Map of the "Old Mine Road"
That Marinus' sons traveled from Kingston to the Minnisink area on the Deleware River.
This was an old trail used by the Indians long before the visitors came from Europe to get
from the Hudson River to the Deleware River. The D-H Canal was built along the road in the
early 1800's and now is the path of Route 209. Many of our ancestors traveled this route
in the early 16th century to get to the New Jersy area and West.
Map of the land divisions in the Port Jervis and Minnisink area
My Great-Great Grandfather and his family - Avril Van Aken. The picture was taken in about 1905 on the front steps of the Van Aken homested built by his son Frank, my GGrandfather. He died before I was born but Cora his wife lived to 103 years and lived with us when she was in her late 90's.
[front row - Frank, Cora (Parks), Carrie, Herbert (grandfather), Avril, Sarah (Sturgess), ??]
[back row - ]
My Grandfathers car
that went through the back of the barn across the road from the homestead
This is a
picture from the History of Sullivan County of a train wreck of the O&W
train between Livingston Manor and Roscoe. When blown up it looks very much like
my Grandfather Wiley Lacey. He was a fisherman and fished the Willowemoc close
to where the wreck was.
Herbert Van
Aken - My Grandfather from unknown location but may be at John Finn's house
in Mt. Vernon.
Herbert Van
Aken and John Finn ?? sitting on the front porch of the Van Aken
homestead in Parkston
Herbert Van
Aken's Family - This was my grandfathers family: Harold (my Father),
Ruth, Marie, Francis (baby), Arthur, Eve (my Grandmother) and Herb (my
Grandfather)
The house
I grew up in. This house was built in 1903-1905 and was lived in by Frank
and Cora Van Aken (my ggrandparents). Shortly after this qwas complete they
started on the Homestead.
George
Lacey - My gGrandfather from my Mothers side. Three children are Wiley,
Silas and Joe
parks.jpg - picture of Cornelius Parks and his wife - abt 1902
William Parks and Hanna Hall Gravestone in Parksville, NY
Cornelius Parks and Sarah Overton Gravestone in Parksville, NY
