In September 1953, my aunt, Gladys Whalen Stoddard (1893-1973), wrote about her paternal grandfather, Thomas Whalen. Gladys was my father’s sister and the eldest child of Thomas’s only son, Charles C. Whalen and his wife Leta Mary Clarke Whalen. A photocopy of Gladys’s four-page document is included at the end…
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Leta Clarke Whalen’s 150th Birthday
Today, January 19, 2024, marks the 150th birthday of my paternal grandmother, Leta Mary Clarke Whalen. Grandma Whalen was born on January 19, 1874, in the town of Hounsfield, New York, to George Roswell and Mary Elizabeth “Libbie” Maxson Clarke. Her father’s farm was located on a no-longer existing road…
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…