Wordless Wednesday: The Frisco Club, Buffalo

The Frisco Club, Buffalo, NY.  Marked are Elizabeth (Fink) Gress with her children Chester and May.  In the background are the words “Blackrock Market.”

“Lois – Grandma at the Frisco club, she help the boys – Chester, Walter + Howard.  they belonged to it + the mother’s always helped.  I was about 14 years old, thought you might like it.”  Assuming this was written by May, the photo is from  approximately 1904.

Photo scanned from original owned by my great Aunt Lois 25 May 2009.

Wordless Wednesday: Caroline Izzo Casell

Wordless Wednesday: May Gress McMahon

May Gress McMahon. May 30, 1911

 

(Nearly) Wordless Wednesday: Cemetery Fail

Recently, we were in Owego, NY for an auction and decided to go look at the places my husband's family is from.  One of our stops was a cemetery on Perrine Road.  Except for the pine tree blocking the entrance...





{Shaking fists at Mother Nature} Hopefully it will be cleared out the next time we go...

Wordless Wednesday: Prom

 

c. 1947, Robert Alfred Casell.

Wordless Wednesday: Newfield Covered Bridge

 

Wordless Wednesday: Mark Twain's Study

This is the study Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, wrote in while in Emira, NY.  Currently, it is on the campus of Elmira College, but it used to be at his sister-in-laws home called Quarry Farm.  I have to admit it is not what I imagined, basically a gazebo with windows.  For more information, visit the Elmira College website.

Wordless Wednesday - Notre-Dame Basilica, Montréal

(Not So) Wordless Wednesday - Honeymoon Food Fun

 

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I read that Wednesday's are also Wedding Wednesday, so I thought I would show and tell some of the food we had inMontréal for our honeymoon.  For dinner one night we went to Restaurant Toqué! which is amazing.  We had the tasting menu and the wine pairings.  That night the chef made such dishes as sea urchin soup, fried bone marrow and squab (pigeon).  Definitely items I would not order normally, but they were fantastic and served in very artful ways.  I highly recommend this restaurant if you are in town.

 

 

 

 

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Poutine is a well known dish in Quebec.  It is french fries, gravy and cheese curds and DELICIOUS!

Although I did not get a picture, we also went to the Tibetan restaurant OM.  In addition to Tibetan food, they also have Indian.  I had never had Tibetan, but it is a lot of dumplings and beef dishes.  The owner was very nice and the food was great.

 

Wordless Wednesday: Gress Siblings

Here are the oldest 5 of 7 children of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fink) Gress: Chester, May, Walter, Elsie, Howard.  It was taken approximately in 18671868, prior to the birth of Beulah in 1898 and Vera (my great-grandmother) in 1900.  I darked the photo as the original is quite faded.

Wordless Wednesday: Wedding of Albert Nuwer and Edna Roll

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Wordless Wednesday: Edna Roll Baptismal Certificate

The baptismal certificate of my great-grandmother, Edna Roll

Wordless Wednesday: Albert Nuwer and Edna Roll's Wedding

My great grandparents Albert Nuwer and Edna Roll at their wedding 22 June 1932 in Alden, Erie, New York.

Wordless Wednesday: Rostock, Germany

Wordless Wednesday: Summer is Coming!

A view of the North Sea (the dark blue in the middle of the picture) at the beach in St. Peter-Ording, Germany.  It was a beautiful day at the beach, it is finally getting in the 60's here - hopefully summer will come soon! For an even better view, check out their live webcam:-)

Wordless Wednesday: Amsterdam

Wordless Wednesday - Oude Kerk, Amsterdam

I posted pictures of some tombstones yesterday from the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam.  Here are some photos of the rest of the church.  For more information on the church, visit their website.

Wordless Wednesday - Jacob Gress

Photograph in possession of my great aunt Lois (It would be her grandfather, my great-great grandfather).  I scanned during my trip to Florida last spring.

Wordless Wednesday

The gavel my great-grandfather William Herbert Whitehead used at the American Legion. In the possession of my Aunt Barbara and Uncle Bud.

Wordless Wednesday - Lucy Casillo