The George Kennington Family Reunion Coming!

Children of George Kennington and his wives, Ada Kimball and Martha Weber

Pencil in the George Kennington Reunion for next summer.  Specific dates and location are upcoming, but it sounds like it will be in Afton at Fair time.  Let your families know! 

Elk and the Old Brick House

Osborn Low with pet elk and daughters.

The Lows and their pet elk.

Hunting season is upon us.  Here's a couple of "shots" we don't see everyday.  The Lows were famous for their tame elk (or at least the photos survive).  These photos were probably taken by Esther Matthews and seem to document the process of taming elk beginning with calves.  They were probably like horses and appear to be taking care of the lawn just fine. 

We can also see the evolution of the red brick house - the first sidewalk looks like it was made as a board walk. Apparently the whole front porch and steps which are in wood here were redone with cement at a later date.   When the house was torn down last year,  a narrow cement sidewalk was uncovered under the lawn.  I doubt if wood sidewalks last more that a few years at a time in deep snows.

Look closely at the lady on the front porch - she's holding one of the twins - they're both on the steps in little bonnets, so that dates the photo to about 1913-1914 because Cliss and Berniece were born in 1912 and lived with the Lows before their father George remarried.

Kennington Reunion in the 1930's

  Family Reunion Time Rolls around again.

Another reminder to take a few pictures and please label them!  Your great-grandchildren will thank you.

Found this in our father's photo album.  I suspect it's copied from Esther Matthews' album as are so many of these great old photos.  Maybe someone can help us fill in the names. 

A.   I do recognize George Kennington on the third row, second from the right with his brother next to him. 
B.  Their brother, Henry or Uncle Hen' is over George's left shoulder in the suit and tie. 
C.  On the second row (first row standing) 4th from the left it looks like Berniece .
D.  Also on the second row, 6th from the left (about the middle) looks like Gwen or Bev. 
E.  Is Maude R. standing to Berniece's left on the 3rd row back?
F.  Middle of back row looks like Susan Ida Dixon Kennington.

Were there really that many more women and girls in the family or had the boys eaten and taken off to explore??

Kennington Get-together  of some sort prior to 1939.