Most wonderful bright hot day. Arose 7:15 A.M. Breakfast. Took Kissel to garage. Father & I to country 9 A.M. - 3 P.M. Odd jobs. Supper. Cut wood. Played ball in back yard with Ruth & Mr. & Mrs. Zerby. To bed 9:30 P.M.
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I wonder what kind of ball they played? Perhaps baseball?
The Zerbys, I think, are William and May Zerby, who in 1925 were living next door to the Clossons at 108 Park Place with her parents, the Ouderkirks, in the house owned by Stillman. Left is a photo of 110 Park Place as it looked around 1912.
It's not clear when the Zerbys moved to Park Place, but in 1920 they were living on Union Street. In 1915, William was living with his mother and sister on State Street, but by 1917 he was married to May and was an orphan. His father died in 1893, when William was only 6 years old. His mother died in 1916. William worked as a cost accounting clerk at General Electric.
Unfortunately, William died in 1935. He may have inherited whatever illness his parents had. His death was certainly mysterious, as the below March 28, 1935 newspaper article reports.
His wife, May, carried on, living in 1940 with her mother and two lodgers in a house she owned. I lose track of her after that, but a family tree on ancestry.com has her dying in March of 1961, still living in Schenectady.
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The Zerbys, I think, are William and May Zerby, who in 1925 were living next door to the Clossons at 108 Park Place with her parents, the Ouderkirks, in the house owned by Stillman. Left is a photo of 110 Park Place as it looked around 1912.
It's not clear when the Zerbys moved to Park Place, but in 1920 they were living on Union Street. In 1915, William was living with his mother and sister on State Street, but by 1917 he was married to May and was an orphan. His father died in 1893, when William was only 6 years old. His mother died in 1916. William worked as a cost accounting clerk at General Electric.
Unfortunately, William died in 1935. He may have inherited whatever illness his parents had. His death was certainly mysterious, as the below March 28, 1935 newspaper article reports.
His wife, May, carried on, living in 1940 with her mother and two lodgers in a house she owned. I lose track of her after that, but a family tree on ancestry.com has her dying in March of 1961, still living in Schenectady.
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