Alas, details about Edith and her exact connection to the Waite lineage elude me. Hopefully, someone can fill in the blanks, including: Who were her parents and how does she fit in to the family tree in context with Sidney and Carrie, my maternal grandparents?
Oh, yes, one other bit of history that I do recall with Edith. She was living in Salem, Mass in her final years. Could I have visited her there? How long did she live there?
I've also heard that there was a bit of intrigue surrounding her demise. Can anyone adds some color to the story?
Meantime, here are two photos that turned up in my mom's collection. The first is dated Sep. 17, 1949 and listed as taken in Beverly, Mass. The people are named, from left to right: Edith, Ethel and George, Alice and Gordon. That's Alice Waite Jensen and her son Gordon, and Edith W. on the left. Who's Ethel and George? Somewhere in the ether of memory those two names ring familiar.
In the second photo (same date as above), the handwriting on the back lists: Edith, Karl, Ethel and George, and Alice. I recognize Karl Jensen (Alice's husband), along with Edith W. But there's Ethel and George again. Can any one offer some clarity?
A reliable source on family history tells me:
ReplyDeleteEdith Waite was Erving Waite's wife and they lived in Barre. She is not in either picture.
The picture you have of Edith with the group is Edith Aldrich and her mother and father are shown with her, Ethel Aldrich and George Aldrich. George was Aunt Ethel Aldrich's brother and Carrie Waite's brother.
Edith was your mother's first cousin.
Edith Aldrich lived in Salem, MA; I'm not sure for how many years. I believe she died in 1998.
--Jim P.
Larry B. tells me:
ReplyDeleteMy records show that George Aldrich was the younger brother of Carrie May Aldrich, your grandmother. He lived in Beverly, Mass. where I believe he is buried. George married Edith Varley, hence the Aunt Edith connection. I expect this picture was taken in Beverly but that is a guess.
I do not think the other woman is Ethel. I have a number of pictures of her but none look like this other woman. Aunt Ethel had a very full, round face.