Saturday, June 20, 2020

Frey Family Reunion around 1930


I sat down last week and had my Dad look at this picture. Gradually he was able to identify some of the people. Click on the picture to enlarge it.

Front row - He thinks Carolyn is the girl second to the left with her feet sticking out.
Third row - Mae is the second girl in from the left with a thin face, white shirt and light hair.
The three little boys are Richard Derryberry, Bill and Lloyd Frey.
Sadie is just above Bill and Lloyd in the dark dress.
George Peter Frey is on the left in the white shirt leaning against the rail about half way up.
Aunt Ruth, George's sister is the woman in the white blouse with the scarf kitty corner to George. (Maybe)
Max Derryberry is behind George
Uncle John Donahue and Charlotte May Frey Donahue are sitting on the top two stairs on the right.


The following suggestions came from Margret Rudd K.

"In the Frey Reunion picture, I think that Lottie is sitting on a step to the right, with John Donohue behind her. The top row up on the porch has to be Carl Frey, and probably his wife Willa. On the steps, to the far left is Max Derryberry. I can't sort out the kids, but would assume that the 3 older girls are Carl and Willa's daughters and Ruth's Dorothy. The older boys would be Bill & Dick Derryberry and Mable's son. The rest would then be Carolyn (behind) Georgiana (left front) Lloyd, Charles and Charlotte. As to the other adults, I think Grace is closest to Max, then Mabel and Ruth. I never met your grandparents (George and Sadie) so I may have scrambled them up with other adults."

"My first visit to the ranch was when I was 8 yrs. old. - summer of 1937. Your grandfather (William Frey) was very hard of hearing, so he was fitted for a hearing aid by a traveling salesman. Nothing fancy. There was a metal bandeau to go over the head with a receiver to be positioned on the bone behin d the ear. The bone conducted and magnified the sound. Anyway, he decided that I did the best job of helping him get it positioned just right, so all summer he would call for "that kid" to find and adjust his hearing aid."

Thank you so much for the information Margret!


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