During the depression, Ida Pace had to get a job to help support the family.  Her father was a laborer and needed additional income.  Her sister, Mary, helped her get a job stitching baby chair seats in Everett, Massachusetts.  Whenever Everett came downstairs from cutting, he would notice Ida in the workshop.  All the woman noticed him, about 50-75 women on machines, and the girls would say, "Ida, here he comes" teasing her.  He came up and introduced himself to her and asked her for a date, Ida wasn't impressed, until she found out he had a car!  Everett was about 16 or 17 years old and living in Swampscott.

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Fred Kelley

Your Grandfather, Everett, sent me “stick figure” cartoons of his experience in the Army during WWII.  I was under 5 years old but still remember how much I liked them.  He also brought me a number of war souvenirs when he returned.  Unfortunately, I don’t have any of this stuff.  I was very fond of your grandparents.  Also, I remember a film of when I was a toddler showing your grandfather and my father pulling my “kiddy-car” too fast, tipping it over, breaking my arm!!  Undoubtedly after a few beers.

My grand mother and your great grand mother, Sarah,  had a great influence on me as a child. She came over on the boat from Scotland as a child of about twelve. I don't think she had a lot of education, spoke with a strong Scottish brogue, worked as a domestic, spoke her  mind, was very wise, loving, and had a heart of gold. She lived very simply, was generous to a fault, giving away most of what came her way. She lived with my family for a few of her later years but proved to be too independent and chose to live out her life in a single room walk up. All of her grand children loved "Granny Lindsay" very much and I suspect they still do.

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Elena (D’Angelo) Leonido

I'm the daughter of Antonio D'Angelo, he was Rachela D'Angelo’s first cousin.  In his first trip to America, in 1921, he was received at Boston from Rachela and Antonio Pace.  They had him over the house at North end Boston.  My father had served his country knew how to read and write.  As soon as the quota was open, he came and returned to Orsogna every 3 years until we came after WWII in 1947.

My Aunt Carmela never returned to Italy or came to North America She died in the 80th The Son Antonio as a Daughter, married a real soccer player in Argentina

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Albert “Dick” Pace

A little tidbit, your great-grandfather (Anthony Pace) could not pronounce the letter “v”, consequently he called your mother “Ed-o-wyn”. Ha!

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Kerry (Galvin) Kelley

I remember my Nana Ra (Clara Andrews) always making homemade candy and roast beef sandwiches with butter.   And, my Nana Lindsay (Ida [Pace] Lindsay) telling me (which I have on video) that the best part of her children was conceiving them!  I always loved Nana L's pasta sauce!

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Evelyn (Lindsay) Galvin

I remember my grandfather (James Lytell Lindsay) loved to drink tea and he used to read tea leaves.  He would read the tea leaves to you after you were finished drinking your tea.

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Chuck Austin

James Austin and Emily Rice, my great grandparents, spent their lives in the State of Kentucky.  James Anderson Austin, Sr. was born July 1817 in Nicholas County, Kentucky.  Emily Frances Rice was born February 6, 1824 in Bracken County, Kentucky.  They were married on December 7, 1840 in Bracken County.

James and Emily had ten children.  The second youngest of the ten was Charles P. Austin, my grandfather.  Two of their children (Mary Alice Austin, age 5 and John Curtis Austin, age 1) died on the same date, July 28, 1852 in Maysville, Kentucky.  According to the records of Margaret Austin, "The children were probably victims of Cholera which was epidemic in Mason County at this time."  Another son born in 1857 was given the same name of John Curtis Austin.  Unfortunately, he died at age 2 of poison.  (Source: records of Margaret Austin)

James Austin was a wood mill operator in Mason County.  There were stave mills and furniture mills in Maysville at this time.

The earliest record of James Austin in Mason County was in 1852 when he mortgaged personal property for $40.  This may have been related to the death of his two young children described above.  The mortgage was redeemed in 1857.

Emily Rice Austin died on April 26, 1893 in Maysville.  Her husband died on November 11, 1896.  They are buried together in the Maysville & Mason County Cemetery in graves 3 and 4, Lot 7 in Section 9.  The inscription on the gravestone reads:  "James Austin, 1817-1896" and below "Emily F. Austin, his wife, 1824-1893."  (See picture above.)

I was able to obtain copies of the obituaries of both James and Emily published in Maysville newspapers.   Listed below are brief extracts from the obituaries:

"The venerable James A. Austin, Sr. died last night at 11 o'clock at the home of his son, James Austin, Jr. on Forest Avenue near Union Street…  Deceased was one of Maysville's oldest citizens… Most of his life was spent in this city."

"Mrs. Emily Austin, wife of Mr. James Austin, Sr. died last evening about 6 o'clock at the residence of their son, Mr. Charles Austin, with whom she had been making her home of late.  She had a severe attack of the grip during the prevalence of that disease sixteen months ago and never fully recovered… The funeral will occur tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the residence of Mr. Charles Austin, No. 320 East Third.  The services will be conducted by Rev. D.P. Holt, pastor of the M. E. Church with which denomination deceased united when she was sixteen years of age."

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