The section is dedicated to Mahony family weddings starting with Denny and Adie going back to 1962 right through Chris and Jess’s in 2010.
Adie
Denny and Adie
Mahony Family. Sean, Pat, Ray, Helen, Steve, Denny, Adie, Art, Ray, Barb, and Todd
Sean Mahony marries Debby Lind May 1968. What a weekend!!
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Family photo Sean’s Wedding
Pat and Bob’s Wedding
Jan and art’s Wedding June 26, 1976
Why is Jan smiling? Doesn’t she know what she’s getting into?
Art and Jan
Mom and Dad
Todd, Sean, Art, Best Man Steve, Todd, Denny (hmmm…let me see….who’s missing)
Time to serve dessert
Family
Todd and Patty
Todd, The Boss, and Art
The toast-Hey Todd, wake up!!
That’s better….
Invitation to Patty and Dave’s wedding
Dave and Patty-1991
Mahony Family
Not sure what happened here!
The bride and her very proud mother and father
Megan Mahony and Tom Wickham’s wedding. L to R: Debby, Mrs Lind, Tom, Megan, Sean, Helen and Ray Mahony
The happy couple
The best man and happy groom
I may be prejudiced but this is an awesome picture on a great day.
Who are all these people?
Chris and Jess’s big day
Handsome couple
Jess and Jess
Cutting the cake
The family
Art, Sean, Barb, Denny, Ray, Todd along with Emma and Maggie (Sean and Debby’s granddaughters)
Letters from Betty Ciccone to Art Mahony
Letters from Betty Ciccone to Art Mahony from the late 1980s. Betty was suffering the effects of cancer and would pass away in 1988. She was living in Hunterdon County in Jersey to be close her daughters and their families. I had the opportunity to visit with her several times during that time. They were some of the most meaningful and fulfilling discussions ever, for me. I learned a great deal about my grandparents, cousins, Uncle Jada, and my dad. I also learned how to face life’s ultimate challenge with grace, humor, and dignity. (Lessons I learned once again when my dad, her brother, passed away 20 years later.) After a visit in which Betty had a hard time communicating and was clearly in pain, I got the call that the end was near and she was no longer taking visits. Ironically, during that last visit she continued to address me as Raymund and seemed to believe she was speaking to her brother. My dad was appreciative that I took the time to see her in the last few years of her life: but I benefited and enjoyed every second of my time with her. I just hope that I have the same strength and character displayed by my Aunt Betty.
One afternoon Betty and I started a conversation that went on for a couple hours. I noticed the time and mentioned I had to head home as Jan had dinner planned I might be late. Betty gave me this “kitchen pass” to give to Jan to keep me out of trouble.
Sally’s Birthday Party around 1947
This is a video of Sally’s birthday party around 1947. George, Sally and three of the Mahony Boys, Denny, Ray, and Todd, are featured. The second clip was taken at the pool at the Sandrellan early 1950s. Uncle Kerby, Sally, George, Cardie, Bobby, Greg, and Kerby are all featured. Uncle George was doing the filming.
Fairness and the shoes that tie on the side
It’s September 1961 and John Metelski has just moved in up the street. He’s from Oceanside, NY and has a cool haircut. He shows up for school in the 7th grade with a purple shirt, black pants, matching purple socks, and pointy shoes that tie on the side. Very, very cool. Naturally the rest of my friends want the cool shirts and socks and definitely the shoes that tie on the side. I go to my mom to let her know I need a pair of these shoes asap. She sees my current shoes are in good shape and I get a no go. I persist. “Talk to your father if you’d like” she says. I was so desperate I believed I had a chance and brought it up to the big guy. He says my shoes are fine and this isn’t going to happened right now. I take one last shot. “All my friends are getting the shoes!” With a touch of defiance I explain to him that this just isn’t fair. He pauses and looks right at me and asks “Who exactly told you everything was going to be fair?” Silence. No answer. Discussion over. Lesson learned.
Raymund L Mahony, Sr. and Frances Hickey Mahony
This page is dedicated to Raymund L Mahony, Sr. and his wife Frances Hickey Mahony. It will include photos, career articles, letters he wrote to family over a 50 year span, and his obituary. He was a great success in his service to Essex County, highly involved in charitable work, always willing to provide assistance to his friends and strangers alike, and, finally, a devoted family man.
Ray Mahony taken around 1915
Ray (far right) at work in the county office building in Newark in the 1920s. Notice the spittoons.
A series of career articles illustrating his success and eventual retirement.
Know as a Nearly Indispensable Man
Another tribute
Mr Essex County
Continued charitable work
Ray ends a long, productive career.
Ray’s obituary. October 1968.
Ray and Fanny’s 25th wedding anniversary celebration in 1936. Seated in the middle front row is Helen Saunders (2 years later becoming Helen Mahony), Betty Mahony (soon to be Betty Ciccone) and Ray Mahony, Jr. at age 21. Of note is that pictured far left on 3rd row is John J Carlin, a good friend of Ray, Sr and also father to Estelle Carlin who married George Saunders, Sr.
Photos of Fanny and Ray in 1940 with newborn Denny.
Four generations in 1940: Standing Ray Mahony, Sr and Ray, Jr. Seated: Lititia Finn Mahony with newborn Denny on her pal.
Another four generation photo: Standing Fanny Mahony, Helen Mahony, Betty Mahony, Ray, Jr. Seated: Lititia holding Denny-1940
Ray, Sr and Denny
Ray, Sr with first granddaughter Carol 1947
Family photo taken 1946. Front row: Denny, Ray, Todd Mahony. Seated second row: Betty Mahony Ciccone with daughter Carol on lap, Lititia Mahony, Fanny Mahony, Helen Mahony with son Sean on lap. Back row: Albert “Jada” Ciccone, Ray Mahony, Sr. and Ray Mahony, Jr.
The four big boys (though they don’t look so big here) in 1946: Sean, Todd, Ray, Denny Mahony.
This section will be include the letters written by Ray over a 50 year period.
The first was written at age 15
Letter from Ray Mahony, Sr to his dad Dennis from YMCA camp on July 7, 1905. Ray is 15 and at YMCA camp at Ft Hancock on the Jersey Shore. He is writing to tell his dad about seeing Teddy Roosevelt speak. Dennis Mahony was active in Republican politics and attended the national conventions as a delegate from NJ. The letter tells of Ray’s excitement and high regard for TR.
Ray Mahony, Sr. around 1945
This post has narratives, documents, photos, and letters from family members dating back to the early 1800s through the 1940s.
Below is a narrative written by Helen Saunders Mahony around 1990 covering the Kerby, Saunders, and Kaesemeyer families.
First some documents and photos of the Kaesemeyers.
Below is some information on my great great great grandparents Christian Kaesemeyer and wife Margaret Hermans and Gotlieb Christoph Maesel and his wife Augusta Friederika Hasanever.
Their children Theodore and Katherine were married in December 4, 1854 and their children are listed below. Theodore Gotlieb Kaessemeyer married Emma Coy and were my great grandparents.
Kaesemeyer
Below is a Bio of Theodore F. Kaesemeyer and his wife Katherine, my great great grandparents. Apparently they were generous and respected people who owned the Unionville House hotel in Michigan.
Theodore Gotleib Kaesemeyer and Emmaline Coy, my great grandparents, had eight children of which seven survived to adulthood. The oldest was Maybelle Clara who married Carleton Earl Saunders. They were my grandparents.
Pictured here are Theodore Gotlieb Kaesemyer and his wife Emma Coy Kaesemeyer on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Their seven children are pictured below including Grandma Saunders.
Here is the Kaesemeyer family listed above taken in 1900. Standing left to right: Theodore Frederick (Tweed), Margaret Catherine, Herbert Edward, and Frank. Seated: Ahlma Kathleen, Maybelle Clara, and Emiline Coy (Emma).
Maybelle Kaesemeyer Saunders around 1905
Mabelle Clara (Grandma) Saunders birth certificate dated August 7, 1885.
Here are some photos and documents from the Saunders family.
Ed Sanders, father of Carleton Earl Saunders, as the name was originally spelled
Ed’s wife Ellen Kerby Saunders who died at 22 just 2 years after Carleton Earl was born.
Carleton Earl (Grandpa Saunders) at 2 years old in 1880.
Marriage license for Mabelle Kaesemeyer and Carleton Earl Saunders dates July 24 1903. He was 25 and she was 18 years old.
Photo of Carleton and Maybelle (they are the tird and fourth from the left). Estimating the date sometime in the 1920s. Don’t know who is in the photo but the young man to Maybele’s left looks like her son Cardie.
Carleton and Mabelle’s first three children: Bob, Cardie, and Kerby taken around 1912.
Younger siblings Helen and George taken in 1920.
Grandpa Saunders with four sons: George, Cardie, Bob, and Kerby taken in the mid-1940s as George is still uniform.
Grandma Saunders with three of her handsome sons (George, Kerby, and Bob) also in the 1940s.
Photo of Grandpa Saunders and son Kerby in from of their home at 197 Nutley Ave, Nutley in the 1930s
This the same house in 2011.
Classic photos of Grandma Saunders
Three surviving Saunders siblings taken in early 1980s: Cardie and wife Connie, Pat and husband George, Helen and husband Ray Mahony
George Stuart Saunders, Sr.
George Stuart Saunders, Sr. After reviewing many of the Saunders family documents, the accomplishments of Uncle George became very obvious. He was an outstanding athlete, a war hero, executive, and father of eight. These pictures and documents will provide a summary of a very productive and meaningful life.
At Nutley High School George was a star athlete.
Next is the wedding announcement to Estelle Carlin
Below is a summmary of George’s experiences during World War II.
He looked pretty good in his uniform as well!
Here is the announcement of his promotion to Lt Col.
Below is letter written to Stelle while George was over seas.
A letter from wife Stelle to George.
This one was written to his sister Helen right after he had been promoted to Lt. Col.
Below is a school assignment written by Drew Saunders, George and Jeanne’s son, about his Grandpa Saunders.
This is an interview conducted by Rosebud Saunders, clearly one of Jack’s children, with her Grandfather. Once again the themes of family, athletics, individual responsibility, and humor are present. The story about Jack cutting school is great.
A letter of appreciation and respect from Colleen, Sallie’s daughter.
George passed away in October of 2011. This obituary summarizes much of what he accomplished.
The program from George’s memorial service.
During George’s memorial service Ashley, Kerby’s daughter, delivered a touching and heartfelt eulogy.
Also during the memorial, Carole Saunders shared a poem she wrote summarizing George’s life. Insightful, loving, and humorous.
A prayer for George.
George Saunders: a life well lived.
Who’s Who Mahony/Hickey
The Mahonys-Passaic, NJ late 1800s
Dennis Wallace Mahony aka Red Denny
Wife: Lititia Finn
5 Children:
Sarah Curran 1888
Raimund (later changed to Raymund) Leonard 1890 aka Bompa, RLM,Sr
Arthur Sawyer 1892
Abraham Lincoln 1894 (Dennis and Lititia were great admirers of Pres. Lincoln)
Eleanor Lititia 1895