Grace Mellen journals
Collection
Identifier: MS 0570
Scope and Contents
The Grace Temple Mellen Journals primarily concern her experiences as a wife and mother from the time of her marriage in 1897 until her death in 1958. As a new wife, Mellen writes infrequently, fretting about becoming a "better girl" and describing the births of her children-five girls and two boys. As her children grow older, Mellen writes more frequently and discusses the health of her family members and the family's financial situation during the economic depression in the 1930s. She also refers to the time that her husband, Archie C. Mellen, spent in the Clifton Springs Sanitorium in Clifton Springs, New York after he suffered a nervous breakdown. She associated his breakdown with overwork on Joseph A. Skinner's farm in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Mellen mentions her enjoyment of social life in South Hadley, where many of her friends and family also live. She later laments her boredom when she and her husband move to New Lebanon, New York, where her husband raised hens and grew strawberries. The journals also reflect Mellen's reactions to World War II. She discusses her disapproval of United States assistance to Great Britain through the Lend-Lease Program. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, she expresses her continued condemnation of United States participation in a foreign war, stating that the economy at home is not strong enough. She also frequently worries about her sons and grandsons being drafted and about the future of the world. Mellen also consistently comments on aging and her health, anticipating her own death. She emphasizes not wanting to live to be as old as her mother, who died at age ninety-three after many years in the Northampton State Hospital where she suffered from senility. She frequently discusses her mother's illness throughout the journals. The journals also contain a copy of Archie C. Mellen's obituary and a number of Mellen's poems.
Dates
- 1897-1958
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical Note
Grace Temple was born in 1878. She married Archie Mellen in January of 1897, with whom she had five daughters and two sons. Archie worked for his father until 1911 and then worked on Mr. Skinner's poultry farm. In 1939 they bought a house in New Lebanon, New York, moved there in 1940, and set up a garden from which they sold strawberries.
Extent
1 boxes (Faculty/Staff)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Mellen, Grace Temple, b. 1877; Housewife. Papers consist of journals commenting on her life as a mother and living on a farm. Chiefly describing the work of her husband on the farm owned by Joseph Skinner and the mental illnesses of her mother and husband, Archie C. Mellen.
Arrangement
Chronologically arranged.
Summary of Correspondence
Grace Temple's journal, which she started on February 6, 1897 when she was 19, describes her wedding just 1O days earlier. She thought 19 was young to be married but she doubted she would ever regret the step although it was not "love at first sight." She continued to write over the next 58 years until Archie's death in November 1955. Sometimes there are several entries in a year, other times there are long gaps. There are no entries at all, for instance, between 1920 and 1927.
The journal is a record of married life - the birth of five girls and then two boys, all but the last born at home. Archie told the doctor after five girls (1907) that if they kept up they would soon have enough to stock a female seminary. Archie first worked for his father on his milk route in South Hadley, then after it was sold in 1911, he ran a poultry farm (1500 chicks in 1928) for Mr. Skinner, a "wonderful man to work for." After boarding with Archie's family for a number of years, they bought a small home and then a few years later, they moved into one of Mr. Skinner's rental houses. Having her own home meant a great deal to Grace; she wrote in 1949 she hoped all her children would be able eventually to own their own homes. Archie worked long hours*and rarely took any time off; his health broke in 1928 and he went to Clifton Springs, New York, to recover. Grace boarded nearby at $25 a week to be near him.
Finally in 1939 Archie resigned from the poultry job and they bought a house in New Lebanon, New York, for $2400 furnished. It needed a lot of repair but by 1940 they were in their own home. Archie tended the garden and his new hen house with 300 chicks, and Grace took tourists, "took in washing", and helped with the strawberry crop; she pedaled 500-600 quarts "all over town!' in July of 1950.
Grace rarely referred to current affairs but she did mention the First War and then there are frequent comments about World War II when some of her grandchildren were in service. Neither she nor Archie voted for FDR in 1944 - Archie thought Roosevelt wanted to be dictator.
Over the span of almost 60 years Grace recorded the ups and downs of married life - the birth, childhood and marriage of her 7 children, the arrival of grandchildren, illnesses, the inevitable heartbreaking disappointments. It was a never-ending struggle to make ends meet through the Great Depression, two major wars, and natural disasters like the Flood of '36 and the hurricane of 1936 or the hailstones which ruined the strawberry crop in 1954.
Archie was content to be at home while Grace always craved a little excitement. Archie was a stern taskmaster about social occasions, but no matter how much Grace complained in her journal about the grind and lonesomeness and her wish for friends and company, she always ended by saying what a good man he was and how very hard he worked. * (i.e. out at 1 a.m. to peddle milk in 1900).
The journal touches Mount Holyoke history in four places. Mr. Skinner, College Trustee and benefactor of the College, was Archie's employer for over 25 years. Claire, the second daughter, worked in the College laundry (May 1918) at $11 week (in the office) and Thelma, the oldest girl, at $9 week. Aileen worked as a college telephone operator before her marriage, sometime around 1927. And Jim, the oldest son, married Elinor Dunnel, member of the Class of 1937, in May of 37.
Dates of Interest:
- April 1958
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Grace suffers a stroke about the same time Archie dies
- Archie (85) dies [Grace notes Mother 93 at death, Father 83 at death]
- Archie's cancer spreads to throat and stomach
- Grace's sister Maud dies
- Last believed entry as Grace states that she is "81 this month"
- Last dated entry in the Journal
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- March 15, 1958
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Last dated entry in the Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Archie (85) dies [Grace notes Mother 93 at death, Father 83 at death]
- Grace suffers a stroke about the same time Archie dies
- Grace's sister Maud dies
- Archie's cancer spreads to throat and stomach
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- November (?) 1955
- Grace suffers a stroke about the same time Archie dies
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Grace's sister Maud dies
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Archie (85) dies [Grace notes Mother 93 at death, Father 83 at death]
- Archie's cancer spreads to throat and stomach
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- November 16, 1955
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Archie (85) dies [Grace notes Mother 93 at death, Father 83 at death]
- Archie's cancer spreads to throat and stomach
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Grace's sister Maud dies
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- June 1955
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Archie's cancer spreads to throat and stomach
- Grace's sister Maud dies
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Christmas 1957
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Grace's sister Maud dies
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- August 1951
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Archie hospitalized in Tampa
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- January 1951
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Grace & Archie go to Florida
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace's father dies at 79
- October 28, 1953
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- Archie's sister Minnie (Mrs. John) Day dies
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- August 1950 [or 51?]
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Archie (80) hospitalized- prostate cancer
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- April 8, 1949
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Grace's mother dies at 93
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- August 1948
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Janice & Floyd move to mango
- June 30, 1948
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace's sister Florence dies of "shock" [stroke]
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- January 1946
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim's Elinor has a nervous breakdown
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- January 23, 1947
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Janice has Daniel Kenneth (she married Floyd Locke)
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- January 6, 1947
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Jim & Elinor have Elizabeth
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- January 27, 1947
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace & Archie's Golden Anniversary (50)
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- May 27, 1946
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Aileen's twins born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Grace's mother (89 or 90) to insane Hospital (When Thelma had Gerry, Gerry had 5 grandmothers)
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- April 15, 1945
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Aileen has another girl
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Aileen's twins born
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Archie (87) hospitalized with pneumonia
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- December 1943
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Aileen's twins born
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace's mother to Rest Home (briefly)
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- November 1942
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Aileen's twins born
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- July 24, 1939
- Grace's father dies at 79
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- Archie & Grace buy house in New Lebanon
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- August 1939
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma's husband in hospital; Gerry's daughter almost dies
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- May 22, 1937
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- James Mellen marries Elinor Dunnell
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- March 1936
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Grace's father dies at 79
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- 1935
- Thelma & Dick move to Limona (near Tampa)
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Aileen has another girl
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- February 4, 1936
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Aileen has another girl
- February 29, 1936
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George marries Ethel Gravlin
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- March 1934
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace has surgery for Gall stones
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- January 1932
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Aileen has another girl
- Beatrice diagnosed with TB (2 years in Hosp.)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- April 12, 1930
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen has Janice
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Aileen has another girl
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- August 20, 1929
- Beatrice has Shirley Louise
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- February 23, 1929
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Aileen has Janice
- Hilda marries Holger Lerche
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- July 1928
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Claire has twins
- Aileen has Janice
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- October 16, 1928
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Thelma has Herbert Sidney
- Claire has twins
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- First mention of Archie's depression
- September 1928
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Archie in Sanatorium (6 weeks) with nervous breakdown
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- June 1928
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Claire has twins
- First mention of Archie's depression
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- June 22, 1928
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Claire has twins
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- George has appendicitis
- Spring 1928
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Archie's mother buried
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- George has appendicitis
- Aileen (pregnant) is hit by a truck
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- August 6, 1927
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George has appendicitis
- Note that Grace's mother is now 72, 2 or 3 months older than father
- Archie's mother buried
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- April 1927
- George has appendicitis
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Archie's mother buried
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- October 1919
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie's mother buried
- First entry in Journal
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Thelma marries Dick Dowd
- January 15, 1910
- Archie's mother buried
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- George Temple Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- February 6, 1897
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Archie Mellen is born
- First entry in Journal
- January 27, 1897
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Grace Temple (19) marries Archie Mellen (26)
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- January 1916
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Grace suffers a miscarriage
- July 15, 1914
- George Temple Mellen is born
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- August 26, 1911
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- George Edward Mellen is born (died October 12, 1911 - age 6 weeks)
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- June 14, 1910
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- James Colister Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Archie Mellen is born
- May 1, 1907
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Beatrice May Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- September 12, 1904
- Aileen Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Archie Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- September 27, 1902
- Archie Mellen is born
- Hilda Carmena Mellen is born
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- November 15, 1900
- Claire Erna Mellen is born
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- August 1899
- Grace has a stillbirth
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- April 9, 1898
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- Thelma Theresa Mellen is born
- April 10, 1877 Grace
- Temple is born
- Archie Mellen is born
- June 19, 1871
- Archie Mellen is born
By: CR Ludwig
April 1993
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- Finding Aid
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- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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