Pennock Barn?
I just pulled an obit for Jack Pennockof Longmont, who died in 1993. I received the request from the RAOGK website. There was also a 2nd article about Mr. Pennock in a 1988 newspaper:
By Kaye Bache-Snyder
Times-Call CorresponentOut on east ninth Avenue past Fox Hill Country Club golf course, a black, wrought-iron arch on two poles reads, “PEN-O-TEX.” Up the driveway are an historic farmhouse, barns, three topless silos and fields spread out behind.
And, Jack Pennock of Longmont is sure his rag doll “Billie” is tucked away somewhere in the farmhouse walls.
Pennock, 65, remembers his favorite toy as fondly as his childhood on that farm, where he lived from 1923 to 1939
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It turns out that the Pennocks sold the farm in 1940 to “some well-heeled Texans”. I’m not sure what happened next, but the farmhouse and barn are still there. They are now architectural accents to the neighborhood that I live it. I haven’t seen “Billie” lying around anywhere, but I’m sure going to keep my eyes open.
Marcy
30 April 2009 at 9:23 pm
History (personal and otherwise), it’s amazing what little things are the stars in that sky. The 1910 farmhouse we remodeled had WWII scrip behind some of the baseboards and a complete history of every wallpaper trend from 1910 through 1980 something. We could tell almost to the year the last time carpet was put down in the living room (1957), and dining ( early 70′s indoor/ outdoor peacock blue and green). No toys were found but “ghosting” the house remuddles through the years was a lot of fun, though not as much fun as tearing the remuddles out and getting it back to some of it’s original glory.
sharlene
2 April 2010 at 11:52 am
I am researching the family of Ira Monroe Hanna. Can yo help me connnect with others working on this line
Michael
19 April 2010 at 10:28 am
Sharlene,
What I have is here:
Ira Monroe Hanna – Crooked Tree
Ira Hanna – Crooked Historic Documents
I got it from Ancestral File and Ancestry.com. I came across 3 trees on Rootsweb as well. The email addresses of those researchers are available there if you search for Hanna, Ira Monroe.
Good luck!
Ellen Skelly-Caporal
16 April 2010 at 3:58 pm
Believe it or not, we are related. My grandparents were Frank Hillgardner and Ellen Kingston. Your grandma Marian was my great aunt and we used to spend summers going to the beach with your Dad, Aunt Pat and Uncle Lawrence. Those were great times. I am doing genealogy now and you have actually given me some info about the Kingstons and Murrays. The Kingstons came from England to County Cork Ireland where the Murrays were from also. My cousin Jimmy Kingston met some distance cousins there and took pics of the Murray Farm which was still standing. Amazing what we can discover through the internet and genealogy websites. I will pass on anymore info I find. By the way, the last time I saw you, you were baby!
Michael
19 April 2010 at 10:37 am
Thanks for finding me! I’m sure I was quite a cute baby!
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