Old clippings

I believe these may be your George & Mrs. George Quien:

George Quien
BIRTH 3 Nov 1807 Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Germany
DEATH 28 Jul 1873
BURIALWooster Cemetery Danbury, Fairfield County, CT

Katherine Quien
BIRTH 1808
DEATH 1898
BURIALWooster Cemetery Danbury, Fairfield County, CT



from:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32249669/george-quien

(I have lots of "past & passed" family members buried in Wooster Cemetery...)

 

Very impressive SBSVC. Hope you didn't spend too much time on that but that is really cool. That has to be the Geo Quien on the postcard. I just wonder about what Bronwen pointed out that he greeting was to mother Quien. Maybe with no real street address listed on the front of card, other than Bethel it was easier to address to to the husband?

 

Here's a George W. in Bethel. Born 1877 of German father.

https://www.familysearch.org/search...y=+surname:quien +residence_place:"Bethel ct"

Debora

 

Couldn't open the link, but I think this one would be too young since the postcard was marked 1880. Appreciate the effort though.

 

But the wife in the couple above was still alive until 1898. It wasn't until after WWII that women were given the courtesy of being address by their own name. Before that they were always referred as "Mrs (husband's name)"

 

Begs the question. Is this Katherine the "Collins" from your past?

 

This is SOOoo interesting .. Joy.

 

I notice that the top of Katherine's stone says 'Mother Quien'. Guess if you live to be 90 or so, & your husband has long predeceased you, that's how you get known. A bit like Queen Mother or Dowager Duchess.

 

I don't think so... As I recall, "my" Collins was named Mary... When I have time, I'll have to check!

 

Bronwen, MY g-grandmother was always referred to as "Mother H......" - and she lived into her 90's, too!

 

It has a postmark of Feb ?8 from Branchville. The part of Ridgefield called Branchville & Bethel are not very far apart. Think Mother Quien was living with son or grandson (D. Quien) & (grand)daughter-in-law. Trying to work out why both Bethel & Branchville are crossed out in ink when Bethel appears to have been correct, then correct delivery instructions added in pencil by a different hand. Can imagine Pencil looking over Ink's shoulder & saying that Bethel Branchville not correct, Ink striking both out & Pencil saying, Here, let me do it.

 

Hi,
I once sent a letter to Aunt Hilda West Virginia and she got it in two days I mailed it from Pennsylvania. Times have changed.
greg

 

Hard to see in picture but in the bottom left of the postcard, someone has written in pencil, Bethel. Must have been the post office or something, but it got there.

 

I did see, which is why I concluded Bethel was correct in the first place. It is the penciled notation where the c/o instruction is added, so think house must have been the D. Quien household, with Mother (Mrs. G.) Quien staying there.

 

Less than 3,000 people living in Bethel in 1880.

Debora