Dear Mildred:

With reference to your letter and our phone conversation, I will try and give you a picture of Grandma?s family nee Tole, much of which is from memory.? The first time I met the Tole family was on my visit in 1914, which is 63 years ago.? At that time Aunt Mary was still living, our great Aunt, wife of Michael Tole?Grandma?s brother.? She was then living on a farm two miles from Ovid, N.Y. where they settled when they came to this country.? I do not have the date they settled there.? They were all born in Dublin, Ireland.? If my memory serves me right, she said they were married she to Michael Tole, and Grandma to one of the Lamb brothers before they came over.? The Lambs did not like New York because the soil was very poor for farming, as the only crops were grapes, apples and bing cherries, so they decided to move west where they settled in Wis.? As you know, a short time later Grandma?s husband died, and she came to Glencoe to work for the Gurnees.? Grandpa at that time was also working for the Gurnees and that is where they met.? Now a little about the Michael Tole family:? they had five children; Jenny, Mate, Frank, Margaret, and Edward.? On my first trip Edward had passed away a short time before.? I shall always remember that visit?she was real Irish.? (Aunt Mary)? Shortly after that she sold the farm and moved to Ovid to be near her daughter, Mate.? I saw her several times on our visits east until she passed away.? There were four grandchildren?Jenny had three and Frank had one.? Eileen who is the only one living?she is the one I write to, never married and the last of the Tole family.? Mate was married to Pat Savage, president of the Ovid bank.? Margaret was a trained nurse and never married.? I shall always remember those trips as they were a fine family.? Frank was a conductor on the Leigh High railroad.? Mate and Pat had no car and Frank would always see that we had a car?his remarks were ?George here are they keys.?? I think about them a lot.? Eileen is the only one left and she is past seventy.? This is about all I can tell you.

Love,

George