls. Since we hiked first we only went as far as the lower falls.

These pictures only begin to demonstrate the gander of the location.

Flood Water Level

And here Cameron wants to know just exactly how high the water lever was on January 2, 1997 

Vernal Falls

This is for everyone's reference. You can see just how far all the locations are.













The best part of visiting Yosemite in June is there is plenty of water for the falls. When hiking up to Vernal falls the mist drenches you from below as well as from above. Here we stop just before our final climb using the handrail.





Then when we got to the top is was wondrous and powerful. Duane wanted a picture standing by this tree, because he has one of Sarah and Trevor standing by this tree also. And where is the picture with Trevor and Sarah?