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Ernest and Alice

            A year ago, I shot the old 420 Grant St. house where recently married couple, Bill and Edna, announced their return to Longmont and Long Island marriage to Longmonters, the 320 Sunset street house and now here's another oldie. I found the 517 Collyer Street - Charles Lewis house where Ernest and Alice Kiteley, Bill's parents, took up housekeeping by 1908 although Charles Lewis only built it in 1899 and John Decker owned in 1906, the year of their marriage. Those were quick turn-arounds all. This house has a Longmont Landmark designation placque by the porch. I found it by scanning their 1908 city directory I scarfed from Ancestry.com. In fact, the house was around the block from Alice's father and mother, the James Alexander St. Clairs. It was also a few blocks down Collyer Street from the early founder and father, William John Kiteley's house on Ninth Avenue. They were still there in 1912 but were living at 529 Pratt Street by the 1920 census. Dig all available records deeply. I have hit Northern Irish. English, French and Germans in my family digging now. Perhaps there is another oldie within the data. Oh, I found a goodie! 

This is the updated view of the Collyer Street house with over a century of heavy yard growth and big trees. I shot it a couple of times when I saw reasonable lighting and background sky though this was the better sky and lighting. The contrasty light was terrible so I shot this in shade and cleaned it up as I could. No wonder that I slack off now and again and find relief elsewhere. My brain moves around faster than my physical tenacity can follow. 

Snapping recent pictures are the easy part of the genealogy. Digging for facts is the tough part. Here, I've grabbed at least a couple more shots for my genealogy story I am building and have spent hours on Ancestry at the Longmont Library attacking the US Census and City Directory collections to zero in on details.

Taken on: June 25, 2019

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