Detroit Boat Club – 1910

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle, Detroit, Mich. 

Boat Club, Belle Isle.   The Detroit Boat Club is one of the most exclusive social and athletic organizations in Detroit.  Its handsome home on Belle Isle near the bridge was erected in 1902 to replace one destroyed by fire. The building is one of the finest of its kind in the world.  Its members enjoy unusual facilities for their favorite sports of rowing which they combine with sailing and canoeing.  Their balls feature the summer in Detroit society.  In front of the bridge entrance to the  club is one of the finest flower beds on the island.

Post marked Oct 20, 1910.  Redford, Mich.  Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Redford, Mich.  Oct. 19, 1910.   Aunt Effie,  They are coming here Sunday instead of Monday which is the 24th.   Tell Uncle Lem [Lemuel Weaver, her husband] and Lee [Lee G. Weaver, her son] they better come.  If you will let us know what time you will come we will meet you. Estelle [Wright]”

Not sure who the THEY are.  Estelle seems to take on her formal name when doing the social planning instead of the use of Stella when she is being more casual.

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Board Walk, Wenona Beach – 1910

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Board Walk, Wenona Beach, Bay City, Mich.  Pub. by I. Kern, “The Washington.”, Bay City, Mich.

Post marked Sep 2, 1910.  Bay City, Mich.   Addressed to Mrs Effie [Lee] Weaver, 94 Tyreman Ave, Detroit, Mich.

“Sept 2, 1910    Dear Sister, Just a word to tell you I will not be home untill Friday.  Aunt Alta [Alta Griffin Lee, wife of Albert Lewis Lee, Charles Norton Lee’s brother.   Charles is Effie’s father] not very well, Aunt Avie [Avis Lee Rice Barton, sister of Charles Norton Lee, Effie’s father] about the same.  Having a nice time.  Yours, Myra [Hannah Almira Lee Churches]

Avis hangs in there for another three years.    Alta lived for seven more years.  Interesting that Aunt Myra consistently spells the name of the street on which Effie lives as Tyreman.   It really is Tireman.  I guess she did not like the original spelling.

 

 

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Flowers and Stream – 1910

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Post marked Sep 6, 1910, Redford, Mich.   Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

“Sept. 6, 1910   Dear Aunt,   Aunt Myra [Hannah Almira Lee Churches] came home Friday night.  She said Aunt Avie [Avis Lee Rice Barton, sister of Charles Norton Lee, Effie’s father] was better, but a long way from being well.  She is so nervous and lame.   They are in Wenona Beach of Saginaw Bay.  Mary Lee is out there now.   Uncle Walt [Walter Sturman, husband of Cornelia Wright, Estelle’s father’s sister] thinks the peaches will be ripe by the last of next week.   All are well.  Estelle.    How does Uncle Lem [Lemuel Weaver] get along without teasing Pearl [Pearl Geneva Churches, daughter of Ora Lee Churches, Effie’s sister].   Estelle [Wright, daughter of Effie’s sister Marietta Lee Wright]”

Estelle could pack a bunch onto the back of a single post card!

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Cass Lake Near Pontiac, Mich. 1908

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Cass Lake Near Pontiac, Mich.

Post marked Sep 7, 1908, Redford, Mich.   Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, Cor. Scotten and Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“DearCousin, I suppose you started school today.  I like my school very much.  Wish your mamma [Effie Lee Weaver] could come out to the Gleaners Wednesday.  They meet to Aunt Myra’s [Hannah Almira Lee Churches].  We had a nice visit with Evelyn [Evelyn Roselia Seymour Jenks] and Kitty [Kittie Lorain Chapman Jenks].   Uncle Willie [Lewellyn Lee] is cutting his corn, has one field all cut.   Hope you are well.  Stella [Estelle Wright, daughter of Effie’s sister, Marietta Lee Wright]”

Myra was Lee’s mother’s sister.  Willie was their brother.   Evelyn was Esther Jenks Lee’s (Effie, Myra and Willie’s mother) sister-in-law.  Kittie was the wife of Albert Arlington Jenks, Esther and Evelyn’s nephew..   The corn field was in what is being called Salt Lick Farm in Southfield. Michigan.   It was the property originally settled by Esther’s father, Morris Jenks in 1820.   The descendants of Morris and Almira Botsford Jenks lived in close proximity to each other.   Effie, Lemuel, and Lee Weaver were the branch that had moved off the farm and into the city.

 

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Rose – 1910

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Rose bloom with bud on gold background.

Post marked Redford, Mich. Aug 22, 1910.   Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Michigan

“Redford, Mich.  8-22-10  Aunt Effie:  Do you want company for a few days?  If you do not want me to come let me know by Wednesday night.  If I do not hear from you I will be in to your place sometime Thursday.   Grandma [Esther Jenks Lee] and Mamma [Marietta Lee Wright] and Killie Shelley have gone to Aunt Ora’s [Ora Lee Churches] today.   From Stella [Estelle Wright].   PS  If you have to come out here for butter or eggs this week let me know.”

Not sure who Killie Shelley was, but apparently, Stella was feeling left behind and decided it was a good idea to go into the city and visit her aunt.   Also, it sounds like great Grandma Effie used to get fresh butter and eggs from the farm in Southfield.

 

 

 

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Greetings Rose – 1908

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Greetings.

Post marked Columbus, Ohio, Nov 29, 1908.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, Tireman St, Cor. Scotten Ave., Detroit, Mich.

“Dear Lee, I will ans your cards today as I have nothing else to do.  Mamma [Phebie Ann Garnder Koontz] has been havin the sick headache all morning.  As ever, Florence [Koontz]”

Wow!  Talk about downplay her interest.  Grandma is going to ans (note the use of shorthand words, long before the character limit of Twitter) Grandpa’s cards because she had nothing else to do.   Well, in 1908, Grandma was 13 and Grandpa was 15.

 

 

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Rose – 1910

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Rose

Post Marked Redford, Mich Jun 1, 1910.  Addressed to Mrs. Effie L[ee] Weaver, 94 Tireman Ave, Detroit, Michigan.

“Redford, Mich.  May 31, 1910.  Aunt Effie,  We arrived home all O.K. at nine o’clock.  We did not have to stand up.   Did you go with Uncle Lem [Lemuel Weaver, Effie’s husband] yesterday?  I hope you did.  When are you coming out?  Stella [Estelle Wright]”

Note that by 1910, the street addresses in Detroit are being used instead of just the street and corner of …

 

 

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The Spring, OSU – 1910

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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The Spring, Ohio State University – Columbus, Ohio.

Post marked Columbus, Ohio, Jun 1, 1910.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, S.S. Eastern States, Detroit, Mich.

“1346 W. Broad St [just in case Grandpa forgot her address] Dear Friend, It has been raining all day.  The folks had a surprise party on the 18th [Grandma’s birthday],  I got a lot of nice presents.  FMK [Florence Marie Koontz]”

Multiple pieces of information.  first Grandpa Lee was working on the S.S. Eastern States on the Great Lakes that summer.  Grandma Florence wanted to make sure he knew that her birthday had come and gone and that she had gotten a number of nice presents — since there was not mention, there must not have been one from him.

 

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United States Capital – 1910

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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United States Capital

Post marked Redford, Mich.  Jun 17, 1910.   Addressed to Mrs. Lemuel [Effie Lee] Weaver, 94 Tyreman Ave, Detroit.

“Dear Eff,  Eva [Eva Murphy Lee, wife of Henry Lee, their cousin] is dead.  Died yesterday about 11 o’clock in the morning.  Funeral Sunday at 11 o’clock at the house and interred at Farmington.   Hope Ma [Esther Jenks Lee] is well and enjoying herself.   We are all well.  Ora [Lee Churches]”

Aunt Ora was quick and to the point.   No mincing of words.  Simply Eva is dead.  Notice the US Capital in 1901.   The post card is actually blue.

 

 

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Sausage Links – 1909

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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In the happy chain of Memory regard me as a link.    American Series 6134

Post mark has faded.  Addressed Lemuel L Weaver, Detroit, Michigan  94 Tireman

“July 28, 1909  Will you be home Friday evening 8 o’clock?  E.L.W. ”

Hopefully, Great Grandpa Lem got this in time and was either home or was able to reply.

 

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