Our family toured a paper plant with family friends, the Blanfords. Mr. Blanford was a pilot for American Airlines and I'm sure appreciated learning more about paper. The two in the striped shirts are Jim and Bill, and Mary is holding onto her dad's hand on the right.

 Paul, Jim, Bill, and Mary Gleeson with unknown friends.

 Taken at Crystal Beach in Ontario, Canada. From left to right there's Bill Gleeson, Paul Gleeson, Mary Murphy Gleeson, Mary Gleeson, and Jim Gleeson.

 Standing is Bill and Jim Gleeson, seated is Mary and Paul in a Loblaw express wagon. Loblaw was the local grocery store. Since it was six to eight blocks away, I wonder if my mother used this to pick up a couple groceries since she did not have a car.

 Christmas card 1952. From left to right: Bill, Paul, Mary, and Jim Gleeson.

John Pierce, Mary Gleeson, and Tom Pierce

 Paul and Mary Gleeson on a vacation in Canada.

Paul, Jim, Bill, and Mary Gleeson

 The three in the middle are Paul Gleeson, Mary Murphy Gleeson, and Mary Gleeson. Taken by James Gleeson at Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada on July 9th, 1953

Mary Murphy Gleeson on a dock at Thunder Bay.

Left to Right: Bill Gleeson, Mary Murphy Gleeson, Jim Gleeson, Jr., and James Thomas Gleeson

Daniel Murphy during WWII

In the backyard of 298 Brentwood Rd. in Snyder, NY Mary and Bill Gleeson are upside down on the bars.

 Kathleen Murphy Gleeson holding Mary Gleeson riding an unknown dog.

 Mary Gleeson at an office picnic for her dad.

 Mary Gleeson playing with a baby doll.

Mary Gleeson out front on Lamarck Dr.

 Mary Gleeson

 Mary Gleeson in the yard on Lamarck Drive

 Paul Gleeson's third grade school picture at St. Benedict's

Paul Gleeson with unknown person

Mary and Paul Gleeson in the back of Grandma Gleeson's house in the Bronx.

 James Thomas Gleeson

 Betty Murphy Miller sitting in the front yard of Lamarck Dr. in Snyder, NY

















This is a picture of Mary Gleeson. This was my "spring coat" this year. It had a little white collar that would come off so you could wash it. In Buffalo, you would have a Sunday winter coat and a Sunday spring coat. We always dressed up for church.

Mary Gleeson in front of the Lamarck Dr.

Paul Gleeson

Paul Gleeson with his dad.

 Paul Gleeson

 Mary Murphy Gleeson holding Paul, with Mary Gleeson sitting to the side.

 Left to right: Jim Gleeson, Mary Gleeson, Paul Gleeson, James Thomas Gleeson, and Bill Gleeson (hidden).

 Mary and Paul Gleeson with Kathleen O'Mahony Gleeson at Point Pleasant in New Jersey shore. This was the summer of 1954 when the whole family gathered at the Jersey shore. My mom passed away the next February.

 Left to right: Tom Pierce, Jim Gleeson, Mary Gleeson, John Pierce, Mary Murphy Gleeson, and Bill Gleeson

 Paul Gleeson

 Mary Gleeson pushing a carriage.

 Mary Gleeson on a cold day on a tricycle

 Mary Gleeson

 Mary Gleeson at her dad's company picnic

 Mary Gleeson's first day of school in a red plaid dress. Going to PS 13 because Christ the King didn't offer kindergarden. I went to a half-day kindergarden and my teacher was Ms. Birduff. We rested on a mat each day. We had a large classroom without any desks. We enjoyed a day of deliberate supervised play.

This was a Christmas card picture in 1951
Left to right: Bill, Mary, Paul, and Jim Gleeson. Mom sent cards to the family in New York every year.

 Jim Gleeson standing outside the rented apartment around the corner from WyWy's house in the Bronx.

 Jim Gleeson's first communion picture. He is standing outside Christ the King Church in Snyder, New York.

 Picture of the family in front of Christ the King Church in Snyder, New York.

 Jim Gleeson with his godmother, Elizabeth Murphy Miller, outside of Christ the King Church in Snyder, New York.

 Left to Right: Bill, Jim, then James T. Gleeson in the Bronx.

 Bill Gleeson trying to entertain himself without his brother Jim, who must be in school.

 Bill Gleeson in the chair behind WyWy's house.

 Jim touching his brother, Bill, in the pram.

Bill as an Indian and Jim as a cowboy

 The whole family on Jim's first communion day.

 Bill and Jim Gleeson in their Sunday clothes in front of their apartment building in New Jersey.

Boy Scout troop 98 in St. Benedict's

This sweet boy is my brother, Paul Gleeson. We lived on Lamarck Drive in Buffalo, NY. I love how his shorts were pulled up so high...Mom had no doubt fixed his pants for the picture.  Sweet.

This is our whole family probably around summer of 1951 in the backyard at the house on Lamarck Dr. Dad holding Mary, Mom standing near Paul, Bill in the back, and Jim in the front.

 Paul Gleeson

 228 Lamarck Drive. This is the first house that Dad and Mom bought. It was three bedrooms and one bathroom. The bathroom was on the second floor, but there was a lone toilet in the middle of the basement. I was told there was a rat found by one of my brothers in that toilet and I don't think I ever considered going there. My dad borrowed the down payment by buying and selling used cars. After WWII there was a big shortage of automobiles and he successfully sold cars for more than he payed for them. We lived in this house from 1947 until the summer of 1953.

 Paul in the high chair and Mary standing with him.

 Mary Gleeson and Paul Gleeson in front of the Lamarck Dr. house. This was the hat I had my portrait painted in and we may have been on our way to have our portraits painted that day.

Lamarck Drive