Now here's a connection

So Herb's father was Herbert Leo Carroll Sr. The 1920 census finds that Herbert Leo Sr. was 24 years old, living on Foye avenue in Weymouth with his mother, Hannah who was 55 and two younger brothers, William 23 and Frederick 19. Hannah and the boys were born in Massachusetts. Hannah's mother and father were born in Ireland and the boys' father was born in Ireland. Herb Sr was a shipfitter in the shipyard, William was a chauffeur for a trucking company and Frederick was a shoeworker in a shoe shop.

Now it gets interesting. Herb Jr's mother, your grandmother or great grandmother Flora, according to the 1920 census, was living in Weymouth at 55 Vine St with her sister Bertha B Johnson. Bertha was 25 then and had arrived here in 1911. Flora was 20 and had arrived in 1914. They were born in Norway (no surprise) and both parents were as well. They both were shoeworkers in a shoe shop. Guess who may have brought Flora and Herb Sr. together? Brother Frederick -- shoeworker in a shoe shop. Cool Huh? Oh, but wait a minute. Flora was 20, Frederick was 19, perhaps Frederick was dating Flora and Herb stepped in. That may be why no one remembers Uncle Frederick. Yikes!

Here are the two census documents from 1920..... this one is Flora....make it larger and look for Johnson in the left hand column.



This one is for Herb Sr and family Enjoy!

A Find

Where have I been? Well, researching some Carroll things on Ancestry.com and guess what? I found that Eleanor's father came from Colorado and applied for a passport in 190something. Here is the application and it even has a picture of Albert

I'm not sure this can get bigger if you click on it. If not, I will see if I can make it bigger so it can be read but- - - cool huh? And he would be your grandfather or great grandfather or father-in-law depending on which Carroll you are. This is Albert Smart, Eleanor's father.

Now enough of the Smarts -- here is a Carroll picture and I think it's a good one.

Herb in Kingston. I think this was taken on the same day as that earlier picture of Roy and Eric. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Smelt Pond

Ok. So here we go.....sign in and start posting. I started a family tree on Ancestry.com and I think that anyone can check in and look at it... When and if you do, let me know what else I can add in. Meanwhile...all I have are recent pictures until Eric sets up the scanner (call him, nag him, nudge him) and when he does we can get all those old things rolling. Meanwhile, feast your eyes on this

Smelt Pond, Kingston, the playground of Carrolls for quite some time. Beautiful isn't it?

Fun with the Family

Eric and Roy last summer in Kingston celebrating Roy and Debby's birthday.

This blog has been created so that the Carrolls can share stories and pictures and facts and fiction about the family in all it's glory.

Anyone can read this and comment and if you care to participate with a story or picture of your own then let me know and I will add you to the team member list. I will need your email to get that set up - if I already have it then you will be getting an email invitation to join up.

We have a bunch of pictures to post and in many cases we need you to identify the people, time and place of those pictures. Our ultimate goal is to put a history together for all to enjoy. Hope you can help and hope this will be a good way for us all to connect.