Wedding day of Bill Durkee and Mary Anne Mulhane

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Title:
Wedding day of Bill Durkee and Mary Anne Mulhane
Description:
'These are the Durkee grandparents, with others of the wedding party. As summarized by William W. Durkee, Jr. (WWD), born 1/20/1940 at the Teresian Hospital, Waltham, MA. Father William Wesley Durkee, born 9/12/1893 in Newton, MA, and Blanche Mary (Blanca Maria Bartleman) Durkee, born 7/13/1902, Valencia, Spain.The Waltham family of WWD was one of six siblings, five living in our apartment on Crescent St., and a half sister living in Boston. The oldest of the Waltham Durkees was my sister Blanche Isabel, born in Newton, MA, then me, Margaret Mary, Grace Carolyn, Elsa Rose and Donald Richard. Bertha Iriondo, my half sister, was born in Cuba and lived in Boston at that time. Each of my siblings lived part of their lives in Waltham.My mother, father, and her family lived on Riverview Ave. at the time of my birth. The other Bartleman children of my grandfather Richard M. Bartleman and grandmother Blanca Moreno (Guera de la Vega) Bartleman, lived in Waltham and elsewhere. Grandmother Bartleman was Spanish, and the Bartlemans predominantly English, with some Germanic American Crowninsheilds and Wallachs some generations back. Ethnically my mother was born an American citizen, but lived as the child of an American Consulate officer in several Spanish-speaking countries in Spain, Argentina, and Cuba before arriving in the United States. Grandfather Bartleman's family had a relative who served during the Civil War as an Engineering Officer in the U.S. Navy and helped to open Japan to the U.S. for trade. My father's mother, Isabell (McLellan) grew up on the family farm in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, and was working in Newton without her husband, Henry Durkee, at the time of his birth. Apparently, Isabell and young William traveled to Canada often and even homesteaded in Saskatchewan for a few years. My father served in the U.S. Navy in the early 1920s and is buried in Mr. Feake Cemetery. The first Durkee immigrant reportedly served as an indentured servant to a wealthy landowner in Ipswich, MA, about 1639. My wife's family, the Mulhanes, were multi-generation Irish living in Brookline. We met in the Washington, D.C., area as I traveled on a change of Army status from Ft. Gordon, GA, to Ft. Monmouth, NJ. Mary Anne Mulhane was working and living in the area in Virginia. We married on January 30, 1965 at St. Mary's Church, Brookline, MA. As to my siblings, Blanche was a good student, worked at Grover Cronin's, met her husband John L. Battaglino there, and went on to raise a family of five children in Waltham. Lisa, Leah, John Jr., Maia, and Joel grew up in Waltham. Leah, Maia, and Joel now live in Waltham. Margaret 'Peggy' Durkee moved from Waltham after an active life in the Waltham schools where she participated in music and theatre, and now resides in Boston. Grace has resided virtually her entire life in Waltham with numerous friends and a permanent smile. Elsa also had a stellar scholastic career and numerous friends throughout her school years. Through her acquaintance with Thomas Keough, a marine and former Waltham Fire Chief, she married John Aviza of Framingham and deferred her college degree until they raised their seven children. Their daughter, Annalia Aviza, works in Waltham and interacts frequently with Aunt Grace. Donald graduated from Waltham High early to enter the Army, and returned to Waltham to obtain his Bachelors degree at UMass Boston. Be added more military service, had a distinguished legal career, married, had a son, and resides in Washington, D.C. Our children, William Scot, Sean Thomas, Kelly Durkee-Erwin, and Brien Cameron, lived six to ten years in Waltham, then joined us in our move to Lewiston, NY, on the border with Canada, and some again came to Carrolton, TX, until they all graduated from school and college then established themselves. Today, 'Scot' lives in Denmark with his Danish wife, Dorthe (Zangger) and two children; Sean is a homeowner in Waltham. Kelly, her husband Everett Erwin, and their son Cameron Daniel Erwin share our house in Waltham. And our son, Brien, lives in Leominster, MA, with his wife, Michelle (Barker) and their two children. For this Durkee family, Waltham was a starting point for a lifetime of travel, more education, families, and the opportunity to serve others in countless ways while bringing each of us open minds. The pictures chosen were meant to show the beginning, that is those parents who brought us life; our family, or those who we brought into the world, and their families, who are all woven into the fabric of the City of Waltham in the current generation. From left to right: Elsa Aviza, Margaret Durkee, Mary Anne Durkee, William W. Durkee, Jr., Blanche Mary Durkee, William W. Durkee, Blanche Battaglino, John L. Battaglino, Leah Battaglino, Lisa Battaglino, John L. Battaglino, Jr.' Pictured, back to front, left to right: Elsa Aviza, Margaret Durkee, Mary Anne Durkee, William W. Durkee, Jr., Blanche Mary Durkee, William W. Durkee, Blanche Battaglino, John L. Battaglino, Leah Battaglino, Lisa Battaglino, and John L. Battaglino, Jr. Location: Knights of Columbus Hall (West Roxbury).'
Contributor:
Durkee, William Wesley, Jr
Date:
January 30, 1965
Format:
Photographs
Location:
University of Massachusetts Boston, Joseph P. Healey Library
Collection (local):
Mass. Memories Road Show
MMRS-0048
Series:
Waltham Mass. Memories Road Show
Subjects:
Aviza, Elsa
Durkee, Margaret
Durkee, Mary Anne
Durkee, William Wesley, Jr
Durkee, Blanche Mary
Durkee, William W.
Battaglino, Blanche
Battaglino John L.
Battaglino, Leah
Battaglino, Lisa
Battaglino, John L., Jr
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston > West Roxbury
Link to Item:
http://openarchives.umb.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15774coll6/id/623
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Language:
English
Identifier:
UASC-0140-0048-0083-0001