Our first great grandchild was born 14 August 1999, Alexandra Lynn Barlow, daughter of David and Elann. This is Sylvia’s first grandchild. We had a five generations picture taken with Alexandra (Alex), David Barlow, Sylvia Barlow, Barbara Honey and Corraine Williams.
Ashley and Tanner, Nancy’s children, spent a few days with us. Leon helped them make little step stools. They helped putting them together and then painted them. They wore Leon’s old white shirts to protect their clothes. I think they quite enjoyed that.
We had another great family Christmas party at the church. This year, there was no heat! It was cold!!! Some problem with the furnace but we had fun being together. Lauren was the director with Becky assisting. Peggy did the narrating. It is always fun to see the grandkids take part.
We finished a kids room in the basement and then had grandchildren paint pictures of Winnie the Pooh and friends. Pooh was painted by Ashley (10), Kanga by Stephanie (8). Laura (5) painted a flower, Tanner (7) painted E-yore and Piglet by Michelle (11). Rachel (10) did Tigger, Zack (7) and Hannah (3) painted a ball and another Pooh was painted by Katie (9). Michelle also painted "Pooh’s Corner" in different colors. Leon drew me a grid on the walls and I drew the figures. It is a fun room for the kids with a little table and two chairs and a toy box.
This year, 2000, saw three graduations: Jenny with a Master of Library Science from Clarion College, PA; Russell Romriell and Chris Barlow from high school.
We traveled again to visit Tricia and Mark. At Tricia’s Laurisa played her clarinet for us and on Mother’s Day, the Romriells brought me breakfast in bed! We always enjoy the pool in Austin. We then visited Mark and Sharon in St. Louis. They now have five children with Rebekah being the youngest. We drove to Kansas City and met Leon’s cousin, Letha Sormanti. She’s descended from Burton Honey, Barsuma’s brother. We also met a granddaughter of Burton’s. It was nice to connect with these distant Honey cousins.
We visited the old Ellsworth cabin in Payson. It was built by Leon’s great Grandfather, German Ellsworth. Five children were born in it. I can’t imagine how the family lived in that small house. It now is used for storage. German built a nice larger house for his growing family.
A distant cousin and her husband now own the property.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Last of Honey Relatives trip
Sunday, 9-12. We called and found out the time for Sacrament Meeting and attended one of the several wards in Syracuse. We felt right at home. That is one of the great things about the church, you have instant family wherever you go. We then abandoned the freeway and drove along the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley. This was a key place in the Revolutionary War and one of Leon’s ancestors, Cpl. James McTaggart, joined the Kings Royal Rangers of New York, 2nd Brigade, a part of the Loyalist army. He had leased a farm there in the valley prior to the outbreak of war. It is a beautiful drive.
We visited William Johnson’s Hall. He had been the commander at Ft. Niagara at one time and was a powerful influence among the Iroquois nation. After his wife died, he married Molly Brant, an Indian woman and had nine children. His hall was a large, two or three story home surrounded by acres of land. He died just before the Rev. War and his son John took over and organized the Loyalists from his area. From there we drove into Schenectady to see where Leon was born. As we got off the freeway we saw the very large General Electric complex where William Honey, his father, had worked. Not too far away we found the house still in good condition and the neighborhood still very nice. We spent the night in Albany, NY.
Monday 9-13. We drove into Massachusetts to the town of Watertown, now a suburb of Boston. This is the place the Honeys are first mentioned, in 1687. We were very disappointed; no historical markers visible and the streets were very narrow and crowded. The probably hadn’t changed since colonial times. We did go to the city library and obtained a map of early Watertown and some information but not much new. We spent the night in Leominster, MA.
Tuesday 9-14. We went to the town of Dunstable, MA, on the NH border, another town where early Honeys lived. The countryside was beautiful, heavily wooded and the town sort of meandered alongside the road. No big city center. We visited three old cemeteries but found no Honeys. We were told there are many unmarked graves. I really enjoyed the beautiful countryside. We drove to Concord, MA. They have a very good Visitors’ Center and museum which explained about the battles at Concord and Lexington. We walked the path to the North Bridge, many times replaced from the original, and saw the statue to the brave Minutemen. The town of Concord is old with many colonial homes, very well maintained.
Wednesday 9-15. We drove down to Fall River, MA on the coast of Rhode Island Sound off the Atlantic, thus completing our trip from sea to shining sea. We visited Battleship Cove, where the USS Massachusetts battleship is anchored, also a destroyer, a submarine and two PT boats which were on display. We climbed all over and inside the battleship and submarine and wondered how sailors could find their way around the battleship, so many little corridors, or on the submarine, how they could sleep on top of the torpedoes. The rain from Hurricane Floyd started falling that evening, fortunately, not hard.
Thursday 9-16. We drove into Vermont and visited Pomfret, which consisted of Pomfret, South Pomfret and North Pomfret. Joseph Honey had lived there with his family for a number of years and had several plots of land there. The town were very small, if you blinked, you missed them. All very green and beautiful. Visited the local library but found nothing new on the Honeys. We then visited Sharon, VT, the birthplace of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Very nice Visitors Center. The people there had large umbrellas for us to use as we walked around.
We then drove to Whitefield, NH to visit more Honey cousins. We were warmly met by Tom and Haleen Dieterich; she is descended from Randal Honey, Barsuma Veness’ brother. They have a lovely large old farmhouse they have refurnished. One wall had pictures of different family members and some interesting items, such as Henry R. Honey’s glasses (he is Randal’s son) also a large picture of Joseph S. Honey. They had a copy of his obit., also copies of a letter in his own hand-writing and made copies for us. We spent the night in Franconia, NH, about 20 miles from the Dieterich’s at an Inn. It was still raining cats and dogs and part of the parking lot was flooded. The TV went out because of the storm.
Friday 9-17 we started back home, arriving 9-22. Everyone we met was so gracious and considerate. We wish we could have stayed long enough to really become acquainted to learn more of Leon’s cousins Pero algo es algo (but something is better than nothing.)
We visited William Johnson’s Hall. He had been the commander at Ft. Niagara at one time and was a powerful influence among the Iroquois nation. After his wife died, he married Molly Brant, an Indian woman and had nine children. His hall was a large, two or three story home surrounded by acres of land. He died just before the Rev. War and his son John took over and organized the Loyalists from his area. From there we drove into Schenectady to see where Leon was born. As we got off the freeway we saw the very large General Electric complex where William Honey, his father, had worked. Not too far away we found the house still in good condition and the neighborhood still very nice. We spent the night in Albany, NY.
Monday 9-13. We drove into Massachusetts to the town of Watertown, now a suburb of Boston. This is the place the Honeys are first mentioned, in 1687. We were very disappointed; no historical markers visible and the streets were very narrow and crowded. The probably hadn’t changed since colonial times. We did go to the city library and obtained a map of early Watertown and some information but not much new. We spent the night in Leominster, MA.
Tuesday 9-14. We went to the town of Dunstable, MA, on the NH border, another town where early Honeys lived. The countryside was beautiful, heavily wooded and the town sort of meandered alongside the road. No big city center. We visited three old cemeteries but found no Honeys. We were told there are many unmarked graves. I really enjoyed the beautiful countryside. We drove to Concord, MA. They have a very good Visitors’ Center and museum which explained about the battles at Concord and Lexington. We walked the path to the North Bridge, many times replaced from the original, and saw the statue to the brave Minutemen. The town of Concord is old with many colonial homes, very well maintained.
Wednesday 9-15. We drove down to Fall River, MA on the coast of Rhode Island Sound off the Atlantic, thus completing our trip from sea to shining sea. We visited Battleship Cove, where the USS Massachusetts battleship is anchored, also a destroyer, a submarine and two PT boats which were on display. We climbed all over and inside the battleship and submarine and wondered how sailors could find their way around the battleship, so many little corridors, or on the submarine, how they could sleep on top of the torpedoes. The rain from Hurricane Floyd started falling that evening, fortunately, not hard.
Thursday 9-16. We drove into Vermont and visited Pomfret, which consisted of Pomfret, South Pomfret and North Pomfret. Joseph Honey had lived there with his family for a number of years and had several plots of land there. The town were very small, if you blinked, you missed them. All very green and beautiful. Visited the local library but found nothing new on the Honeys. We then visited Sharon, VT, the birthplace of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Very nice Visitors Center. The people there had large umbrellas for us to use as we walked around.
We then drove to Whitefield, NH to visit more Honey cousins. We were warmly met by Tom and Haleen Dieterich; she is descended from Randal Honey, Barsuma Veness’ brother. They have a lovely large old farmhouse they have refurnished. One wall had pictures of different family members and some interesting items, such as Henry R. Honey’s glasses (he is Randal’s son) also a large picture of Joseph S. Honey. They had a copy of his obit., also copies of a letter in his own hand-writing and made copies for us. We spent the night in Franconia, NH, about 20 miles from the Dieterich’s at an Inn. It was still raining cats and dogs and part of the parking lot was flooded. The TV went out because of the storm.
Friday 9-17 we started back home, arriving 9-22. Everyone we met was so gracious and considerate. We wish we could have stayed long enough to really become acquainted to learn more of Leon’s cousins Pero algo es algo (but something is better than nothing.)
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