Here are my photos from the reunion at Carolyn and Dick’s place in Scotts Valley about 10 years ago. All of my pictures are screen shots from video, so I need more pictures from you folks who were also there.
I was taking this picture so I’m missing, so were some others. -Ron.
Actually, here’s a clip from the video.
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Beware, Beware, Beware
Who enters here must wipe their feet
Or They’ll go down in deep defeat.
Wipe them clean and do not stir
Be you mother, child or Sir.
When they are clean as driven snow,
Open the door and in you go.
“We have lived at many different addresses but the only one I can readily recall is 2038 34th Avenue, Oakland. All six of us children were born in that house.” – Cecil Rhodes.
Vonnie and Earl and Mildred and Cecil and Ralph and Les were born here, starting in 1904, and the house is still standing. It was on Bray avenue in Fruitvale, which is now 34th avenue in Oakland. I found a hand drawn map that pinpoints the location, and I’ve matched it up to a present day Google map.
This is what is used to look like in 1904:
And in 1918:
This hand drawn map is interesting to check out. Who drew it? Was in Harry Rhodes? Some of the street names have changed. You can see where the creeks ran. The Rhodes’ house is the little tiny box, right in the middle.
And how it lines up with the google map.
And here’s a close up satellite picture.
Here is a Google map of the area, and if you have it, a Google Earth map.
The following is an excerpt from The Leffingwell Record.
Read it or download it for free at
http://www.archive.org/details/leffingwellrecor00leff
I also found a source online for getting a CD with the whole book.
http://www.digital-editions.com/LEFFINGWELL.htm
I will add more pages here as I review them. There is a very interesting description of the first Leffingwell in America, an investigation as to why there are no Leffingwells in England, a very thorough listing of all the Leffingwells up until 1897, and also speculations about royal and native ancestors.
Read the whole book or download it for free at
http://www.archive.org/details/leffingwellrecor00leff
I will start the post the backwards, from the most recent past, back to the beginning.
Check out the next 4 pages for the direct descendants charts.
