“In its February 27, 1977 edition the Ridgewood Sunday News celebrated much earlier times in Ridgewood sports history by printing a photo of the Ridgewood Police Department Baseball Team managed by William Wehrell.  The article claimed that the “crack baseball team” played “around 1910.”  A copy of the photo was attached.  It had been acquired by the paper years later.  It is  unlikely from what we know about other events in Grandpa’s life that his team was playing with him as a member and manager in 1910, but I have copies of articles published by the Paterson Morning Call in 1913 and 1914 about Ridgewood’s Police Department Baseball Team, about its winning ways, and about its winning manager, William Wehrell.  To those who can guess which player in the picture is Grandpa, I shall send by email a scanned copy of the photo.”

Photos from reunion

I am posting some photos of the reunion. We all had an enjoyable time getting reacquainted with the cousins we don't normally see. 

I would like to than Laurie and her son Titus  for supplying the photos, as well as Lynette and Judy. There were lots of photos taken if you have some not here please send them to me and I will gladly post them to the blog.

Last night together for dinner and Celebrating Hal's 81st Birthday

Enjoying a bit of the grape at a local winery on Friday

Dinner Thursday night at Doug's Fish Fry

The Cousins at Seneca Falls Historical Society

Who are the Great Aunts in the Photo? Also who are the bride and groom?

As Grandma’s grandchildren an important factor in the life of all the cousins was the multitude of Jackson women who were sisters and sisters-in-law to Grandma.  They were our Great-Aunts.  Two of her sisters were maiden great aunts.  Aunt Lil and Aunt May lived in Midland Park on Cottage Street in the big house that James Jackson built sometime between 1911 and 1914 to house his large family.  When he died in 1919, his wife Jane, assumed ownership of the house until she passed on in 1933, leaving the house to Aunt Lil and May.  In the following years other great aunts came to live in the house when they were widowed, and all were a factor in the lives of Grandma’s sons and their children growing up in the town close to Midland Park. 

In this picture taken at the 1968 wedding of Glenn and Linda Jackson three of the great aunts are seated to the right of the groom standing.  Who can identify the three great aunts?