Whalen-Kay A lovely winter wedding was solemnized on Saturday, January 5th, when Miss Marjorie Ann Kay, daughter of Mrs. Howard Kay and the late Mr. Howard Kay of Youngstown, N.Y. became the bride of Mr. Kendall C. Whalen of Sackets Harbor, N.Y. The wedding took place before the immediate families…
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Kendall Charles Whalen’s 1923 Thanksgiving Composition
Among the treasure’s given to me by our dad, Kendall Charles Whalen, is his 5th grade composition book. In it are all the usual English exercises taught back then: capitalization rules, some spelling and vocabulary words, the proper form for writing a letter, and, of course, the age-old “What I…
Mom’s 100th
Today, September 4, 2019, would have been our mother’s 100th birthday. Marjorie Ann Kay Whalen had a short life–she died just weeks before turning 50–but a full one. She was a wife, mother of six, a part-time bookkeeper, and a registered nurse who later taught nursing. It is difficult for…
Leta Mary Clarke Whalen
Today is our grandmother’s birthday! Leta Mary Clarke Whalen, daughter of Elizabeth Maxon and George R. Clarke, was born 147 years ago today on January 19, 1874 on Maxon Road, Town of Hounsfield, Jefferson County, New York. Grandma Whalen lived 91 years, passing away on October 29, 1965 in Watertown,…
Happy Anniversary Kendall and Marjorie Kay Whalen
Today is our parents’ 73rd wedding anniversary. Kendall Charles Whalen and Marjorie Ann Kay were married January 5, 1946 in St. Peter’s Catholic Church rectory, Lewiston, New York. They were married in the rectory rather than the church proper because in those days couples entering “mixed marriages,” such as a…
Happy 106th Birthday Kendall Charles Whalen
Happy Birthday Dad! We love you always!
100 Years Ago Today
Genealogy lives in a time-free zone. Suddenly the wall between past and present collapses and the researcher and her ancestor are unexpectedly conversing. That happened to me today, May 9, 2018/1918. September 29, 2018 will be the 100th anniversary of our Uncle Ray C. Whalen’s death. That date is also…
Aunt Gladys and Aunt Ella
We’ve had 2 more birthday anniversaries recently. Our Dad’s sisters, Gladys Whalen Stoddard and Ella Whalen Hyde, were each born in this month. Aunt Gladys on March 24, 1893 and Aunt Ella on March 30, 1896. These girls were 19 and 16 when my dad was born; by the time I…
A Clarke-Whalen Wedding Anniversary
Happy anniversary Grandma and Grandpa Whalen! We’ve had many Gm and Gp Whalen’s of course, but this particular anniversary message regards Leta Mary Clarke and Charles Clarke Whalen, married 136 years ago today. Grandma Whalen mentioned her anniversary in her 1937 diary listing. “Tuesday, March 16, 1937 Married 45 yrs…