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ather taken in 1953 in the photograph my father was wearing a for him very bold coat this coat was not the usual plain conservative look that i was use to seeing on my father i can t help but wonder if he picked it out for himself or if it was bought for him i had never seen this picture before as it was part of an extensive collection of old photographs that my sister entrusted to my care i searched through the collection and found many more pictures of my father in this coat i found a color photo of him in the coat it was a very colorful coat unfortunately he was mostly obscured in the picture so i could not use it in this blog my parents veronica deloria and charles moore that s me in front moore family picture one of the main reasons that the task of organizing my family photographs is going so slowly is that just one picture can send me off in many different directions this picture is no different this picture reminded me of the nehru shirts that were very popular in the 1960s i really liked the style of these shirts during the summer i worked full time at a department store it so happened that the men s wear department had racks and racks of nehru shirts in every color and design i purchased about six of these shirts to wear when i went back to school in the fall i wish to be clear here they were bought with my money earned from my job in fact i bought all of my clothes with the money i earned soon it was the first day of school and i had my nehru shirt all picked out to wear however at the last moment i decided to wear just a plain button shirt while at school i remember searching for anyone wearing a nehru shirt and finding none in fact i searched for weeks and not one nehru shirt was found as time passed the nehru shirts slowly made their way to the back of my closet never to be worn i guess i didn t dare to start the trend in my school ai generated art nehru shirts i really liked these shirts however my daughter may take after her grandfather in her tendency to wear things not in the mainstream my wife made a quilted jacket from many bold colors for my daughter in truth i thought it was a big mistake and that she would never wear it it was unlike anything people in her age group were wearing in fact it was not being worn by any age group but once more i was wrong about clothing my daughter loved the jacket and wore it until it was threadbare and outgrown it was always easy to pick her out in a crowd when she was wearing that jacket my daughter saw something she liked and was not concerned about what others thought when she was wearing it that was something i was not able to do she still does not know the story of those nehru shirts but i thought about them often when i saw her in that jacket i am still disappointed in myself for not wearing those shirts my daughter pam is rocking her coat of many colors picture taken at school moore family picture so this was another adventure in working on the family photographs they hold so many stories just waiting to be told so yes it does take me a long time to go through them and organize them but they hold so many memories and stories it is well worth the time and effort ai generated art this style wasn t for my small new york town of under 20 000 people posted in whats in a picture tagged ancestry deloria family family history genealogy history moore 23 comments the twenty five cent christmas gift posted on december 16 2025 by moore genealogy every christmas brings back certain memories some pleasant some not i suspect that all of us have them every christmas or on certain holidays they come forward and revisit us one of my more pleasant christmas memories is a gift my grandmother pauline deloria gave me the gift was given to me in the early 1960s when i was at most 12 years old or perhaps as young as 10 memory fails me here plattsburgh press republican dec 19 1960 at this time all the banks seemed to be advertising their christmas clubs for those not familiar they were savings accounts you put a fixed amount in weekly for 52 weeks and the bank would send you a check for the amount you saved in time to use for christmas i have not seen these savings plans offered in a long time but once they were very popular ai generated art when it came time to unwrap my grandmother s gift the package was very small and thin i had no idea what it was and believe me i made many guesses however upon unwrapping the gift i discovered i had not even been close it was a bank book with my name inside this was for a christmas savings club for twenty five cents a week yes believe me they had them that small best of all a twenty five cent deposit was already entered how i wished i still had that bank book the deposits were to be made to the champlain valley federal savings and loan association whose main branch was in downtown plattsburgh an easy walk for me to do my banking business as i was allowed to walk downtown in those days we walked all over town plattsburgh is a small city of about 19 000 people each time i visited the bank i remember feeling very important getting your bank book stamped with your latest deposit and new balance was a nice grown up feeling as far as i knew none of my friends had their own bank book the champlain valley federal savings and loan association downtown plattsburgh i wish i could say i made a deposit every week but i didn t to get the money i had to earn it my parents did not give me an allowance for chores around the house that was part of your normal responsibilities and you were not paid for it you had to work and earn it some other way for example in the winter i would shovel sidewalks but the pay was low and the work was hard first you had to do your own sidewalk before you could go door to door to find work by then you had a lot of competition going around trying to get the same jobs as you i can recall that at times i would shovel the sidewalk driveway and a path to the burning barrel and earn a quarter for my efforts after a day of that kind of labor you owed yourself a trip to the corner store for a soda and a few comic books also i was and still am a big movie buff so i had to put money aside for a trip to the strand theater if i recall right tickets for a child were about twenty five cents ai generated art however i did make it to the bank at least 20 times as i had a balance of over 5 when it was time for the bank to issue my check according to the inflation calculator 5 in 1963 is like 52 today while i would have liked to have deposited the full amount i was still very happy with my fortune although i can t recall exactly what i bought for everyone that christmas i do know the presents were bought with my own money and i remember how good that made me feel i was to open a christmas club every year all the way through high school some years i did better than others but i was always thankful for the extra money at christmas today my bank does not even offer christmas clubs ai generated art posted in lets talk tagged christmas deloria family family history genealogy holidays plattsburgh writing 18 comments home for christmas almost posted on december 3 2025 by moore genealogy i came into the possession of a seven page letter written eighty years ago by a u s army mess sergeant stationed in japan sergeant richard andrews was very homesick counting his blessings in a letter home richard wrote about the gifts he received from home for christmas he was pleased with a letter from his dad christmas cards film for his camera snacks and even comic books the list of these simple presents and the joy they brought him was very touching it made me realize once more that it is not the gift itself but the joy of giving and the gratitude of receiving that really count i believe this letter offers a personal glimpse into the daily life and emotional experiences of a wwii soldier which could resonate with history enthusiasts and family researchers alike this was richard s high school yearbook picture in 1938 in just four short years he would find himself in the u s army during world war ii but the best gift he was about to receive was his discharge from the army richard first brings up the subject on page three of his letter richard enlisted in the u s army on january 8 1942 just over four weeks from the japanese surprise attack on pearl harbor he would end up serving a few days over three years page three of a seven page letter at the top of this letter richard is still writing about the christmas gifts he has received about halfway through this page he begins talking about coming home it is very clear that he is looking forward to this very much in the letter richard also informs us about the christmas holiday meal that he has prepared he was very pleased that all the dishes that made up the meal were ready at the same time and were served hot he told how he personally made 72 dozen rolls and the effort that was needed to get the dough to rise in a kitchen tent that was very cold they also baked 32 pumpkin pies and 32 mince pies not to mention the turkeys and other dinner fixings this menu was included along with the letter richard s letter made it very clear that he worked very hard on these meals and was proud of their success once richard returned home he worked at wesleyan university for five years then he worked at colt industries as a contract administrator but more importantly richard married thelma sheehan in february 1945 they were to have two children one boy and one girl they lived in the hartford connecticut area for 22 years before his tragic death in 1970 news article hartford courant thursday november 5 1970 this was all the information i could find about the accident so far i have not found a home for this letter i have reached out to people who have this family in their family trees but have been met with silence or indifference one person i corresponded with told me that another letter from richard had been posted on reddit i was given the web link and was able to read it i bought this letter on an online auction for just a few dollars i believe that a collection of richard s world war ii letters has been scattered i will keep this letter for a while longer and hope to find it a proper home with a family or organization dedicated to preserving wwii personal histories ensuring its story endures for future generations posted in lost and found tagged family family history genealogy history military richard andrews 24 comments generations of thanksgiving ghosts posted on november 18 2025 by moore genealogy a few thanksgivings ago i walked into the empty dining room and the sight of empty chairs instantly made me think of the many people with whom i have shared this holiday who are no longer here old empty chairs are not empty in reality memories always sit there mehmet murat ildan moore family picture 2015 i am aware that you could do this about any holiday but for me i began thinking about this at thanksgiving my thoughts were of the many people with whom i shared this holiday whom i can now only celebrate in my memory the truth is as so many of you know and if fortune shines on the rest they will also learn that you will in time have more family and friends who have passed away than you will have among the living they are the ones who gave us our traditions the blueprints for how to celebrate a holiday and all those sad funny and heartfelt stories that are part of our holidays those of us who are the family historians must explore and learn from these holidays both past and present if we do not it would be like failing to explore a gold mine except this would be one of family history traditions folklore and so much more that could be buried and lost forever our daughter in law has hosted thanksgiving for well over 20 years in fact when they had their house built she made sure the entrance way between the dining room and the formal living room was expanded so the table could be extended well into the so called formal living room i say so called because it has had many uses as their family s needs changed over the years it is fair to say the house was built for thanksgiving i also think it is fair to say that the thanksgivings celebrated here will echo for generations willis and pauline bonnett deloria i loved their home everything smelled older worn but safe the food aroma had baked itself into the furniture susan strasberg moore family picture 1948 the earliest photograph i have of thanksgiving was taken in 1948 it is of my grandparents willis and pauline deloria it shows some of the humor that has passed down over the years to my present day thanksgivings i remember so many great dinners in this house i often thought only to myself that i would buy this house one day but life had other plans for me perhaps the most memorable thanksgiving i can recall was at my grandmother s house in 1974 it was the only time my wife s side of the family shared the feast with my side also my wife was pregnant with our first child and sadly this was to be my grandmother s last thanksgiving a loss that i still feel to this day however it has always made me smile that she was able to meet our firstborn and the newest generation of our family before she passed away starting from the front with their back to the camera and going left pauline deloria veronica moore paul lyon doris lyon robert lyon ruby monty darlene lyon charles moore and ronnie moore everyone in this photograph has passed away except for my sister ronnie who is seated to my left you can just see a little of her face with glasses everyone we love builds a home in our heart and when they are gone we spend eternity staring at their empty seat bindi irwin moore family picture 1974 i consider myself lucky to have these ghosts they are a part of me in so many ways they have made me who i am they have given me so much they have woven themselves into my very fabric and given me so many lessons and values that at times i see them in my actions and words the holidays are upon us i feel sad when people complain about having to attend family gatherings sadder yet when they find ways not to go i understand that there may be one or more people there whom they strongly dislike my grandmother once told me that every person has a story of how they got to be as they are now you should get to know the story something we should all do you may still dislike them but at least you will have some understanding and with that understanding you may enjoy your holiday a very recent thanksgiving picture with a very full table we should just be thankful for being together i think that s what they mean by thanksgiving charlie brown moore family picture 2024 i will end this blog with a story that has echoed down the generations in our family at a thanksgiving feast at my grandmother s house while i was still in high school a family friend was there the table was piled high with all the food thanksgiving brings the friend was...