These pictures are on one wall in our family room. It all started when we had our first family picture taken for a pictorial directory for our church. My in-laws, and also my grandmother and my aunt Dot had their pictures done too. An idea formed in Paul's head to put these pictures on the wall and then add some of our relatives. His plan was to go back to our children's great-great grandparents on both sides. Included are 13 of our children's 16 great-great grandparents.
Over the years I have forgotten who a lot of these people are. Paul seems to remember them and I have been after him to write down all of the names and how they are related to us.
This winter we did just that.
From top - left to right by row:
1. Charles T. Sanderson II, Irma Beatrice Sanderson’s brother. He ran a bulldozer in Plymouth, MA
2. Ray Lee Higgins and his mother Laura E. Mann, father and grandmother of Jean Martha Higgins
3. William Ross Harper, grandfather of Jean Martha Higgins
4. Nelson Bessete, father of Lucien (Lucy) Agnes Bessette
5. Grace Greenwood, mother of George Herbert Ramsdell, Sr.
6. Charles William Ramsdell, father of George Herbert Ramsdell, Sr.
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7. Helena Pillkuhn, mother of Edward August Radtke
8. Bernard Ferren Wait and his descendants (see color coded picture with names in Family Tree Maker) at 25 Pine St., Greenfield, MA
9. Berta Dill, mother of Frederick Ferdinand Radtke, and her mother Lousise Wilhelmina Weinberg, brother Wilhelm Dill, and sister
10. Lucien (Lucy) Bessette and her mother Linda (Clarinda) LaBarge
11. Johann Friedrich Dill and his wife Lousise Wilhelmina Weinberg, parents of Berta Dill
12. Edward August Radtke and his wife Berta Dill, parents of Frederick Ferdinand Radtke
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13. George Herbert Ramsdell, Sr. and his wife Irma Beatrice Sanderson, with children Priscilla Grafton, George Herbert, Jr., Marjorie Ellen, and Robert Trenchard
14. Bessette sisters, baby Lucien (Lucy), Aldora, Sadie, and Marion
15. Lucy Agnes Bessette and Dorothy Margaret Wait
16. Mark Edward Radtke and Kristen Anne Radtke
17. George Herbert Ramsdell, Sr. riding an Indian motorcycle in front of the Indian Motorcycle Company, Spfld MA
18. Donald Merz Wait and his wife Lucien (Lucy) Agnes Bessette with their children David Reed, Dorothy Margaret, and Esther Ruth at Esther and Bob Lundstrom’s home in Norwich, CT
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19. Charles Trenchard Sanderson, father of Irma Beatrice Sanderson
20. Donald Merz Wait in Western Union truck
21. Priscilla Grafton Ramsdell and Frederick Ferdinand Radtke
22. Paul Frederick Radtke and his wife Deborah Jean Waite with children Kristen Anne Radtke and Mark Edward Radtke
23. Edward August Radtke and Ferdinand (Nante) Radtke in WWI
24. Eleanor Harper with her children Jean Martha Higgins, Lee Higgins, and Ross Harper Higgins
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25. Eleanor A. Radtke and Nancy Jane Radtke at Priscilla and Fred’s House, 25 Yale Ave., Feeding Hills, MA
26. Bernard Ferren Wait in Florida
27. Dora Louisa Merz, wife of Bernard Ferren Wait
28. Irma Beatrice Sanderson, wife of George Herbert Ramsdell, Sr.
29. Donald Merz Wait and Lucien Agnes Bessette, Mohawk Trail State Forest, MA
30. Ellen Eddy Pierce, wife of Charles Trenchard Sanderson and mother of Irma Beatrice Sanderson
***Update - For Christmas 2017 Paul and I made a Chatbooks book for Kristen and Mark with info on all of the people on this Wall of Fame. We tried to include everything that we knew about these people, not just their names and how they are related to them. I was so happy with how it turned out.
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