Ed Van Tassel was born Aug 25, 1885. He married Myrtle Simser Nov 24, 1909 and lived in Natural Bridge, NY. He worked in the Lime factory and the NY Department of Highways. Married Etta Simser Draper April 17, 1924. Eddie died May 7, 1960. 'Aunt Zora use to have Eddie take me to dances to keep him away from a girl she didn't like to keep them apart. He was a very good dancer!' - Ellen Van Tassel Hammond
The 1800s where the end of the industrial revolution and the birth of scientists.
The Industrial Revolution began around 1760 and ran through the 1840's. Then began the birth of the profession of science. Louis Pasteur, Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Te...
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The 1920s Changed Our Daily Lives & Not How You Might Think . . .
In the 1920's life changed drastically for the average American and for people all over the world. Airplanes began to be a mode of transportation and communication. Automobiles, rather than horses, ...
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
Architectural wonders that showcase our cultural history.
From famous architects like Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 - 1959), to our great grandparents who built our ancestral family homes, architecture is part of our culture and a representation of how we see our...
Family History & Photos of Hendrick Van Tassel, William Gerard, & John Mc Robbie of Jefferson Co, NY - John Markland Aldridge (TN), Stephen Aldred, Zebedee Markland, Oscar Moore, Stephen Beach, Ignatius Ross (OH), John Hughes Holmes(CA), Clarissa Laine (IO), Samuel Jackson Lewis (CA), Euphemia Jackson Braden, James Barker (IL), Anthony Keithley Brinson (IN), Joel Lefferage Copher(IN), Martha Love, Cassandra Le Sueur, Sarah Foley (VA).