Hillanbrand and Huth families from Frackville, PA. First Row: Barbara Keihm Hillanbrand, Magdalena Hillanbrand Huth, Agnes Huth Murphy, Mary Huth and Killian Huth, Jr.. Second Row: John Joseph Huth, Mary Hillanbrand Wagner, Louisa Hillanbrand Fennessy and Estelle Hillanbrand Monahan. Last Row: Bertha Huth Sands, Charles Hillanbrand, Killian Huth and Joseph Monahan.

Two of the last photographs of my Great Grandmother Ellen Francis Hillanbrand. Two other photographs are of her sisters or my Great, Great Aunts.

This is a series of late photographs of my Great, Grandmother, Ellen Francis Hillanbrand (1878-1951).

Some early photographs of my Great, Grandmother Ellen Francis Hillanbrand.

A series of photographs of Uncle Joe Hillanbrand during WW2. The contents of the letter he sent our Grandfather: Hospital _________France. Jan. 15, 1945

Dear Dad,

How are you and all the kids getting along? Fine I hope. Tell everybody that I was asking for them and hope that they are all doing well. I don't have much to write about, but I wanted to let you know that I am doing fine and kicking with one foot. Dad I asked everybody for Joe R. (That is his cousin Joe Rutledge) address but they never did send it to me, so will you send it to me please? See if you can get Helen or Dot to make me some homemade fudge? I sure do miss it. How are things doing around home, any news? Boy Dad, you sure do get home sick when you are on the front lines, you get to think of everything. The first time since I had been in the army that I had ever gotten home sick and boy I sure was home sick too, but I am ok now, thank God. Boy Dad, to think of the things you go through and still be alive. If I can find the story they wrote about our company on one of its attacks I will send it to you. I didn't think that I would ever come out of that alive, but I went through about 8 more of them and they sure aren't any fun. You can tell Vin that I got that German for him that he asked me to get for him, when he had the bad leg. Dad, now that I seen what I did and that was enough. I don't want you to let Jim go in the service because war is hell and I don't mean maybe either. Well I will close now wishing you all the best of luck & health & God bless all of you.

Your Loving Son,

Joe.

Another found photograph of my Grandfather's maternal Grandfather (or my Great, Great, Grandfather), Thomas Francis. This is the one to blame for the Hillanbrand eyebrows!

My Grandfather, Francis Joseph Hillanbrand, looking quite the dandy, circa 1920.

Aunt Lois March Hillanbrand, Aunt Reba H. Gray Hillanbrand, Aunt Helen Hillanbrand Churney, Aunt Nancy Frith Hillanbrand and Aunt Gloria Hillanbrand O'Brien.