THE FAMILY TREE
A collection of family photos gleaned from old albums. We purposely left off surnames.
JOHN SENIOR‘S FAMILY FROM POLAND AND SICILY
John Senior‘s grandmother on his mother, Helen‘s side with his uncle. Helen was born in Poland and moved to Brooklyn when she was a young girl.
John Senior‘s grandmother Mary Ann on his father‘s side came from Sicily and ran a boarding house in Texas. This picture is from the 1920’s.
FRANK AND HELEN
Camille‘s grandparents Helen and Frank in 1919. Helen was seventeen years old and pregnant with their first son, Frank.
Helen working in the garden at home.
Frank senior enjoying his dog.
HIGHLANDS FAMILY GATHERINGS
Sunday family dinners were routine at Frank and Helen‘s place in Atlantic Highlands. The photo was probably taken in the 60‘s with Frank senior at the head of the table. Helen is on his right. At the far end of the table are Irene and Nicky.
Frank Sr‘s brother Jody, Helen, Frank Jr. and Mabel.
BABY JOHN
John Senior, Frank and Helen‘s third child at the Hippodrome Theater about 1928
FRANK AND HELEN‘S TWO SONS, FRANK AND JOHN
Frank with sons, John (Camille‘s father) and Frank.
WORLD WAR II
Sgt. John at his desk in 1945. He was a cartographer stationed in Manila during the second world war.
Helen with Frank and John.
AFTER THE WAR
Frank and John, back home after the war – 1947. John at work.
FINAL RESTING PLACE
Jim, Janice and Joseph pay their respects to Frank and Helen in 2014.
THE HORTONS
Jeanette, Doris, George, Arthur – back row Louise, Mama Isabelle Jeanette Hites, Ibby and George Ingersol No idea who the baby is.
DORIS
Doris (Janice‘s mother) and her sister Ibby as young women.
Grandmother Doris her 70‘s while on a visit to Pennsylvania.
Grandfather Roderick with young Janice and their dog Tiana. Both Roderick and the dog died when Janice was 13 years old.
Roderick and friend from the 1920s.
DORIS AND RODERICK‘S TWO DAUGHTERS, JEANETTE AND JANICE
Janice and Jeanette, 1930‘s and a more recent photo of Jeannette
Jeanette as an adult.
Jeanette’s husband, Bob, in front of their home in Courtland with Janice, Joseph and James – 1991.
Janice riding her Indian when she was sixteen.
JANICE AND JOHN
John married Janice on July 26, 1953 in the Columbia University Chapel in Manhatttan.
In Bergenfield with young John and Camille around 1957.
By 1958, Helen and Frank were Nana and Grandpa to John‘s first two children, Camille and John. Frank was soon to follow with two sons. John and Janice continued on with Robert, Joseph, Michael and James.
2012 Family Reunion. Front row: Janice, Jeanette, Bethany, Lydia, Jacob and Josiah. Behind them Mica, Ben and Alana. Second Row: Debra, Theresa, Kathryn, Maggie, Darla and Charity. Third Row: John senior, Robert, James, Brandon, Joanna, Brian and John.
CENSUS RECORDS
Dallas, Texas – 1900
Dallas – 1920 and Monmouth County, NJ – 1940
OTHER RECORDS
Frank and Helen‘s Passports
TOGETHER FOREVER
My father joined my mother in their Shippensburg burial plot after passing away on May 21, 2023.