Name/Title
72nd Annual Bull Family Picnic, August 26, 1939Entry/Object ID
002766Tags
William Bull and Sarah Wells Stone House AssociationScope and Content
1. Picnic Activities and Attendance
Event Details: The picnic took place on the last Wednesday in August. Despite overcast and rainy weather, 250 to 275 people attended.
Location: The business meeting and a basket lunch were held at the Hamptonburgh Orange Hall, with an overflow crowd at the nearby Stone House.
Entertainment: "Uncle Pixie" Amos Booth's pony "Billie Burke" and "Colonel" Culver's ox wagon gave rides to the children.
Key Attendees: Notable attendees included family members traveling from places like Canada, Massachusetts, Washington, Boston, and various parts of New York. The oldest present was Miss Sarah A. Smith of Central Valley (87 years old), and the youngest was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Booth of Warwick.
2. Business Meeting & Association Officers
The meeting was led by President Amy Bull Crist. The elected officers for the ensuing year were:
President: Amy Bull Crist
Vice-President: Hamlet S. Roe
Treasurer: Ernest M. Bull
Secretary: Robert McLeod Jackson
3. Family History Notes
The text highlights a letter detailing branches of the family that moved to Canada (specifically Woodstock, New Brunswick) following the American Revolution, descended from Richard Bull.
It mentions the preservation of the historic "Stone House" built in 1726 by William Bull and Sarah Wells.
4. Vital Statistics (Marriages, Births, and Deaths)
The columns list vital statistics reported to the Secretary. Key highlights include:
Marriages (1935–1939)
1935: Roe Wisner Wheeler to Mrs. Etta Abigail White Wheeler (Aug 10).
1938: Edmund Wilson to Mary Therese McCarthy (Feb 10); George R. Bull to Sarah Curtis (Feb 19); Stella Sturdevant to Ross D. Jackman (Aug); Crosby J. Wilkin to Mary L. F. Langwick (Sept 7); Muriel Louise Kierstead to Frank Robichaud (Sept 29); Dorothy Gray to Charles Louis Radzinsky (Oct 8); Meriel Chase Bull to Nicholas W. Mitchell (Oct 8); Alden S. Bull to Kathleen Alice of Presque Isle (Oct 20); Dr. Daniel B. Hardenbergh to Betty Jane Scott (Oct 27); Margery Knight to John Berthold Jackson (Oct 28); Mary Elizabeth Bull to Alfred E. Sharp (Dec 1); Mary Elizabeth Duryea to J. Malcolm Bazemore (Dec 11).
1939: John Springstead Bull to Jean Millspaugh (Jan 1); Vernon Hale Hawkins to son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hawkins (Jan 25); Gertrude T. Knight to daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Knight (Jan 31); Mary Amy Roe (Feb 5); Corinna Furman Sanford (Feb 8); Sonia Edith Bull (Feb 10); Marion Louise Long (Feb 10).
Births (1934–1939)
Lists children born to family members residing across the country, including the Lambrecht family in Seattle, WA; the Purdy family of Grosse Pointe, MI; the Dally family of Monroe, NY; the Keith family of Georgia; and the Thompson family of Arizona.
Deaths (1937–1939)
Notable passing notices include: Emily Bull Post (1937, age 83); Alice Booth Wheeler (1938); Edward Sanford (1938); Julia Bull (1938); Harriet H. Everett (1939, age 10); Edward Walker (1939, age 73); William F. Wheeler (1939); Mary Ella Comfort Weller (1939, age 75); and Harriett Ludlow Bull (1939).
