05-01 Mille Littman
She was born in Lasi, Romania, the youngest of eight children of Hahama (Anna} and Froam (Frederick) Littman. She was our mother's mother. Mille was loved and admired by all her family. Aunty Anna, our mother's sister, bore her grandmother’s name, and I have Frederick as a middle name.Mille Littman knew hardship in Romania as…
05-02 Nathan Halter
Grandpa Halter was born Nathan Halter on March 21st, 1889 in Warsaw, Poland. His father was Gershom Halter, a rabbi, and his mother’s name was Bella. Bella or Belle was our mother’s name. He had an older brother Jack. When grandpa was seven, his mother died and Gershom took his two boys back to London,…
05-03 Berthia Devon
Grandmother Bulloch was named Berthia or Bertha, the middle child of seven children of George and Mary Devon. The Devons were large people and great-grandfather Devon was 6' 7" tall and our grandmother was 6' tall. One of her children, our uncle Leslie, weighed 15 pounds at birth, a Commonwealth record at the time. George…
05-04 John Miller Clark Bulloch
He was the oldest of seven children and the son of John Anderson Bulloch and Barbara Clark. He married Berthia Devon when he was in his mid-forties and his wife just 22. They had seven children, and the oldest was our father, John Alexander Bulloch. In the attached photo, great-grandfather Bulloch can be seen with…
05-05 Bulloch-Clark-Devon Memories
The first photo is of great-grandfather Bulloch as a university student. He was fine featured and tall and lean in build. His father and his two brothers, James and Alexander were in the linen business and later in real estate. Now we have a priceless photo of our great-grandmother Barbara Bulloch, formerly Barbara Clark on…
05-06 Halter-Littman Memories
Grandmother and Grandfather Halter were much loved but became a source of family tension when mother and dad wanted to marry. Grandfather Halter strongly opposed the marriage. Marriage outside the Jewish faith was a serious issue for an orthodox Jew. But my birth brought them together. In this beautiful photo, taken in their early 60s,…
05-07 McCleneghan-Gray Memories
My wife's parents, Gerald McCleneghan and Marion Gray are shown here after their wedding ceremony on July 27, 1929. What fun to revive memories of the past through photos. Both their granddaughter, Jennifer Leavitt, and their great-granddaughter, Annie Leavitt, look a lot like Marion. Such remarkable memories over the years, playing bridge or watching baseball…