| Marion Lewis and her cousin Ruth Lewis and Ethel Simposon were three of Sophie's classmates who were natives of Hyde Park, as was Sophie's college boy friend Nandon (Ferdinand) Porges, who played football at Massachusetts "Aggie.\"Marion had a remarkable gift for tracing people. She got to know Mrs. Herman Ingalls of Bucks Harbor, Maine, whose husband commanded the lighthouse tender ZIZANIA many years in Maine and was Jack Barrett's skipper in 1912. Marion eventually settled in Bucks Harbor after her husband Vin smart retired from law practice New Jersey-New York. Marion told her son John that the Barrett third cousin Gerard Buckley from Ilford England was working in Perth Australia 1974-5, and theytwo of them formed a lasting friendship. Marion was a frquent correspondent and showed great courtesyt to Sophie at Reunions in 1948, l978, and 1983. |
This is a beautiful picture of my maternal grandmother! What a lovely lady. She was born April 29, 1901 and lived until 4 months shy of her 100th birthday, passing away on December 26, 2000. Thank you SO much for posting this and the wonderful comments about her friends and correspondents... I treasure many of her letters myself. Sarah Letts-Smith
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