Mortuary Notice for Rosie Maile

Mortuary Notice for Rosie Maile

I re-found a newspaper article, in German, that had names I recognized, Gottfried and Emma Maile, my great grandparents.  I had seen this article a few years back and just made a notation of it in my notes.  When at the Family Research Center last week I re-discovered the article at the GenealogyBank.com site, took a photo with my camera,  printed it, then did my best to translate the Mortuary Notice from German to English.

Mortuary Notice
Date: Sunday. April 19, 1896  Paper: New Jersey Deutsche Zeitung (Newark, New Jersey) Volume:17 Issue:2 Page:5

This is what I'm pretty sure it says....

Maile.  -- Relative and friends here is the sad news that our beloved young daughter little sister and grand daughter Rosie Maile on Friday the 17 April at the age of 11 months, gently passed away peacefully.

The funeral serman takes place on Sunday (a word I can't decipher) 19 Apr afternoon at about 4 (something) from mourning house No. 66 Blum Str, (something) after the Woodland Cemetery.

The Mourning Survivors:
Gottfried and Emma Maile, born Wahl, parents; 
John and Katherine Wahl, grandparents
Siblings and relatives


Rosie Maile was not in my data base.  Neither were her grandparents John and Katherine Wahl.
I tried looking at the findagrave.com website for Woodland Cemetery but she was not listed.
Rosie is listed in the New Jersey Deaths and Burials Index 1798-1971 in Family Search though.

This is how Rosie's parents, Gottfried and Emma (Wahl) Maile fit into my family tree.

Gottfried Maile (1865-?) born Germany married Emma Wahl (1871-?) also born Germany
Their children: -Male Maile (1890-1890 stillborn)
                         -Katherine Maile (1891-not on 1900 census)
                         -Emma Maile (1892-1895)
                         -Katherine L. Maile (1893-?)
                         -Rosie Maile (1895-1986)
                         -Eliesabethe (Elsie) Margaret Maile (1897-1972) my grandmother
                                  She married Herbert Condit (1894-1982) my grandfather
                                  Their children: -Doris Emma Condit (1917-1982)
                                                           -Wilbur Herbert Condit (1919-2011) my dad
                                                                  He married Helen Mary Motyka (1924-2004)
                                                                  Their children: Crystal Carrie Condit -me
                                                                                           Thomas Owen Condit - my brother
                                                            -Kenneth George Condit (1930 - )
                         -Ema Maile (1898-1899)
                         - Lillian E. Maile (1901-1976)
                         - Carolina Maile (1902-? )

Unfortunately the only male child ,and first child of Gottfried and Emma Maile, did not survive.  All the rest are females.

In the 1900 Census the information was given that Emma had 6 children, 2 living.  This would mean the children would be Katherine, Emma, Katherine L, Rosie, Elsie, Ema. The 2 living would be Katherine L and Elsie.  I'm assuming the male child, since he was stillborn, was not counted.

In the 1910 Census the information was given that Emma had 8 children, 4 living.  This next 10 years would add Lillian and Carolina to the 6 to make 8 children and they would also be among the 2 others living in 1900 (Katherine L, Elsie) to equal 4.

It was fun trying to translate the Mortuary Notice from German into English. And I've learned some German words. Now that I have a little more confidence in myself, some German to English books along with a translating website, I may have to tackle  a Baptismal or Christening certificate for my grandmother, Eliesabethe Margaret Maile, that needs translating.  Again from German to English. And I believe one of the witnesses was my great grandmother Catherine Wahl.

Joseph and Minnie Motyka. Are we related?

This past December I got an email from my cousin, Kris Motyka. Kris is my mothers' brother (Stanley) granddaughter.  Her email stated she was contacted by a Karen Krupa who thinks her husband could be a cousin.  Her husband's grandmother is Sophie Motyka and is still alive at 95.  Karen sent her family history to Kris who in turn shared it with me.  Now my quest was to find the link in her Motyka family and in mine.

While in researching this link I found a BSO (bright-shiny-object) that I would have been discouraged by other genealogists to follow - keep on the current path - but I just had to do some digging on this new subject.  Sorry Kris and Karen, this was too weird to pass up. I'll continue my search for our connection again soon.

This is my BSO I couldn't resist:

While searching for a Joseph Motyka, in the Krupa line, I found on FindAGrave.com  a Joseph Motyka buried at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.  This is the same cemetery both my parents were laid to rest.  Ok now I'm intrigued.  My mother was a Motyka.

What I found was.... Joseph Motyka was born on 24 March 1886 in Poland.  I learned by the 1920 census he immigrated to the United States in 1904 and was Naturalized in 1915. He was married to a Minnie Yarosh, born 1894 also in Poland. They also had a daughter, Wilma, born 1914 and they all lived in Roundup, Musselshell, Montana, according to the 1920 census. Joseph was a miner and owned his own home.

By 1930 Joseph Motyka was listed on the Voter Registration Index living at 827 Sartori ave.  This is in Torrance, California.  Torrance is where my brother and I grew up.  My brother, Tom, is still there. I haven't been able to find them on any 1930 census though  I'm sure they are living at this same address because of the 1940 census put them at 827 1/2 Sartori Ave, Torrance, CA. Joseph was working at Coast Insulating Company in the asbestos industry in Torrance.

In 1937 their daughter, Wilma Motyka married George Perlewitz , born Idaho. His address listed on the marriage certificate was  2268 247th Street, Lomita, California.  George also worked at Coast Insulating Company along with Joseph.  I lived in Lomita for 26 years.  Just 67 years later.  I know exactly where this house is. The 1940 census also lists the Perlewitz's living next door at 827 Sartori ave., Torrance.

Joseph died 12 April 1963 at the age of 77 and was buried at Green Hills Memorial Park, RPV, CA

Minnie died in 1974 at the age of 90 and was also buried at Green Hills Memorial Park along with her husband. I'm not sure what happened to Wilma Motyka Perlewitz. I wonder if they or their family are still in the area.

I haven't been able to find a Motyka connection yet.  I know Joseph was naturalized in 1915 (1920 censes) but I'm having problems finding his papers.  Minnie was naturalized in the same year so I think they must have filed together. Their daughter, Wilma was born 1913 in Montana so I believe they were married. These papers would tell me what ship he/she came over on and where he/she was born in Poland.

 

I know he came to the United States in 1904 (1920 census). Minnie came a few year later in 1909.  If I could find the passenger list he is on this might tell me what relative he left in his home country (father, mother)  and who he was coming to the United States to see (relative or friend).

I was just so interested in a Motyka living in Torrance in the 1930's to 1963 I couldn't pass up this BSO . And being buried at the same cemetery as my parents, Bill Condit and Helen Motyka Condit. I just wonder what mom would have said if she was still alive? A Motyka in Torrance.

Next time I am in Torrance and go visit my parents grave I'm going to look for Joseph and Minnie and put some flowers on their grave.  Who knows, they might be my family too.

Fillmore Condit - "Condit Family in Reunion"

During my first search with my newest subscription, newspapers.com, I came across an article  titled "Condit Family in Reunion" dated 1914.  It was held at Fillmore Condit's home in Verona, New Jersey.

Vernon, NJ, Sept 12 - Almost four hundred members of the Condit family held their sixth annual reunion to-day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fillmore Condit, in Essex Falls.  Luncheon was served at 1 o'clock, after which a business session prevailed over by the Rev. Charles B. Condit of Newark, was held.  The family genealogy was given by Oscar E. Condit of East Oragne.  One of the speakers at the meeting was William H. Start, at the New York Peace Society.  Members of the association are lineal decedents of John Condit, who came from England in 1678 and settled in Newark.
(New York Tribune (New York) {NY} 1866-1924, September 13, 1913, Page 6, Image 6)

My first question was " How am I related to Fillmore Condit?"  
What I found out is that technically he is my 4th cousin 5 times removed.  On my family tree it looks like this.....


John Condit or Cunditt had a son Peter.  Peter had 5 children.  One of those 5 was my 6th Great Grandfather, Samuel.  Another son of Peter's was Philip which was Fillmore's GGG Grandfather.

Fillmore Condit

Now that I know who he was and how were are related I counted my search for more information about him.. The more I researched the more I came intrigued with this family member.

I found his funeral service announcement in a Long Beach newspaper.  Long Beach!!! I lived close to Long Beach when I was living in Southern California.  OK now I'm really wanting more about this man.

What I found was..... Fillmore Condit was born in New Jersey in 1855.  He educated himself in the Newark Public Library.  His first employment was on his father's farm and delivered papers during part of the Civil War.  In 1869 at the age of 14, he worked at the Caldwell sawmill and from 1870 to 1873 he worked in the meat business and on a railway being constructed in Verona.(1)

By 1879, age 24, being employed in a Newark Store he had invented a refrigerator door fastener, which he had obtained a patent.(1) (Note: I saw a picture of this refrigerator door fastener in a newspaper article but when I wanted to find it again, I couldn't locate it again)

On March 30, 1881 he married Ida Frances Rafter at 26. He branched into real estate and bought and developed land in Verona, New Jersey where they made their home.  Here Fillmore served as a member of the Essex County Board of Freeholders.  They had 5 children, Jane, Everett, Jessie, Donald and adopted Clarence Neary. (1)

After a brief stay in Santa Paula, California they moved back to Verona, NJ in 1909 and Fillmore joined the Union Oil Company as the New York Representative.  In 1911 their oldest son, Everett, who was married with a 6 month old child, died suddenly and unexpectedly.  To honor him, the Condit's donated land to the city of Verona that is still used today as a baseball field, Everett Field.(1)

Fillmore became active in the Anti-Saloon League and supported the cause of women's suffrage.

Fillmore Condit of Newark resigned a few days ago as treasurer and member of the Executive Committee of the Southern Auxiliary of the Law and Order League, with the excuse that others could do the work with less loss to themselves.  Yesterday it was learned that there was a fort of a boycott behind the resignation.  He owns the patient for a latch for refrigerator doors.  As brewers and saloon keepers buy ice boxes and need latches for them a great deal of Mr. Condit's revenue came from the very people whom he was antagonizing by his activity against the violators of the Sunday Law.
(The Sun, New York, Feb 6 1889)

In 1919 Fillmore was the Independent Republican candidate for governor on the Prohibition ticket in New Jersey, but his wife Ida was determined the family move back to California.  He obtained a pledge from one of the opposing candidates to support the Eighteenth Amendment then withdrew his candidacy.  He also resigned his position from Union Oil and moved to Long Beach, California to live with his family (2)

A year and a half later he was asked to become a candidate for the city council and then Mayor of Long Beach which he served for a total of 6 years (2)

His wife, Ida, died in 1921.  Fillmore remarried in 1922 to Mrs. Helen McKinnon, a widow.  He founded the Long Beach Community Hospital.  He also served as President of the Condit Family Association  helping to research his family back to the first Condit arriving in New Jersey in 1678. (2)

Fillmore died on January 7, 1939 from infirmities of old age in Long Beach. He was 83.   He was cremated with his ashes interred at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, Essex, New Jersey (3) (4)

Fillmore Condit, 83 one of the organizers of the Union Oil Co., Prohibitionist candidate for Governor of New Jersey, died yesterday in Community Hospital, Long Beach, from infirmities.
As a Long Beach Councilmen from 1921 to 1928, during pat of which time he held office as Mayor, he had been largely responsible for the founding of the hospital in which his life ended.  
He first came to California in 1899, later returning to his naive New Jersey for several years.  For the last 20 years he had resided at Long Beach living at 2211 E. Ocean Blvd., at the time of his death.  
At one time he was executive chairman of the Anti-Saloon League of America, and was author of a pamphlet entitled, "Relation of Saloons to Insanity."
He leaves his widow and one sone Donald Condit.
(Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA), Sat, Jan 7, 1939, Page 21

Fillmore Condit was a very interesting ancestor.  I'm sure there are other Condit's still living in California.

(1) "Genealogy of the Condit Family - Descendents of John Cunditt" by Joham H Condit & Eben Condit , Pages 387-388

(2) Findagrave.com - Fillmore Condit Memorial #9768524

(3) newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal, 8 Jan 1939

(4) politicalgraveyard.com

The end of the year and what have I done?

When I look back to what I've blogged about this year, I find I've done a lot.

And the most recent find was connecting to Pamela Clolery Zoellner, my 2nd cousin.  Pamela's mother is Emily Klauss Clolery who's mother was Ursela (Ann) Leszczak Klauss, Mary Leszczak Motyka's sister.  I've been searching for her by sending letters to addresses I've found by using US City Directories and US Public Records data bases.  My 3/31/16 blog was on this subject). We have just connected and my next blog, Jan 2017, will be what I have found out about that side of the family.

I've looked into a family relationship to James Hinchcliffe, "Dance With The Starts" contestant and my Great Great Aunt Mary C Condit who married a James H. Hinchcliffe (blog post 7/31/16). Didn't find one but I may still keep digging.

I've watched several webinars on FamilyTree Webinars.com

I put together a family book for Mo Bentley, my sister-in-laws partner, for her birthday in July.  Boy did she like that.  Now each birthday I'll try to add to it with more family names and history.

I've subscribed for a 6 months subscription to Newspapers.com for the first time and found an article "Condit Family in Reunion" dated 1914 at Fillmore Condit's house in New Jersey.  I did some research to find where he fits into my side of the Condit family and I will do a blog post on that in 2017 too.

I've upped my Ancestry subscription from the US to World.  This next year I plan on devoting a lot more time on the Motyka's in Poland research.  Trying to find more family.

I connected to my uncle Ken Condit's friend from high school (blog post 9/30/16) Avron Wahl which is also the maiden name of my grandmother Emma Walh Maile.  I tried to find the name connection but haven't found anything but that doesn't mean there isn't one.  More research to be done there.

I took us on a road trip from Torrance to New Jersey and back by using 1966 gas receipts my brother found in the garage. (blog post 8/31/16)

Using US Public Records and US City Directories I found my mother's best friends son in New York. My mother, Helen had a best friend, Helen, when they lived in New Jersey.  I found him ( Russell Budd) and he had some photos of my mom in his mom's photo collection that we sent me.  (blog post 10/31/16)

I did 2 blogs (April and May 2016) pertaining to Longetivity and Occupations of my ancestors.

And the first 2 blogs of 2016 pertained to Valentine Motyka's Petition for Naturalization papers.

So looking back just one year I think I've accomplished quite a bit of information for my genealogy hobby.  And loved every minute of it.  I which I could do this 24/7 which I think I've said that before.

Happy New Year

Crystal Condit Gormley

Using City Directories and US Public Records to find someone.

As in my last post, finding Avron Wahl I used the US City Directories and US Public Record List  to locate him.  I used them  again to find Russell Budd, the son of my mother's best friend, Helen Budd in New Jersey.  I have many photos of mom, Helen Motyka, which include lots of her friends.  Some of them I was sure was Helen Budd but needed them verified by someone.  Who better than a family member.

I had a Christmas card from Mrs. Helen N. Budd from Middletown, NY addressed to my father, Bill Condit.  The postmark on the envelope was 16 Dec 2005.  (Mom would have been gone a year.) So I had an address.  Looked on the internet for the US Social Security Death Index for Helen N Budd. And there she was.  Born 22 Dec 1924 , Newark, New Jersey - died 10 Nov 2012, Middletown, New York.   There was also a record in the US Obituary Collection which had some information about her family.

 Her husbands name was Edward Budd who died in 1992. She had 2 sons, Russell Budd of Middletown and Dr. Ralph Budd living in Hinesburg, VT.  This gave me her son's names.

Next  internet search was US Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Vol.1 where I found Russell A Budd leaving in Middletown, NY.  It had his address (the same that was on the Christmas card envelope) so I wrote him a letter , hoping he was still at this address, stating who I was and gave him some history of my parents move to California.  I told him about inheriting all of my parents photos when dad passed and that I would love if he would verify his mom in some of them.  I included my email address and home address.

Well not too much time passed when I got my first email from Russell Budd. He told me it was a nice surprise to receive my letter and he remembered my mother's name. He stated the two Helen's were best of friends and had stayed connected through the years.  He remembered, back in the 60's, him and his family took a trip across country to California and visited our family.  He said he would be happy to identify his mother in my photos.

I sent a few photos ,via email, and received back that indeed they were of his mom.  He also sent me back copy of my parents wedding photo (which I already had) that his mother was in too. This went back and forth, me sending photos and him verifying his mother in them.

Then one email he stated he had been going though his parents photos and found some very nice shots of my mom and dad.  He would send the photographs to me via UPS. And a little while later I was  excited to receive an envelope with about 30 photographs of my mom and dad before their marriage in 1948.  I was giddy with delight because most of the photos were photos I'd never seen before.  They were not a part of my collection of family photos.. This was just so cool.

I could not post them all but here are a few of them.

                                                           Helen Motyka on the left/Helen Budd on the right.




Helen and Bill hiding in the bushes.

Helen Budd, Bill Condit and Helen Motyka





Using the internets US Public Records Index, US Obituary Collection along with some information I already had got me connected to someone in my mom's past and I got answers to some of my photo questions.  Plus I've gained a new email friend.


Let me know you've enjoyed viewing these photos of my parents by leaving a comment and the bottom of this blog.

This month I have been working on finding a family connection to Avron Wahl.

It all started out a few months ago finding a old newspaper article in The Westfield (N.J.) Leader newspaper dated December 29, 1951 with the article caption which read " Corp. Kenneth Condit Weds Joan Karaffa In Cranford Ceremony".  This is my dad, Wilbur Condit's, brother.  I learned a few things from the article, like when Ken and Joan got married, where my uncle was stationed in the Air Force, what the bride wore. And the thing that caught my eye was the mention of Ken's best man,  Avron Wahl.  My great grandmother's maiden name was Wahl and her and my grandfather, George Maile,  also lived in New Jersey. Emma Wahl was born in Germany.  I wonder if we are related some way.

I set out to see if I could find Avron Wahl (born about 1932) via the internet.  I found his yearbook photo 1948 (he graduated from Dayton High School, Springfield, NJ, so did Ken but in a different year) , Avron with his family in the 1940's census (Queens, New York), and several Public Records showing him living in Florida.  I found the most recent address and wrote him a letter stating who I was , how I was related to Ken Condit and wondered if he was the same Wahl that was mentioned in the newspaper article.  And did he know of a Emma Wahl Maile.  I included my email address.  A week or so later I got an email from Avron (goes by Ron) answering my letter.

Avron (Ron) stated he was best friends with Ken. Remembered how well he played the piano. After graduating high school the two of them went their own ways.  He became an lawyer and practiced in New Jersey then retired to Florida.  Uncle Ken was in the Air Force and relocated to California. Aaron did not know the name Emma Wahl.  He stated that his father, Richard, arrived in the US in 1927 for a visit and never returned to Germany.  His grandfather, Heinrich,  arrived in the US in 1939 also from Germany.

So my search began - is Avron Wahl and my grandmother Emma Wahl related any way????

Before I continue with what I know I wanted to mention here is that the last time down to Southern California to visit my family I stopped in to see Uncle Ken and Aunt Betty and showed him the email from Avron Wahl.  He was very surprised to hear that name.  He took a copy of the email with Avron's email address and has since contacted him. It's been over 60 years since they've last communicated.

Now this is what I know about my great grandmother, Emma Wahl.

* Born  May 1871, Germany. (1900 Census)
  -or 1870 German Births/Baptisms record - Emma Marie Christiane Wahl, born 28 Dec 1870,
      Stuttgart, Wurttemberg, Germany - fathers name is Michael Wahl,
      mothers name is Christane Straub
* Immigrated from German to US in 1888 or 1887 (have not found her passenger list yet)
* Married Gottfried (George) Maile (1865-?) in 1888. Gottfried also born in Germany.
* together they had 4 children - Kathryn(1894-?), Elsie(1897-1972)(my grandmother), Lillian
      (1901-1976) and Caroline (1902-?)
* they lived their whole lives in Newark, Essex, New Jersey

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What I know of the Wahl Family.


                                                - Heinrich Wahl(1850-1960)
                    - Richard Wahl (1903-1959)
                                                - Cecelia Regina Baer (1870-1936)
Aaron Wahl
                                                -Morris Hoffman
                  - Fay Hoffman(1910-1989)
                                                Goldie Malzberg

Aaron Wahl (1932 - living) born in Brooklyn, New York - has a sister named Cecelia Wahl (1938- ?)
Father:  Richard Wahl (1903-1959) born Heidelberg, Baden, Württemberg, Germany -
                   *Sailed from Germany to US in 1927 on the Munchen (going to visit uncle, Max
                          Mannheim) father: Heinrich Wahl living in Heidelberg, Baden , Germany
                    *Naturalized in 1939 in New York still looking for the papers
                    *Died 1959 in Garwood, Union, New Jersey
Mother: Fay Hoffman (1910-1989) born Manhattan, New York - died Cranford, Union, New Jersey

Richard's parents were: Heinrich Wahl (1850-1960) and Cecelia Regina Baer (1870-1936) this information I took from a Family Tree in Geni World.com managed by Michael Trittelvits which has not been verified with another document yet.

Heinrich Wahl and Cecelia Regina Baer Wahl had 4  children;
     -Walter Joseph Wall (1903 - ?) who married a Sophia Flora ? (1906-?)      
         *Naturalized 1944 in Brooklyn, New York( Index only) living in Jamaica, NY need to see if I
                 can find his papers
    -Richard Wahl - see above
    -Waltrud Sofie Fanny Wahl who married  ? Trittelvitz  same name as Geni World. com tree above
    - Grete Wahl - married Weise living 1927 in Heidelberg, Baden, Germany

I've found a few more Wahl's that were living in Brooklyn, New York but have not found a connection to Emma.  Seems I know more about Avron Wahl's family then I do with Emma. But doesn't it seem strange that Ken Condit's best friend in high school has the same last name as his grandmothers? The search continues.

NOTE:  Heinrich Wahl's wife, Ceclia last name is Baer, we have a name in our family tree listed as Baeyer. Louisa Baeyer born 1838, Wurttemberg, died 1900 was married to George Oertel (1927-?) also born Wurttemberg.

I haven't found the connection there but I feel it in my gut there is one so I will continue the hunt and report back what I find.

If you would like to leave a comment or two I would love hearing your thoughts.

1966 Road Trip Across the United States

Just the other day I decided to go through an old box of receipts (1960’s) that belonged to my parents, Bill and Helen Condit.  My brother, Tom, had found it in the garage.  His wife, Vicki, went through it first and took out any kind of document that pertained to the house, which at one time belonged to our parents and now them. In amongst the papers were gas receipts from a trip we took across the US in 

1966 in our 64 Mercury wagon.

I really don’t remember much of this trip or even why we drove.  I could only find a few photos of when we visited family in New Jersey and Chicago at that time, not any of the trip itself.  But I thought it would be fun to see the states we drove through according to the gas receipts.

This is how I think it went….

Day 1 – June 11, 1966 – Saturday -  Bill (47), Helen (41), Crystal (11) and Tom Condit (10) left Torrance(A) California and drove down HWY 15 to HWY 40 for 405.7 miles. Stopped in Seligman, Arizona and bought 17.2 gal gas @ .45 gal plus 2 shock absorbers. The next stop was Gallup, New Mexico (262.61 miles) and bought 12.3 gal.gas @ .39 gal.

Day 2 – June 12, 1966 – Sunday – Still on Hwy 40 - Gallup New Mexico to Santa Rosa, New Mexico (253 miles) and bought 17 gal gas @ 39.9 gal plus 1 qtr. oil.  Next stop was Groom, Texas (212 miles) for 15.7 gal gas at 35.5 per gal then onto Clinton Oklahoma where we stayed at a Holiday Inn costing $12.75.

I found a receipt with no date stamped on it from the Oklahoma Turner Turnpike.  I’m pretty sure it was from this trip. Now Hwy 40 turns into Hwy 44 out of Oklahoma City. 

Day 3 – June 13, 1966 – Monday – From Clinton to Tulsa, Oklahoma (A))(190 miles) stopped for 13.9 gal of gas @ .36. From here we left Hwy 44 onto Hwy 70 heading NE.

Day 4 – June 14, 1966 – Tuesday – filled up in Brighten, Indiana (807 miles – there must have been a few other stops in-between Oklahoma and Indiana but the gas receipts weren’t here). Gas in Brighton was 15.6 gal @ 36.9 gal plus 1 quart of oil.  On to Cambridge, Ohio (305 miles) and stopping for 14.8 gal of gas @ .37 gal. I think we must have stopped to visit my mothers brother, Stanley Motyka and family, in Chicago at this time. Why else would we have gone this far north?

 

Day 5 – June 15, 1966 – Wednesday – From Cambridge, Ohio (A) to Colonia, New Jersey (B) (457 miles) where we got 16.4 gal gas at .37 gal.

                                                                           

We must have spent a few days in New Jersey visiting family.  Bill and Helen are both from New Jersey and most of the family lives here. I'm wondering if we came for a wedding or something.

Day 9 – June 19 , 1966  -Sunday- This day we got gas in Irvington, New Jersey as 12 gal @ 35.7 gal.  This is where my mom’s parents, Valentine and Mary Motyka, live.

               

Crystal & Rosemary Bush               unknown & Mary Motyka

Day 11 – June 22, 1966 - Wednesday - Gas in Garwood, New Jersey 14 gal @.37 plus a oil filter. Herbert and Elsie Condit , my dad’s parents’, live in Garwood.

Diana Zink, Bill, Helen, Tom 

  Bill & Herbert

Day 12 – June 23, 1966 – Thursday - gas in Union (A), New Jersey. 

Day 13 – June 24, 1966 – Friday - heading home on Hwy 80 from Garwood to Elyria (B)(468 miles) where we stayed at a Travel Lodge for $16.48.

I don’t have any gas receipts until …

Day 16 – June 27, 1966 – Monday -We stopped in Clinton, IA (461) for 16.9 gal. of gas @.38 gal. , still on Hwy 80.  You have to go through Chicago on Hwy 80 from Elyria, Ohio to Clinton, Iowa (B) so I think we stopped to visit Uncle Stanley again and stayed a few days. 

From Clinton, IA we traveled to Des Moines, IA (198) for 16.9 gals of gas @ .38 plus a qt. of oil.

Day 17 – June 28, 1966 -Tuesday -Still on Hwy 80 the next stop was North Platte, NE (412 miles) getting 7.12 gal. of gas @ 39.9 gal then onto Cheyenne, WY(221 miles) where we got 16 gal of gas @ 37.9 gal plus 2 quarts of oil.  Here we stayed at a New Motel in Evanston, Wyoming (B) (357 miles) for $14.42 for a party of 4

Day 18 – June 29, 1966 – Wednesday -From Evanston we left Hwy 80 and headed south on Hwy 15, the next stop was Fillmore, Utah (201 miles) getting 12.6 gal of gas @ 38.9 plus 1 quart of oil and a T-29N F costing $28.90 (I don’t know what that is, something to do with the car). Then on into St. George, UT (158) for 11.2 gal of gas @ .41 and continued into Las Vegas (120 miles).

Day 19 – June 30, 1966 – Thursday - Starting in Las Vegas with a fill up of 14.3 gal of gas @ .34 we continued on for 225 miles till we got to Fontana, CA where we got 18 gal of gas @ .36 gal and the last 66.5 miles back to Torrance, CA.

We drove across the country by car in 19 days.  I don’t think I would want to do that again in 19 days.  But I would love to do it with unlimited days! To see our country by auto would be such a memorable trip. I’m sure during this cross-country trip I was sleeping, reading, fighting with my brother in the back seat the whole time, as kids normally do on a road trip, missing the scenery and the beautiful countryside.  Hence I don’t remember this trip hardly at all.  What a shame! I wonder if my brother does?

Thank you Tom and Vicki for saving these receipts for me.  

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