Gladys (Simmons) Van Kleeck

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Roxy Triebel 17 followers 1.38k+ favorites

07/22/2019

Gladys (Simmons) Van Kleeck

A photo of Gladys (Simmons) Van Kleeck and her cat Patsy. I'm amazed that the cat is calmly sitting for the portrait. All the cats I've known would have panicked at the strange setting and found some large piece of furniture to hide under.

Date & Place: 1910

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AncientFaces 356k+ followers 399 favorites

07/31/2019

I'm not sure I've seen many studio portraits from 1910 taken with an adorable little kitty!? Meet Gladys (Simmons) Van Kleeck (1897 - 1960) with her cat Patsy.

Gladys Simmons was an only child born to John and Cora (Wolven) Simmons in New York. She was born, raised, and lived her entire life in Ulster County near the Hudson River. She must have been a family person because she grew up in her maternal grandparents' home, and after she married, lived with her mother-in-law, her husband, and son.

Thanks to community member Roxie, we have photos of Gladys at various ages and glimpses into her life to remember her by.

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José Antonio Torrent

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07/31/2019

Caption: cat is in mourning for his deceased grandpa, whose remains are resting on her lap. :)

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Gladys (Simmons) Van Kleeck Ulster County, New York, United States Feb 10, 1897 - May 16, 1966

Gladys M. Simmons was an only child born in Ulster County, New York to John N. Simmons (1861 - 1936) and Cora G. Wolven (1871 - 1960). Both parents were also New York natives. When Gladys was three years old, she was living with her parents in Saugerties, New York, in her maternal grandparents' house, while her father worked as a painter. On November 20th 1921 in Kingston New York Gladys Simmons married Everett Van Kleeck (1898 - 1958) and they had two sons: Everett John (1922 - 1923) and Warren S. Van Kleeck (1925 - 2009). When Gladys was 53, she lived with her mother-in-law, her husband, and her younger son Warren. She was a housewife, her husband Everett was a farmer, and Warren worked as an auto mechanic.

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