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Bornyasz Unknown Pictures Bronson Brown Riesinger
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This letter was written by Thorn Smith on September 7, 1939 Dear Harry and Margaret; Horace brought me the dates I have been looking for and I have recorded them along with my other records. They are now very complete. I have changed my records to agree with those of Harry's father's because he ought to have known. I am enclosing a brief tree which covers Harry's grandmother's line and you will note that it goes back to 1601. I believe that Benjamin was the son of Thomas Wait. Of course all these Waits were married which would give us grandmothers all the way back. I recently picked up information on one of them who married one of the various John Waits. Her father was named Church and goes back to 1338. A few weeks ago we went east to see what we could find about these old grandfathers and grandmothers but did not have time to do much. Anyway I have all the dope on them in printed form. I did find Benjamin's grave in Old Deerfield. We went first to Schuylerville, NY. Your grandfather, Thorn Smith had several brothers and sisters and one of them was Joseph who was a jeweler at Schuylerville. 70 years ago my father went to that town to learn his trade under his Uncle Joseph. This Uncle Joseph had several children and among them were Mason and Preston who were twins. After Joseph died they carried on the business. They were cousins of your father and naturally you would think they had died years ago. But I found Mason in Schuylerville where he goes from his home in Jersey City every year to fish and golf. He is but 69 and looks much younger. We had a grand talk. The other twin lives in San Francisco and looks after three jewelry stores there. At one time they had 27 stores and you can imagine that they made money. The house their father built many years ago still stands and is kept in good order. A piano built to order at a cost of $800 almost fills one room. Around the town and country are several Smiths and Thorns who are our relatives but I did not see them. When it comes to running down the Smiths and Thorns we have some job but one of these days I expect to catch up with them. The Thorns were no doubt Quakers and so were some of the Smiths, perhaps all of our early line. We can go way back but there is a break in the line which needs filling up. Aunt Mary Ellen had plenty of knowledge about the old folks and Carrie had much but now I am the only one who can recall that there was a Mason and Preston. Horace remembers nothing. We have all kinds of grandmothers and they had grandfathers and all the trimmings. Our great grandmother was Abigail Cranson who father or great grandfather or something was Governor of Rhode Island for 29 years. I have a record that your Aunt Mary Ellen wrote up for me about when the family came to Michigan in 1855 and some day I will see that you get it as I have made a copy. I am sure you will enjoy reading it many times. We are always going to stop at your place but never have but one of these days you may be surprised. Alice brought Horace over today. Alice and her Wollf are going to Miami Beach this winter to run a hotel or help. They are taking with them Alice, daughter of Frances. Charles wants to go along but Elmer says nothing doing so Charles is sore. Oscar stays in Florida the year around now and I hear from him pretty often. John has two boys in Purdue University and the youngest is staying with Frances and going to school. It costs John a lot of money to keep gong. Dr. Carl is in Fernandina, Florida and is making and hanging on to good money. He asks odds of none of the family. One of these days, next year we hope, we will pop in on you and then you can ask questions perhaps. I am very glad to see that one of your boys is named Roger Thorn. Mason Thorn Smith says it is a mighty good name and warned me not to add an e. Very sincerely, your cousin, Thorn Smith
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