Year: 2011
Events
Thanking God for the Blessings of Our Nation
ABOVE: 1984 photo of parishioners at Thanksgiving Mass at Saint James Cathedral in downtown Orlando. Pictured front and center are Kelly Wilkes, age 2, with her mother, Jean Wilkes, holding her hand and Tom Wilkes, center, walking towards his wife. Several ...
Places
The Veterans Trailer Park
Fran Abeel came to Orlando in 1947, because her husband, a disabled veteran, needed to live in a warm climate. Housing was scarce so for their first 2-3 years in Orlando, the Abeels lived in the Veterans Trailer Park.
In this...
Events
Brooklyn Grammar School No. 106 - 1908
Photo copy of the front and back covers of the 1908 Brooklyn Grammar School No. 106 found in the Brouard Family files in the Genealogy collection at the Orange County Library System. Note, however, that the graduate is Emilie M....
People
LBJ's Lake Eola Handshake
President Lyndon B. Johnson, the first president ever to sleep in Orlando, stayed at the Cherry Plaza just around the corner from the Buning's family home on Lake Eola during his 1964 campaign visit. Alice Buning remembers competing with her...
Organizations
The Brouard Family
Sampling of original photographs and documents found in the Orange County Library System Genealogy collection of the Brouard Family. There are two folders full of documentation including copies of deeds, information on cemeteries, etc. Many of the photos have ...
People
Caroline S. Haseltine Obituary
The transcription is in poor condition, has many typos and does not seem to mention date of publication of name of newspaper. I corrected the obvious typos below. All references seem to indicate it may have been published in a...
People
"There isn't a waterway in Florida that I haven't been on..."
Fran Abeel shares her happy memories of boating on the St. Johns River, the community of St. James Cathedral and the wonderful life her family has here in Orlando. She recalls her boys learning to ski on the lake at...
People
Almira Tyrrel Sawyer Obituary
The obituary of Mrs. Almira Sawyer was published in the Ellenville Journal on 12 September 1884. Obituary transcribed 27 October 2011.
Mrs. Almira Sawyer, widow of the late Gideon Sawyer, who died a soldier in the Union Army, died at her...
People
Mariam Griffin Losee Obituary
The obituary of Mrs. Mariam Losee was published in the Ellenville Journal [New York] on 12 September 1884. Obituary transcribed 27 October 2011.
A good woman is gone to her rest. Mrs. Mariam Losee, one of our oldest and best known...
Organizations
The Hildebrandt Family
ABVOE: Henry, Josephine, Raymond Hildebrandt taken in Peg and Rays basement. 50th Wedding Anniversary.
Documents and photographs from the Hildebrandt Family Surname file in the Genealogy Collection at the Orange County Library System. Information contained i...
Organizations
College of New Jersey 1851-1852
Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the College of New Jersey 1851-1852, Princeton, N.J. Printed by John T. Robinson 1852. "Presented to Albertson library by H. J. Br_____ell 1912" written on bottom front cover in hand of Charles L....
Organizations
Harrison Family of Loudon County, Tennessee
A collection of obituaries and articles about the Harrison family of Loudon County, Tennessee located in the Genealogy Collection at the Orange County Library System tell the story of a family of Doctors and patriots. It is not clear from...
