Bright mild day. Overcast. Sprinkled little at night. Our family, Uncle John and Aunt Gertie and Eleanor Riggs to Saratoga to Sabrina Peck's to dinner. Around town in Park etc. Home 8 P.M. To bed 9:30 P.M.
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Couldn't find Eleanor Riggs, but Sabrina Peck is a child of Phoebe Closson Jones, one of Charles's sisters, and therefore Stillman's aunt. Sabrina Jones Peck, then, would be his cousin. Charles Peck was her second husband.
Monday, August 4, 1919
Beautiful bright hot day. Up 7 A.M. Trimmed apple trees and cut wood. Took nap in P.M. Played. Read etc. Sawed wood at night. To bed 10:30 P.M. Thankful for health, education, friends and comforts etc.
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I wonder what kind of apples they were growing on their property? No way to know (there were hundreds of varieties at the time), but here's a pretty picture of apples, painted in 1919 by a Swiss artist, Felix Vallotton.
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I wonder what kind of apples they were growing on their property? No way to know (there were hundreds of varieties at the time), but here's a pretty picture of apples, painted in 1919 by a Swiss artist, Felix Vallotton.
Sunday, August 3, 1919
Beautiful bright day. To Glenville Corners to Church. Took Uncle Henry, Sam, and Grace. 9 in all. Took nap. Mr. & Mrs. C. S. Smith and Floyd called. To Charlton to Church in P.M. Mr. & Mrs. Schlensker along. To bed 10:30 P.M.
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The Clossons certainly liked to go to different churches. And they often took others along.
Mr. & Mrs. C.S. Smith are Floyd Smith's parents, Charles and Eva. Floyd is one of Stanford's friends; see my blog post for June 20th for details on him. Ray and Mildred Schlensker are Mr. & Mrs. Schlensker. See July 13th post for more on the two of them.
I'm not sure who Sam and Grace are.
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The Clossons certainly liked to go to different churches. And they often took others along.
Mr. & Mrs. C.S. Smith are Floyd Smith's parents, Charles and Eva. Floyd is one of Stanford's friends; see my blog post for June 20th for details on him. Ray and Mildred Schlensker are Mr. & Mrs. Schlensker. See July 13th post for more on the two of them.
I'm not sure who Sam and Grace are.
Saturday, August 2, 1919
Beautiful and bright but windy. Took Nellie to bus. To Uncle John's from 9:30 A.M. to 8:30 P.M. Fine dinner. Took walk down creek in A.M. and ride in P.M. to Charlton, Burnt Hills, etc. Called at Ed Closson's home.
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Ed Closson is probably Edward John Closson, the son of Eli Seaman Closson, brother of Charles and John Henry. Eli was born 1840, and Edward was born 1867. He died in 1931 at his farm in Ballston Center, NY, which is close to Charlton and Burnt Hills. He married Leila Grace Myers in 1903. So Eli would have been Uncle Eli to Stillman, and Edward would be Stillman's first cousin and Stanford's second cousin.
Here's a picture, taken from Find-a-Grave, of Ed's gravestone at Hillside Cemetery in Burnt Hills, NY:
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Ed Closson is probably Edward John Closson, the son of Eli Seaman Closson, brother of Charles and John Henry. Eli was born 1840, and Edward was born 1867. He died in 1931 at his farm in Ballston Center, NY, which is close to Charlton and Burnt Hills. He married Leila Grace Myers in 1903. So Eli would have been Uncle Eli to Stillman, and Edward would be Stillman's first cousin and Stanford's second cousin.
Here's a picture, taken from Find-a-Grave, of Ed's gravestone at Hillside Cemetery in Burnt Hills, NY:
Friday, August 1, 1919
Beautiful bright day. Up 7:15 A.M. Out on truck with Father. Father let flat lower 108 P.P. to Mr. Pettis. Candled 13 cases of eggs etc. Home 6 P.M. Played. Read etc. Thankful for all comforts and blessings. To bed 10 P.M.
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So now it's confirmed that the flat rented by Mr. Pettis (still there in 1920) was the lower flat. That means the upper flat was the "boarding house" for which Mrs. McGadien was the housekeeper.
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So now it's confirmed that the flat rented by Mr. Pettis (still there in 1920) was the lower flat. That means the upper flat was the "boarding house" for which Mrs. McGadien was the housekeeper.
Thursday, July 31, 1919
Bright, mild day. Helped clean flat 108 P.P. Mopped floors, cleaned tubs, swept etc. Out with Father on truck. Cleaned cellar. Down street. To library in evening. To bed 10 P.M. Mother and H.H. in country.
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Stanford probably went to the public library in Schenectady. Here is what it looked like then:
The photo appeared in the book Images of America: Schenectady.
Here is the library, now Webster Hall, as it appears today:
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Stanford probably went to the public library in Schenectady. Here is what it looked like then:
The photo appeared in the book Images of America: Schenectady.
Here is the library, now Webster Hall, as it appears today:
Wednesday, July 30, 1919
Beautiful bright day. Ruth, Father and I to city to let flat 108 P.P. (Park Place) downstairs. Candled 15 cases eggs. Around town in evening with Wagner. To Rexford Park etc. To bed 10 P.M. Thankful for health.
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108 Park Place is of course right next door to 110 Park Place, where the Clossons lived in Schenectady. They apparently owned that building too.
Below is a picture of it as it appears now. On the left is 110 Park Place. It seems that 108 has the better lot, but maybe it didn't back then.
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108 Park Place is of course right next door to 110 Park Place, where the Clossons lived in Schenectady. They apparently owned that building too.
Below is a picture of it as it appears now. On the left is 110 Park Place. It seems that 108 has the better lot, but maybe it didn't back then.
In 1920, the census shows both flats rented. In one, there are four people: William Pettis (30), his wife Theresa (29) and their infant son, William Jr. (1 mo) There is also a 22-year-old single boarder, Mr. William Parker. Mr. Pettis is a bookkeeper for the city, and his boarder is a coil winder for the Electric Company.
In the other, there are six people, five of whom are adults. Sounds a bit crowded! There is the widowed Anna McGadien and her son, Walter. There is also a daughter listed, 22-month-old Lois, but since Mrs. McGadien is 61 years old, I'm going to guess that Lois is actually Walter's daughter, born out of wedlock, perhaps. Mrs. McGadien's occupation is housekeeper for a boarding house, presumably the one she lives in. There are three boarders, all single: Thomas Stafford (28), W.H. Miewker (24), and Henrietta Yerdon (32). Thomas and Henrietta are both clerks in factories (Thomas at GE, Henrietta at the locomotive factory), and Mr. Miewker, from Germany, is an electrician for the locomotive works.
Here is some information about the locomotive factory, taken from Wikipedia:
The Schenectady Locomotive Works built railroad locomotives from its founding in 1848 through its merger into American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1901.[1] After the 1901 merger, Alco made the Schenectady plant its headquarters in Schenectady, New York. One of the better-known locomotives to come out of the Schenectady shops was Central Pacific Railroad type 4-4-0 No. 60, the Jupiter (built in September 1868), one of two steam locomotives to take part in the "Golden Spike Ceremony" to celebrate the completion of theFirst Transcontinental Railroad.And a picture of how it looked in 1920:
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