Mestephil

“"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."” -- Grace, a character in “Diary”, a novel by Chuck Palahniuk

 
 

This is a place to put items of interest of my ancestors and other relatives of my past that does not fit neatly elsewhere.  This is where the treasures found in old basements can be viewed.  It will be tagged against individuals where I can.


                            

 

Diaries, Albums & Other Stuff of My Ancestors

Other Stuff

  1. -Roy Eugene Piper

  2. -Alice M. Watrous








Image:

From an old postcard after the painting by G. W. Harting containing the poem, “A Woman’s Answer to ‘The Vampire’” by Felicia Blake

Roy Eugene Piper

The brief diary that Roy E. Piper kept with him in World War I. (66.6 MB download)http://www.mestephil.org/batch1/B0010%20-%20Roy%20Piper's%20WWI%20diary.pdf

Alice M. Watrous

1906 Yukon & Alaska Diary of Alice Watrous and her husband, Fred Borden (34 MB download)http://www.mestephil.org/batch1/B0011%20-%20Klondike%20Goldrush%20Diary%20of%20Alice%20Watrous.pdf
1918 Passes for Roy E. Piper in England and France during WWI. (406 KB download)http://www.mestephil.org/batch1/B0014%20-%201918%20passes%20for%20Roy%20Piper%20in%20Europe.pdf
8 Mar 1919 telegram from Roy to Ethel Watrous that he will be arriving from the war at the Presidio (406 KB download)http://www.mestephil.org/batch1/B0013%20-%208%20Mar%201919%20-%20Telegram%20from%20Roy%20Piper%20to%20Etherl%20Watrous%20on%20his%20returning%20from%20the%20war.pdf
1918 pamphlet of Christmas carols that Roy had in France in Dec 1918. (1.8 MB download)http://www.mestephil.org/batch1/B0012%20-%201918%20Christmas%20Carol%20pamphlet%20of%20Roy%20Piper%20in%20France.pdf