Eston & Franz June

 

Here we have a small video from twenty three reels of fantastic family footage of the Eston and Franz June family of Hudson N.Y. Twelve of these films come from Eston, the Father of Franz with eleven from Franz himself.

Filmed between 1955 and the early 1960's there is around fifty minutes in total of superb quality family events such as the courtship and marriage of Franz and his first wife, along with some footage of their honeymoon.

The wedding / baby shower plus the children's, especially Melissa's first Christmas, along with Birthday parties. Plus numerous family get togethers and holidays. On the lake fishing, a hunting trip, rebuilding / building the house. Playing with the dachsund dog and many road trips

Eston, a tool manufacturer was born in New York in 1911. His Marriage to Frances produced son Franz who was born Dec. 15, 1934, in Hudson, New York.

Franz began his working life as a draftsman in an apprenticeship program for General Electric in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. In the late 1960s, after working for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin) in Florida, June and his family relocated to Lake Jackson, Texas, where he worked for Dow Chemical.

Through contacts he made at Dow, June and his business partners started Gulf States Inc., an industrial electrical contracting, construction and maintenance company in Freeport, Texas.

Franz, a former president of the Association of Building Contractors (now the role of the ABC chair of the board of directors), died on Friday, March 18, 2022.

He is survived by three daughters, Melissa, Rebecca and Mary, along with sons-in-law Michael and Jeff, as well as his grandchildren, David, Emily and Celia.

There is around fifty minutes of footage on these reels. The short clips that I have edited together show the quality of the footage available.

The whole twenty three reels, converted to digital format for playback on either YouTube or DVD or memory stick, with the original reels posted to the USA are available to purchase

 

 

Stephen Robert Bauman

 These are two reels from a batch of 14 of Kodachrome Super 8mm films which have come from the estate sale of Stephen Robert Bauman. Twelve filmed by Stephen along with two by his wife Audrey . These two reels show the first day on the school bus for Francine and Susan. Steve had worked many years as an electrical engineer with Comsat and Fairchild. He served in the Merchant Marines from 1944 to 1969 and was a radio electronics officer. He was a life member of the Frederick Elks and at one time an active member of the Columbia Lodge # 058, AF & AM, of Frederick, the A & A Scottish Rite of Free Masonry, Frederick Lodge and the Ali Ghan Shriners, Cumberland. He was a member of the Frederick Amateur Radio Club and was a past president. Audrey Bauman graduated from Frederick High School and received her undergraduate degree from Hood College in 1943. Audrey then received her master's degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. A career educator, she was a biology teacher at Frederick High School, Walkersville High School and at one time was put in Brunswick High School to replace a teacher that had been drafted into the military during World War II. Mrs. Bauman loved to teach and co-authored several books on biology. Upon her retirement in 1973, she became active in the Frederick Community in numerous organizations such as the Retired Teachers Association, The FMH Hospital Auxiliary, The Garden Club, The American Heart Association-Frederick Chapter and the Hood College Alumni Association. She was also a member at Frederick First Baptist Church and led the adult education for many years. Audrey and her husband were married in 1969. Upon her diagnosis with dementia, they were interviewed and featured in the Frederick Magazine in an article investigating Alzheimer's Disease and the impact on families

 

James H Suggs

 These are a small selection of a huge batch of thirty eight 3" reels of film shot by James H Suggs along with his wife, Ruth Elaine Suggs during the period 1956 to 1961. At this time the Suggs family were living in Birmingham Alabama. The films focus on many family gathering with a special emphasis on Christmas in the Suggs home. The girls, Debbie and Becky also feature at special times such as their birthdays. The family were great supporters of their church The Union Methodist Church becoming part of the congregation at the Woodlawn United Methodist church when they moved to Panama City Beach in Florida. The films show visits to Rock City as well as Oak Mountain, Silver Spring as well as numerous family gatherings. Becky's birthday parties, piano recitals, 4th July Parade, Founders day, in fact with over 70 minutes of film, this is a great archive of family movies. Unfortunately James Hansel Suggs passed in 2014 at which time the family were living in Panama City Beach. Survived by his wife Ruth as well as his daughters Vivian Glenn and Rebecca Mullins, the family live close together in Panama City Beach. Ruth and Vivian share a home and are close to the nine grandchildren and eighteen great grandchildren

 

 

Richard N " Dick " Cech

 This video is a snapshot of the family films of Richard N Cech along with his wife Allene Rose from the 1950's. At the time of these films, Richard was living in Clarendon Hills, Illinois. He and Allene, whose maiden name was Kubice, and originally from Czechoslovakia were married on 23rd September 1951. Childhood sweethearts, they attended the J. Sterling Morton East High School, Cicero, Cook County, Illinois. They had two children, Dougie and Laura. Unfortunately the marriage was not to last. Dick and Allene were divorced with Allene marrying Jack Harmon, becoming Allene Rose Kubice Harmon. The Cech family was apparently quite extensive with Victor, William, Violet and Dee siblings of Dick. Unfortunately Dick passed at just 66 years old in 1998 in Cedar Rapids, Idaho. Allene Rose, in her second marriage, became stepmother to Brenda and Matthew. Laura Cech, Dick and Allene's daughter married Victor Daman. It appears Douglas also married. Allene passed peacefully aged 84 in 2017 and is survived by her children Douglas and Laura, as well as grandchildren and great grandchildren including Emily, McKenna, Edward, and Carolyn At the time of her passing Allene was living with her daughter Laura and Son in Law Victor. Do you know the family ? Please subscribe and follow the channel. Who knows, next time it could be your family.

 

 

Philip Dangler

Xmas 1965 Philip, Helen and Lynn Dangler from New Jersey along with grandparents and other members of their family opening presents, getting ready to eat, as well as Lynn playing with the family dog. 6 more reels available. Helen, now 90 lives in Florida. Lynn, divorced from Michael Bond and remarried is now Lynn Shapiro, aged 65, and living in Oakland, California. #dangler #newjersey