1943
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Virginia Davidson Blakeman and
Phillips Van Cleve Blakeman
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Kingston, NJ
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Shortly after August 21, 1943
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1944
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Virginia Leal Blakeman, Van Blakeman
and Beatrice Bruce Blakeman
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with Thomas Ledyard Blakeman
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and Virginia D Blakeman.
And in Bebe's hand to the right ...
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"The Children Who Went To New Jersey"
Author might have been VDB
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Princeton, NJ
June, 1944
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June, 1945
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In Stony Brook
July, 1946
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Thomas and Van Blakeman
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1946
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65 Westcott Rd
September, 1946
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On a Cape Cod sand dune
July, 1947
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1947
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Tucker, Virginia, Bebe, Leal, Hannah
Van, Tom and Penny the dog
Birmingham, MI, December 25, 1948 |
Van and Hannah Hall Blakeman
Bloomfield Hills, MI
December, 1952
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Virginia, Hannah and Van Blakeman
dying Easter eggs
April 05, 1953 |
1953
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With Don Dohoney, camp counselor and
MI football pro. Camp Charlevoix, MI
August 12, 1953 |
Van burnt his face off weeks prior holding a match
over a shellac can to clean the goop out.
Bloomfield Hills, MI, April 18, 1954 |
Could be about when they bought
the Cape house.
Cataumet, MA, August, 1954 |
5905 Wing Lake Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI
April, 1955
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1955
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Van with Art and Pete Rowe
camping probably in Northern MI
Tom Blakeman taking picture. September, 1955
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Cissy Sloan
J D Martin Sloan |
Bloomfield Hills, MI
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1956
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Their new home for a year on
West Mountain Rd, West Simsbury, CN
May, 1957
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Tucker the Springer Spaniel
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1957
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Van and his pet parakeets
Cataumet, MA
June, 1957
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Janey Douglass on
the Megansett pier
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Freddie Douglass and Hobbit II
Cataumet, MA
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Janey and Freddie
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J D Martin Sloan
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Van Blakeman's foot
Don't know why
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Christmas with their paternal grandmother
Charlotte Phillips Van Cleve Church
Princeton, NJ, December 25, 1957 |
Uncle Frederic Birdsey Blakeman and his new
wife, Virginia "Jill" Sherwood Blakeman
cutting the wedding cake. June, 1958 |
1958
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Princeton, NJ
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Cleo the Christmas puppy
December 25, 1958
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1959
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Van's aquarium
March, 1959
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Cleo and Hobbit II
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Hobbit and Tom Blakeman
March, 1959
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Van's bedroom
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at 95 Wilson Rd, Princeton, NJ
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March, 1959
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Hannah Hall Blakeman
March 29, 1959
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Bebe Blakeman
June, 1959
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Leal Blakeman
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Virginia Davidson Blakeman
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Marty Sloan, Mt Rushmore, SD
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Need a name
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Virginia Blakeman
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Yellowstone National Park, WY
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The Sweetgrass Ranch
Melville, MT
July, 1959
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Phillis and Tom Blakeman
Mother and son
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Virginia and Tom watching a rodeo clown
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Marty Sloan
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Van Blakeman
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The Sweetgrass ranch house
Melville, MT
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Janey Douglass on the Megansett pier
in North Falmouth, MA
August, 1959 |
Beach party, probably on Lawrence Island
Cataumet, MA
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Freddie Douglass on the bow of their motorboat
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Squeteague harbor
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Squeteague harbor beetle cats
Cataumet, MA
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On the ferry boat to Marthas Vineyard
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Edgartown Harbor
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Gay Head
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Marty and Van on the ferry boat
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Biking MV and staying at a
Marthas Vineyard hostel
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Old Silver Beach
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in Falmouth, MA
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Van took her to her prom
probably near Birmingham, MI
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Cannot recall her name
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September, 1959
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Marty digging a drainage trench
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The Sloan's new home
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Back at the Wilson Rd house
Princeton, NJ
June, 1960 |
Leal
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Tom Blakeman and Prince
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1960
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Hannah Blakeman
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CMA-Ann-DonaldCMA-Bill-Donald-IIICMA-Bill-Donald-II__MF_Film_05_007__.jpg "Elli Donald (Hawks), Ann Donald, Bill Donald III, Bill Donald II. The Cayuse Livestock Company. Melville, MT. August, 1960")
Elli Donald (Hawks) and Ann Donald
Bill Donald III and Bill Donald II
August, 1960 |
CMA-Ann-DonaldCMA-Bill-Donald-IIICMA-Bill-Donald-II_cut__MF_Film_05_007__.jpg "Elli Donald (Hawks), Ann Donald, Bill Donald III, Bill Donald II. The Cayuse Livestock Company. Melville, MT. August, 1960")
Elli Donald (Hawks) and Ann Donald
Bill Donald III and Bill Donald II
August, 1960 |
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Ranch hand, Sarge Hoem
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Ranch hand, Van Blakeman
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A roll-over on the way home from the
ranch put his left leg in a full cast
and a dent in his head
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Van made this target for Hannah
Princeton, NJ
December 25, 1960 |
1961
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September, 1961
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near Princeton
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Diana Berrie
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His 1939 Packard
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Jody Kerssenbrock
December, 1961
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Hubert W Giebel and Leal Blakeman
engaged
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95 Wilson Rd
Princeton, NJ
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Carole Farley with George Wood
and Ruthie Seyfarth
December 09, 1961
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David Johnson
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Need a name
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Need names
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Bleak winter view from the house
Princeton, NJ
December 09, 1961 |
Diana Berrie
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Nick Long
Need her name
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1962
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'Beaver' Johnson and brothers, NYC
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Thomas Ledyard Blakeman
Beatrice Bruce Blakeman
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Jody Kerssenbrock
Need his name
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After walking out of the principal's office, never
to return, Van is on his way to a friend of a
friend's farm in Nebraska. March, 1962 |
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Between Lyons and Bancroft, NE
April, 1962
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Van on his way to a shower
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Larry Kjeldgaard
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Dehorning the cattle ...
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... before they poke each
other's eyes out
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Nona Kjeldgaard
Need daughter's name
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Need son's name
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Their babysitter
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Need her name
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December 25, 1962
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One year later
December 25, 1963
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