NYC, NY, January 6, 1863 Dear Grandfather [Ralph Austin], Your letter of December 18th came to hand in due time and I was very glad to hear from you, but sorry to hear that your health continues so poorly and … Continue reading
Washington, January 16, 1862 Dear friends, I don’t know what they can want better than we eat. We get rice and molasses twice a week, beefsteak twice a week, pork and beans and corned beef the rest of the week. … Continue reading
Ella Sergeant married James Garfield Leavenworth September 5, 1906. “Uncle” Garfield was the brother of Jennie Austin, my grandmother. Fast forward to Christmas 1930 when Ella received a diary as a gift from her sister, Hazel. Inside the cover Hazel … Continue reading
Click to read post on January 1945. January 1946 Tuesday, the second day of January, Chet Middaugh skidded logs for Jim. Sunday Jim paid $15 to have the mill machinery he had bought from Perry Barnes Jr. in December, drawn … Continue reading
January 1, 1944, Italy Arthur Austin, T/Sgt, 5th Army Headquarters, Italy, to Mary Briggs, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn Dear Mary, Well, here it is New Year’s Day and I think it a good idea to catch up on my correspondence… Your … Continue reading
“The Japanese took Manila,” Art’s aunt Ella Leavenworth wrote on Friday, January 2. The warm start to January ended the third day with a storm. Art’s cousin Charlee was with their aunt Anna Leavenworth in East Islip. Charlee’s father Anthony … Continue reading
January of 1941 was almost two degrees colder than normal in New York. But the month started off on a “lovely, clear and warm Wednesday,” according to Ella Leavenworth. Her son Jim bought his first car for $25. On the … Continue reading
January 1940 Garfield and Ella Leavenworth started 1940 off with all of their family (minus Stella who was perhaps not feeling well) in at some point. Lee and Clara enjoyed a goose dinner with them. Grandson Jimmy and his dad … Continue reading
Christmas 1938 Sunday, Christmas Day, there were some snow squalls in the afternoon. Perhaps that’s the day a photo was taken of Dottie Wait (nicknamed Spider), her dad Alex Wait, and Jim Wade in front of the Wait and Boyd … Continue reading
Arthur Austin started work as a secretary in charge of checks and letters at the Sullivan County Highway Department, at least by 1937. He would work there for eleven years, counting the four years he served in World War II. … Continue reading
