Our Dads

Well here's Leo and Harrison. Nancy and My Fathers. Not the best shots because I took them off slides, luckly they are more vivid in our memories.

A Look Back On Fathers Day

I wanted to make a collage, so I thought I would give you girls a look at your father
as he started out. As you can see I've always have needed the "Husky" size. I also thought I would include my other grand father, Abel Freitas. It's the only picture of him that I have at the moment. Now I need to find a picture of Leo and Harrison.

Our RailRoad Heritage

Today in the Hartford Courant was a story about a turntable bridge made for the Providence,Webster and Springfield Railroad. It was reinstalled at a rail yard in Willimatic Ct. previously used by the New York, New haven and Hartford railroad. As you may or not know my grandfather (Lester Larrabee) was an Engineer for them. How does this relate, you might ask? Well in the 1910 Census for WEBSTER Ma. we find Lester,Lillian and their sons Francis and Galen listed. We can speculate that He probably worked for the Providence, Webster and Springfield railroad first and later for The New Haven railroad. So take a look at the video and wonder if he traveled over this turntable or passed through this rail yard. www.courant.com/turntable
I think GF Larrabee is the railroad man on the left. The portrait is of him probably at age 18. (His birthdate was 1880)

It's Time To Head To LARRABEE Country

We're going North for 6 days to open the camp, come home for 2 Weeks then return to Maine for the summer. I hope to visit a few towns this summer and check out some leads. Haven't had much luck on the Web, except with the very early Larrabee's in Malden Ma. and North Yarmouth Me. I did find a picture of my great grand mother Sarah Anne Newhall Larrabee with 2 of my great uncles and my great aunt posing for a school picture. You can guess what it meant to me. You can see a sense of pride and Yankee Independence in her look.

Tracing Ida Allen Barnes

Here's the web site I mentioned earlier that had info on Ida. It shows her linked to the Raynor family in Long Island going back to the 16th century in England.
I'll be able to add several more surnames to the family tree thanks to this site.
http://longislandgenealogy.com/raynor/ghtindex.htm

KODA GETS A Haircut

Our "boy" got a visit to the groomer today, and received a good report!
He got a buzz cut for the summer. As the pictures show he is a beggar and will dance for a "treat". Its tough to get a good shot as he will not sit for a pose.

It's Blooming in Bristol

Well the flowers have arrived and they're great this year. I hope the rain this weekend doesn't ruin them. Last week the kids were over for Poppy's birthday and they all enjoyed our new addition. His name is Koda and we got him 2 weeks ago. He is well behaved and great with the kids. he came with a collection of toys which he tosses around. He has chewed up several so far.

Its 9;45 pm and he's in the crate resting.