tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-197767532011-04-21T17:51:17.628-04:00A family collection of postcards from the early 1900's on.Abbeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09833664689792385985noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19776753.post-1137946851829191002006-01-22T11:13:00.001-05:002006-01-22T11:20:51.830-05:00

From Gran to my great-grandfather.Sep. 27, 1913"Mr. Robert Abbey, Jr.,Honeoye,N.Y.Dear Bob:How does thisfind you? Mrs.Avery, the ladywhere Blancheworks is dead.Funeral tomorrow.Blanche will behome now Iexpect. We aregoing to the funeraltomorrow. I willwrite a letter if Ipossibly can. How iseverybody? I canhardly wait until Icome over. Rememberme to all. Sincerely, F.E.L." 

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"Where I graduated, 1912" 

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"Dec. -- 1910 Florence and Francis LaflerMiddlesex,N.Y.Yates Co.,"The message on this is in German, and as I am not familiar with that language, I won't attempt a transcription, to avoid errors.  

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"Miss Florence LaflerHoneoyeNYMiddlesex NY 2-25-13Dear FlorenceI was very glad toreceive your photoand letter am glad you likeyour work. You don't knowwhat nice little letter Ireceived from Margueriteand a picture of us girlsdidn't that sound naturalwrite again soon, Mrs. Shepherd(We are to have another teacher next week.)(Where we got our mail as kids)" Marguerite was Gran's youngest sister

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"This doesn't lookmuch like fire atMiddlesex! We arein Rushville to-nightto play B.B. We playin a large buildingbelonging to Mr. Adem-son. How about ..... O.W.Miss Florence LaflerMiddlesex,N.Y." 

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"Memorial Hall Rushville, N.Y. Burned Jan. 25, 09Orvis Photo" 

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Here's a link to a postcard with the same image. 

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"Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Haynes.Frank LaflerHome of Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Haynes, Italy"Lafler was Gran's maiden name, but I'm not sure who Frank was, exactly, perhaps of the same generation as my great-great-grandfather.My great-grandmother's family lived in Italy for a time.

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"Where I went to school."I'm not sure if this is Gran's or Auntie Blanche's handwriting.  

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Odd that there are three trees directly in front of the building, blocking the view during leafier seasons. I have tried to find any current information about this building, but to no avail. It also seems that Middlesex does not have its own high school anymore.  

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"Across the 'Flat' from Main St." 

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Middlesex, NY, ca. 1912 

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There are three postcards with handwritten notes, but I am not sure if they were written by Gran or Auntie Blanche."Charles Fountain at the left (his store)Case Williams at the right (his store)" 

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According to the photo it was built in 1908. While similar in terms of the store fronts, it is obviously not the same as the Shepherd Block next to the little post office.  

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Here is the 100F Block mentioned on the postcard below. The photo is from a website dedicated to the roads of New York State:"This is the post office at Middlesex, a hamlet in Yates County at the junction of NY 245 and NY 364. It is also a general store, as is sometimes the case in the small rural towns of Upstate New York. This kind of old storefront, which looks as if it ought to be one of a

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"Looking North from 100F Block Middlesex, NY"I'm not sure when this was taken, but it appears to be earlier than 1915 as the paint on the post office appears to be in better condition and there is no porch on the building next door.  

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Shepherd Block and Post Office.I'm trying to figure out this post office. In the postcards above and below the post office is totally different if you look at the windows and false front. However, both buildings have signs saying "Post Office." It may be that the post office was rebuilt, and this photo is older than the others.

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I'm not sure who Floyd was, but Ira Lafler was my great-great grandfather - Gran's father.

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Back of first 4th July postcard. To Gran from her sister. 

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The back of a second 4th July post card, identical to the first.Blanche Lafler was my great-great aunt. We knew her as "Auntie Blanche.""Dr. Chaffee's house" 

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Memorial Day 

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Memorial Day  

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Middlesex, NY 

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"Dr. TM ChaffeeMaurice & Vera LaflerMarguerite LarabeeCarmelita Hibblethworte Ruth Williams Milford & Lillian Fountain Harold Underwood Lincoln Lavire and Victor Lathrop Elmer Griffith Charles Henry Hibblethworte Taken July1911Gilbert & Larrabee"

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Sep. 3, 1912 

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From Middlesex, NY 

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The date stamp didn't come out on this one, but I'm going to publish the back since it's cute. 

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I'd like to point out that Gran's address at the time wasFlorence LaflerNaples, NYR.F.D. 

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In the short message on the back, Fred described Lancaster, NY as "quite a large place."  

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Anyone from the Geneva, NY area may appreciate this. I don't even know if this building is still standing. This postcard was also from Fred. 

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Dated Feb. 29, 1912. From Fred. 

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Another postcard from Fred. His initials are on the bottom of the card. 

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This postcard was sent to my great-grandmother by a beau. As the story goes, she and Fred were very serious, until my great-grandfather came around. No one knows why she ended up choosing him over Fred.

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That's how my Grandma Reed always referred to my great-grandmother's house. "We're going up to Gran's." "We were up to Gran's this week." This blog is a collection of postcards received by my maternal great-grandmother, Florence Lafler Abbey, and others.

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