Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Margaret Streeter @ 5 Tracy Place

Let's go back a bit further into the family tree this time and visit with Margaret Streeter. The photo below is from Aunt Ethel's collection, or so I'm assuming based on the handwriting on the back of the picture.

In addition to identifying the locale as 5 Tracy Place, the handwriting also notes that Roland and Frank Streeter are in the window behind Margaret.


Thanks to Larry B.'s industrious work on researching the family tree I know that my maternal grandmother, Carrie Aldrich, descends from the Streeter line. To be precise, Carrie's mother, Mary Ida, was a Streeter. With that in mind, here's the question du jour: Where does Margaret fit in? Was she Mary Ida's sister, perhaps? And for extra credit, where's 5 Tracy Place? Barrie?

In any case, don't you just love Margaret's hat? She certainly looks dressed to the nines. Or is this simply casual dress wear circa 1900? Either way, the photo above serves as a reminder of how far our sartorial standards have fallen in the 21st century.

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  1. The following comes to me via a reliable authority on family matters re: the Margaret Streeter photo:

    Margaret (Blueit) Streeter was the second wife of Frank
    Streeter, who was Aunt Ethel's uncle. Frank was Mary Streeter's brother. His first wife was Sarah Murphy, and they had a son, Ronald. Tracy Place is in Worcester on the Worcester-Auburn line. However, 5 Tracy Place, I'm sorry to say, is no longer there. Many years ago we took a ride to find it, and at that time, it was gone, and Mass. Electric was there. The last time we went there, the property is now owned by a company whose exact name I'm not sure of, but I believe it has something to do with Polar Beverages.


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