THE FOOTNOTES

Still trying to reinforce your awareness of those who have come before you---your roots.
Anna Mae was th
e only child of my mother's brother, John, and his wife, Mae. She was my cousin. She is the taller person in the picture. Anna Mae died early--of something they were calling consumption--might have been tuberculosus. I remember that she played the piano. I remember, too, that a stained glass window in our church, St. John The Evangelist, on Newington Avenue was dedicated to her memory.
I have fond memories of Mae and John. I, and others in our clan took shelter at their house when in need of rescue. I lived in their attic for a while on Trinity Street in New Britain when your mother and first began dating. John and Mae McAloon were saints in my estimation