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Birth certificate fot James Hoyes, grandfather of Craig J. Conrad, June 8, 1902


 Photo around 1917:
Lilliam (Penna) Hoyes (b.1877 Carbondale, Pa) & sons:
Rev. Herbert Hoyes (b.1904 Olyphant, Pa), Herbert was a minister in the Primitive Methodist Church, serving in multiple congregations over the years.
James Hoyes (b.1902 Olyphant, Pa)

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Thomas Mason (1875-1950), (Craig J. Conrad's maternal grandmother's father). He was born in England and immigrated here as a child. He was a coal miner in Blakely, Lackawanna County, PA. The tintype was restored by CarolinaPhotoRestoration.com.

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Photo taken in either Olyphant or Peckville, about 1939
4 generations of woman
Edith (Mason) Hoyes (b.1902 Blakely, Pa) (dau of Sarah Mason, below)
Sarah Ann (Metters) Mason (b.1878 Esh, Lanchester, County Durham, England) (dau of Ann Metters, below)
Thomas Mason (b.1910 Peckville, Pa) (son of Sarah Mason, above)
[little girl] Joan Mason (dau of Thomas Mason, above)
[seated] Ann (Ruddock) Metters (mother of Sarah Mason, above)
[baby] Carol Hoyes (dau of Edith Hoyes, above)
Tom Mason owned one or more Dry Cleaners and, I believe, was also in banking.

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Thank you to Craig J. Conrad for providing these scans, October, December 2021.

For a photo of the Olyphant Graduating Class of 1918, and a certificate of perfect attendance for James, click here

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