A Tree Grew in Oakland

Hello!  Are you there?  I really was so Anxious I couldn’t stop to write.  So thought I’d better phone you to know if you’re all right.   B. B. London  Series No. E 97.  Printed in Germany.

Post marked Redford, Mich. Feb. 12, 1912.  Addressed to Mrs. Effie [Lee] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Feb 8, 1912.  Dear Aunt – How are you and all the rest?  We are getting along fine.  Momma [Marietta Lee Wright] and Esther [Esther Rebecca Wright, Mae’s sister born 1 Feb 1912] are getting along nicely.   Yesterday Aunt Ora [Ora Lee Churches] was up to-day.  Mary [unknown reference] and Grandma [Esther Jenks Lee] are over.  Well I must close for it is about for the mail man.  So long.  Mae W. [Mariam Mae Wright].   [Apparently, she missed, because across the top is written]  Monday, Feb. 12, 1912.  Momma is up this afternoon.  Stella [Estelle Wright, Mae’s older sister] and I have washed.  Mae W.”

As usual, a lot of information packed on the back of one post card.

No inscription.   Mae wrote the Mrs. R. Lee.

Post marked Redford, Mich. Jan 29, 1912.   Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Jan. 29, 1912.  Dear Cousin, I got home all O.K. It was 7:40 when I got home.  I walked to Berg Road [home of Esther Jenks Lee, grandmother of both Lee and Mae] stopped to Aunt Ora’s [Ora Lee Churches, sister of Effie Lee Weaver and Marietta Lee Wright] then Pearl [Pearl Geneva Churches, Ora’s daughter] came up to Ed Churches [Edward Albert Churches, older brother of Robert Richard Churches (husband of Hannah Almira Lee Churches) and George W. Churches (husband of Ora Lee Churches)] with me.  I found all the folks better.  Stella [Estella Wright, Mae’s older sister] had been home but had gone back before I come.  All of the kids have gone to ride down hill.  Even Miss McVicar [unknown reference] — Well must close.Love to all.  Mae [Mariam Mae Wright]  [then written across the top of the card]  Is Florence mad?”

No markings.

Post marked Redford, Mich.  Jan 23, 1912.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Redford, Mich.  Jan. 23, 1912  Dear Cousin: How are you?  I am well and the rest are sick.  Our folks are well, but I mean Justin’s [ Justin Rosenthral Jenks, son of Leman Case Jenks, the brother of their grandmother, Esther Jenks Lee] folks and Arley’s [Albert Arlington Jenks,  son of Leman Case Jenks, the brother of their grandmother, Esther Jenks Lee] they are sick.  If nothing prevents I will be down Friday night. Well, so long.  Mae W.[right]  P.S. Have you gone to work yet or haven’t you got a job.  How is Florence?  Mae Wright [Mariam Mae Wright, daughter of Marietta Lee Wright, Lee’s mother’s sister]”

It appears the illness in the ½ brothers’ homes was not fatal — no one died that winter.   Justin and Arley had the same father, but different mothers.   This is the first mention by Mae of Florence.   But with recent correspondence, it is a question of which of Grandpa’s Florence friends she is inquiring.