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John B. Deitz
Build: 071206.1
Lena Potter Hallock was the sister to my grandmother, Flora Potter Smith, and
therefore my great-aunt. She married Edwin Hallock and they lived most of
their adult lives in Elmira, NY, where they owned a furniture store. They
had no children. Lena was a somewhat imposing woman; Edwin quite diminutive.
Of all my great-aunts, on all sides of the family, she was perhaps my
favorite. As children, we would often stay with them for a week or so
during the summer -- I suppose to give my parents relief. They had a
canary which sang incessantly during the day.
This "Birthday Book" is in the possession of my cousin, Nancy Griffin Britton and is very similar to the "Birthday Books" maintained by my grandmother and my mother, although Lena had a penchant for also recording burial dates.
