Photo 1918 - Reunion Livingston/Burhyte
This is a photo taken in 1918 of a Livingston/Burhyte family reunion.
The caption on the front side was cut off in the scan; it reads:
This is the reunion a year ago...Viola.
This postcard is postmarked "Binghamton, Sep. 20, 1919" so the reunion
was in 1918. The writer is assumed to be 1890 Viola Amelia Doolittle,
who married 1887 Forrest Myron Livingston; he is mentioned in the card.
The card is addressed to 1900 Norma Pulis Livingston; "A. Livingston"
refers to her husband Austin.
I think the elder man at far left is (1857) Myron James Livingston.
He would be 61 in this photo. His wife (1866) Caroline Burhyte died
in 1917 so she could not have been in this photo. That is certainly
Forrest in the back row, somewhat left of center; probably the woman
on his left is his wife Viola in the flowered hat, and the two men on
his right may be two of his three brothers, George at far left, and
probably Minor (or Elwyn) next to Forrest. Aside from recognizing
Forrest and his father Myron for sure, all else is speculation.
I think that the two women standing behind Myron are Fannie and Bessie,
that Eva is to Myron's left, and that Edna is the tallish girl sixth
from the left in the front row, and Helen is the child fourth from left
in the front row, and at far left of the front row is, I believe,
(1911) Caroline Louisa Livingston. But, I am only guessing, based
mostly on what their ages would have been at the time.
I think the boy near the middle of the second row, with unruly blonde
hair and wearing a white tie, is 1909 Lewis Myron Livingston.
The man seated at far right and wearing a white tie is most likely
1872 James Horace Burhyte, the brother of 1866 Lucretia (deceased).
The tall woman between Forrest and Amelia is believed to be "Auntie"
Edith Hoyt, probably nee Edith Amanda Faatz, daughter of 1851 Herman
Faatz and 1847 Amanda Emma Pulis - but that is speculative at best.
I think the woman at lower left (second row), wearing glasses, may be
Ada Teale, wife of Minor Livingston, and if so, she is holding her baby,
1917 Ruth Elizabeth Livingston.
I don't recognize anyone else in the photo. If you can identify any
of the people in this photo, please drop me a line.
The message on the back of the photo reads:
Dear Norma - we got home allright it took us just a hour to go
down to Windsor and we stayed to dinner there and started for home
at three o'clock and we just got out of Windsor when Geo. (*) machine
broke and he had to put it in a barn there and he got a ride home
from a man he knew. We had a fine time and Forrest said last night
he would like to go up there again if it wasn't for that dirt road.
I shall look for you [to come] down right along. Write.
The card is addressed to:
Mrs. A. Livingston
Nineveh, N.Y.
R.F.D.
The postmark reads "Binghamton, N.Y. Sep. 20, 1919".
As Forrest and Austin were brothers, Viola and Norma were sisters-in-law.
NOTE (*): refers to (1896) George McKinley Livingston, Viola's
brother-in-law and the brother of her husband Forrest.
March 2018, JAS jsherman (at) datapro.net
