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Byrnes Family & Friends Reunion 1981We organized a 'Byrnes Family & Friends Reunion' in 1981 and held it at one of the pavilions at the Barnesboro Pool. We had seventy people attend. Most people brought their own food with dishes to pass around. We had a great time. It was suggested we have a reunion every five years. It took twenty for the next. William H.'Bill' Byrnes (1895-1983) was the oldest person at the reunion being one month shy of 86 years old. Bill Byrnes can be seen in the picture above, he is next to Effie M. Ladenberger Byrnes (1894-1988) in the chair to |
Monday, February 9. 2009
Byrnes Family & Friends Reunion 1981
| the right of center, he is tall and has a hat on. The youngest was almost a year old, I remember well as he is my youngest son, Edward James Byrnes. In the picture below, I am ready for some genealogy. To the delight of everyone, I'm sure, I had questionnaires to fill out. I even had a hundred extra pens so there were no excuses. Herman Jerome 'Jerry' Byrnes mystifies the entire clan with a story and a great story it was, I am positive. If I can remember it I will edit it in. Perhaps Uncle Jer was explaining the importance of the Byrnes family tree and the questionnaires and why I wanted names and dates.
The car in the picture, Jezabel, was a Model T restored by my Uncle Tom (Thomas Raymond Byrnes 1927-1986). The picture has been photoshopped together from three other pictures to show the whole car. In every other picture I have, someone is blocking part of the car. When I was around 15 my Uncle Tom took Pete Bartzcak and I to a carnival in Hastings. Uncle Tom went to the beer tent and Pete and I had a great couple of hours walking around the carnival grounds. When it was time to leave my Uncle Tom told me to drive, well I hadn't driven all that much and thought for sure that we were all going to die. But we didn't die. We made it back to Byrnesville and I was never so happy to stop a car. |
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