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Marie E. Velardi
Bedell
Family of Rockaway Beach, N.Y.
Photograph, circa 1917
Who Are These Guys?

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My direct ancestors in bold
Top Row (Left to Right): Unknown Female, Unknown Female, Adelaide (Sprague) Bedell, Ella (Seinsoth) Bedell, Agnes (Smith) Bedell, Ethel (Bedell) Coulter?, Frank A. Haentschke
Third Row: Charles Bedell, John Young, Alfred James Bedell, Willis Bedell, Frank E. Haentschke, Douglas Coulter, Grace or Gladys Young
Second Row: Celestia (Bedell) Young, Georgianna (Shaw) Bedell, Cornelia (Foster) Bedell-Rhinehart-Craft, Alfred Curtis Bedell, Araminta (Bedell) Haenstchke. Infant is believed to be Shirley Bedell, born on 10 Sep 1916, daughter of Willis and Ella (Seinsoth) Bedell
Bottom Row: Mabel Bedell, Irving Coulter, Elsie Bedell