Johnson Cath Smith Crisalli family genealogy - Person Sheet
Johnson Cath Smith Crisalli family genealogy - Person Sheet
NameThomas Robert HAND36
Spouses
Birth19 Apr 1927
EducationScotia High School Class of 1943
FatherLouis Stanley SMITH (1892-1945)
MotherMary Armina LAFLOWER (~1902-)
Misc. Notes
I have an announcement from Gram Smith's box that is preprinted, with blanks to be filled in, that says:
"Mr. and Mrs. S. Smith are happy to say
A tiny stranger arrived safely today;
Her eyes are blue and 8 pounds her weight,
Yes, she is healthy - and the mother's first-rate!"
written at the bottom: "Mary Elizabeth April 19 - 1927"
The envelope is "To Ernie and Hazel from Louis and Mary"
Louis appears to have gone by the name of Stanley.
Graduated Scotia High School 1943
Clipping from the Gazette, dated Tuesday, November 16 (prob 19 ) -- picture of a couple in leis: IT WAS A TYPICALLY beautiful Hawaiian morning when the SS `Lurline’ docked in Honolulu on Nov. 10, and among passengers who were greeted with traditional leis were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robert Hand of North Brandywine avenue. This is the first visit to the Islands for the Hands, who will be combining business with pleasure for a few weeks. Mr. Hand, who is with General Electric, plans to visit American Tractors, Limited, in Honolulu.”37
In Grandma Crisalle’s clippings and cards, there was a letter return-addressed Mrs. T.R. Hand, 119 Mayberry Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146, postmarked 12/20/1985. The note inside was dated Dec. 19, 1985, and read: “Dear Thelma, you have doubtless long forgotten me as time and distance have a way of separating families; however Mama sent me the picture of your husband and you celebrating your 50th annniversary and it started me thinking about our childhood in those two little houses down on Vley Road. There is something about you that I still remember. You had your first job and invited me out for dinner and the movies. During dinner you commented that I didn’t eat much. I didn’t want to tell you I was ill. I think now that I had the flu, but it was so exciting to go in on [sic] the bus by myself to have dinner in a real restaurant, etc. I wouldn’t tell you. You had very little money and I have always thought what a nice thing that was for you to do. Anyway, I’m glad about you and your husband. Congratulations! I hope this reaches you as there was no street number in the paper and Mama is so deaf she can’t hear me at all on the phone. Your cousin, Mary P.S. I understand Aunt Hazel lives with you. Remember me to her. She was always so kind to me.”
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"Mr. and Mrs. S. Smith are happy to say
A tiny stranger arrived safely today;
Her eyes are blue and 8 pounds her weight,
Yes, she is healthy - and the mother's first-rate!"
written at the bottom: "Mary Elizabeth April 19 - 1927"
The envelope is "To Ernie and Hazel from Louis and Mary"
Louis appears to have gone by the name of Stanley.
Graduated Scotia High School 1943
Clipping from the Gazette, dated Tuesday, November 16 (prob 19 ) -- picture of a couple in leis: IT WAS A TYPICALLY beautiful Hawaiian morning when the SS `Lurline’ docked in Honolulu on Nov. 10, and among passengers who were greeted with traditional leis were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robert Hand of North Brandywine avenue. This is the first visit to the Islands for the Hands, who will be combining business with pleasure for a few weeks. Mr. Hand, who is with General Electric, plans to visit American Tractors, Limited, in Honolulu.”37
In Grandma Crisalle’s clippings and cards, there was a letter return-addressed Mrs. T.R. Hand, 119 Mayberry Drive, Monroeville, PA 15146, postmarked 12/20/1985. The note inside was dated Dec. 19, 1985, and read: “Dear Thelma, you have doubtless long forgotten me as time and distance have a way of separating families; however Mama sent me the picture of your husband and you celebrating your 50th annniversary and it started me thinking about our childhood in those two little houses down on Vley Road. There is something about you that I still remember. You had your first job and invited me out for dinner and the movies. During dinner you commented that I didn’t eat much. I didn’t want to tell you I was ill. I think now that I had the flu, but it was so exciting to go in on [sic] the bus by myself to have dinner in a real restaurant, etc. I wouldn’t tell you. You had very little money and I have always thought what a nice thing that was for you to do. Anyway, I’m glad about you and your husband. Congratulations! I hope this reaches you as there was no street number in the paper and Mama is so deaf she can’t hear me at all on the phone. Your cousin, Mary P.S. I understand Aunt Hazel lives with you. Remember me to her. She was always so kind to me.”
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Marriage30 Oct 1954, Schenectady, Sch’dy Co., NY
Misc. Notes
Invitation addressed to "Aunt Hazel and Uncle Ernie" --
Mrs. Lewis [sic] Stanley Smith requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter
Mary Elizabeth Wales
to Mr. Thomas Robert Hand
Saturday afternoon, October thirtieth
nineteen hundred and fifty-four
at two o'clock
Second Reformed Church
Schenectady, New York
Reception immediately following ceremony, 1007 Maryland Avenue, Schenectady, NY
R.S.V.P. Box 242 Vley Road, R.D. 4, Scotia, NY9
Mrs. Lewis [sic] Stanley Smith requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter
Mary Elizabeth Wales
to Mr. Thomas Robert Hand
Saturday afternoon, October thirtieth
nineteen hundred and fifty-four
at two o'clock
Second Reformed Church
Schenectady, New York
Reception immediately following ceremony, 1007 Maryland Avenue, Schenectady, NY
R.S.V.P. Box 242 Vley Road, R.D. 4, Scotia, NY9