Mystery Couple

Who are these people? What are they doing by this waterfall? We may never know...

How to Strike a Perfect Pose

Modeling tips from the glamorous Cloyd women of Darke County, Ohio

Step 1: Hold your arms in a V-shape or variation of such in front of your body. 

Step 2: Smile demurely (no teeth showing, please) and bend chin downward. It's okay to look slightly annoyed.

Step 3: Add flirty "corner of my eyes" glance for an extra air of mystery!

Unknown Group with Snazzy Hats!

Unknown, Darke County, Ohio

Brooklyn c. 1930 Marion Cloyd, Foye children?

That's my grandma, Marion G. Cloyd, in the back. Her mother was born and raised in Brooklyn, and for some reason Marion, her mother, and sister supposedly lived there for a while during the 1930s.

Helen (Leach) Cloyd at Work

Helen (Leach) Cloyd was a working woman. At age 19, while still living with her grandfather, she was a bookkeeper in a dry goods store in Brooklyn. By the time of her death in 1957, she was the manager of cosmetics department at a Cunningham's Drugstore in Detroit. Judging by this photo, she worked in an additional retail establishment as well.Working women were not the majority in the early to mid 1900s. I wonder if Helen was ever given the option to be a stay-at-home mom. Perhaps she simply enjoyed the independence and freedom involved in having her own career.

Stylish Siblings

Ervin and Lillian (Wolnosky, Wolnowski)
Detroit, 1930s

Soaking up that Ohio Sun

Onondaga School District 1, Michigan

Onondaga is a small rural community between Lansing,and Jackson, Michigan. Grandpa, Willard C. Packard, is second from left in the back row. It looks like he dressed up for picture day :).

Historical Marker, Egypt, NY

Egypt, NY
Home of Cyrus Packard's Tavern

Packard Brothers

Willard, Joy, Lyle, Lynn

Wolnowski Group

Frances Jaffke,
Sadie Kemp Wolnowsky,
George Wolnowsky,
Ervin Wolnosky, and Others

Couples

Carol and Bill Packard, unknown couple

Sampson William Cloyd

Zora and Willard

Onondaga, Michigan c. 1921

Wedding

John Wolnowski, Jr. and Augusta Wilkewitz

Ervin Elmer Wolnosky

My Grandpa

Cyrus B. Packard and Betsey Vickery

Christmas 2010

Nelson and Marion Cloyd

Great Grandma

Looking stylish, isn't she?

Ohio is for Farmers

The Cloyd Clan

Christmas

Chester Cloyd, Helen, Marion, and Betty

Auntie

...and her posse

Grandparents

When they still liked each other...

Mystery Friends

at Niagra Falls?

Carolyn Leach Casson

The Cloyds

Sampson, Alice, Opal, Nelson, and Baby Chester

Purpose

I love discovering (in a manner some might call obsessive) intricate details about my ancestors and their communities.  I want a place to share my findings with others-- family, friends--anyone interested in the history of these places and people.

Areas of focus will include: Ingham and Wayne Counties, Michigan; Darke County, Ohio; Brooklyn, New York; Botetourt, Virginia; West Prussia; Monroe County, New York.

Dedication

To New Yorkers from Ireland, Michiganders from New York, and Detroiters from Prussia.