Welcome to 44 Summit Avenue

44 Summit Avenue was home to Daniel and Ellen Devine and their children Catherine, Mary, Helen, Peggy, John, Ben, Dan, Rose, Dottie, Murdy and Billy.




Thursday, October 7, 2010

Floating my boat

Rink and grandson Chase launching the scull

One of my favorite interests is rowing. Here I am setting off from the beach in Lewes, DE, my home away from home, shortly before happy hour.

Peg's Foursome


Jerry, Rink, Russ and Tony
A moment together at Erin's going away party in August. Erin is off to Leipzig, Germany for her junior year at SUNY-Binghamton.

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

William

b.
d. June 1, 1937

Murdy

Dorothea

Rose

Daniel

Benjamin

John

Margaret Mary


May 26, 1912
   Elizabeth, NJ
January 30, 2007
   Teaneck, NJ
 
Married
   Antonie van der Have
   April 27, 1946
Children:
Marinus Daniel (Rink)
Antonie
Gerald
Russell Stephan

Helen

Mary

Catherine

Ellen Waldron Devine

July 26,1889   Ireland
July 1, 1958   New Dorp, Staten Island, NY


Children:
Catherine
Mary
Helen
Margaret Mary
John
Benjamin
Daniel
Rose
Dorothea
Murdy
William

Coming to America
Ellen Waldron sailed from Queenstown on the S.S. Etruria on April 16, 1905 arriving in Newark, April 23. (You can actually look up her records on the Ellis Island website as long as you have her birthdate) She went to her sister Mary's home at 152 Littleton Avenue, Newark, N.J.

Genealogy
Her parents were Mary Vesey 1855-1901 and John Waldron, 1852-1901. They were married January 26, 1879.
Mary Vesey's parents were Thomas Vesey, born 1825 and Mary Bones, born 1825. They were married in 1853.

Daniel Devine

October 16, 1883   PA
July 18, 1951?   New Dorp, Staten Island, NY
 

Children:
Catherine
Mary
Helen
Margaret Mary
John
Benjamin
Daniel
Rose
Dorothea
Murdy
William

Genealogy