Old Byrnesville Picture

In 2005 we had a Byrnes Family and Friends Reunion at the Barnesboro Pool in Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania. The oldest person at the reunion was Edna Francina Byrnes Lantzy.

The image on the left is a scan of one of the pictures Edna brought to the reunion. Interestingly we think it is a picture of Uncle Bill Byrnes who was the eldest person at the 1981 Byrnes Family and Friends Reunion.

Edna is the little girl in the photograph at the extreme right. The concensus is that the man in the photograph is William H. Byrnes. William Henry Byrnes (1895-1983) was a brother to Edward R. Byrnes and Uncle Bill and Uncle Ed to Edna.

The background of the picture looks toward Barnesboro, now Northern Cambria, and a church steeple can be seen on the right above the barn which is above Edna.

I believe this is Prince of Peace Church on Chestnut Avenue. The Leonard homestead was just across St. Stans Avenue from this church, both the church and the homestead on Chestnut Avenue.

As a child I only knew the name of major roads as there were no street signs. It still surprises me when I visit to see the signs.