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The
Vollaro Quartermaine Family
Chronology
1963
April 14
John asked Alice to marry him, she said YES!
September 1 (Labor Day Weekend)
Engagement party at
Schroon Lake, Announced to the world, John gave
Alice the ring, everyone was there including the Quartermaines.
December 28
John & Alice married at St. Frances De Sales in Muskegon Michigan.
1964
December 15
Daniel Richard born to Alice and John at Quansit Point Naval Hospital in
North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
1965
The USS Lake Champlain, CVS-39, is retired from active service and sent
to the naval ship yards in Philadelphia. John is transfered to the USS Essex
prior to discharge.
1966
March 24
Jennifer Louise born to Alice and John at Quansit Point Naval Hospital
in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
June 22
John received an honerable discharge from the U.S. Navy, four months
late because of the start of the Viet Nam War.
June 29
John began work at Bell Telephone Laboratories as a Technical Aide for
an annual salary of $6996. They lived in Hampton New Jersey in the 45 X 8
foot mobile home that they lived in while in Rhode Island.
November
Bought a 6 room ranch house at 6 Busher Place, in Clinton New Jersey.
1967
October 27
Sharon Alice born to John and Alice at the Hunterdon Medical Center in
Flemington New Jersey. She was five weeks early and weighed less than 5
pounds. Sharon was delivered by Dr. Pierce.
1968
:6800 @red1 'danny, jennifer and sharon|
:68winter @red1 'danny and jennifer|
1969
Began work on
Spider with A.G. (Sandy) Fraser.
Spider was an
experimental computer network that connected 12 computers together.
:6900 @red1 'family pictures|
1970
Donder is aquired
Began job at Egan Machinery (1970-1975)
:7010 @info 'donder|
:7011 @slides 'shows donder|
:7111 @slides 'friends were duffy, palonis, mageleski|
:71 winter @slides 'christmas|
1972
:72 summer @slides 'john changed hair style because of baldness
ben & betty in trailer, (michigan)
grandma quartermaine with kids
grandma stout|
May 1973
Deck added to 6 Busher Pl
:7303 @slides 'alice with long hair|
:7312 @slides 'sharon took dancing lessons
danny & jim duffy, sharon & debbie mageliski|
Jan 1974
First sailing trip
July 1974
Tom is born
:7401 @slides 'virgin island trip on 10th anniversary, alice pregnant with tom|
:7401 @red posters 'virgin island trip on 10th anniversary|
:7407 @slides 'lynn quartermaine & family visit new jersey
tommy@slides 's baby pictures, jennifer's first communion|
:7407 @red posters 'tom's first birthday|
1975
Stoped work at Egan Machinery
Disassembled Spider
Began Datakit
June 1975
Basement remodel Busher Pl
:75 summer @red2 'schroon lake|
1976
First trip to Disney World
:76winter @slides 'clinton|
:7609 @red2 'trip to florida (loose 3 ring page)|
:7609 @red2 'trip to disney world|
Mar 1977
Aquired pop-up camper
Nov 1977
First Marriage Encounter
:7702 @slides 'thanksgiving & christmas|
:7703 @info 'pop up trailer|
:7707 @slides 'schroon lake|
:77summer @red2 'north carolina trip with lynn & rosemary & family|
:7711 @info 'first marriage encounter weekend, friday, nov. 18, 1977|
Aug 1978
Donder dies
Camping w/ Lynn, Roe & family in NC
:7805 @slides 'jennifer and dan confirmed|
1979
Alice received a Bachelors degree from Trenton State College. She began
work at Clinton Public School as the Librarian.
Dan began high school.
May 1979
Ben Q dies
Oct 1979
Addition to Busher Pl
:7901 @info 'church weekend, friday jan. 19, 1979|
:7906 @slides 'dan graduates clinton public school|
:790728 @info 'purchased mercury 20 hp moter for $900|
:7910 @info 'addition built by contractors|
1980
Begining of Prayer Meeting
:8002 @info 'second marriage encounter weekend with varnerins at newark airport
friday, feb. 1, 1980|
:8006 @slides 'jennifer graduates clinton public school|
:8007 @slides 'camping at horse shoe acres in weston vermont
with marriage encounter friends
kids working on the addition
kids at islands in lake george|
:8009 @slides 'family retreat at 4 seasons, dianna pyle
trip to washington dc, arlington cemetary, immaculate conception cath.
uncle charlie@slides 's grave in arlington|
:8012 @slides 'sharon's confirmation
trip to florida and disney world|
1981
Church community activities like family retreats were the result of the
community focus that resulted from
the prayer meeting. Formed close
relationships with many members in our parish.
:8106 @slides 'arlington cemetary|
:8107 @slides 'camping at horse shoe arcres in weston vermont|
1982
Alice and Loraine Feorino began the Faithful Fools clowning group.
:8207 @slides 'clowns
sharon graduates from clinton public school
camping at weston vermont
bauer@slides 's visit schroon lake
family retreat at camp carr|
:8209 @slides 'boating and camping at 1000 islands|
:8209 @blue 'thousand islands trip|
:8211 @slides 'church picnic at bret endeaver|
1983
:8308 @blue 'clown workshop
:8308 @slides 'clowns
dan graduates from north hunterdon regional high school
areil shots of alps from plane window|
:8308 @brown binder 'trip to italy, fr. bill hayes and margret|
:83fall @brown binder 'villanova|
:???? @brown binder 'gato as a kitten|
:???? @info 'eucharistic minister|
1983
Traveled to Italy, met
Fr. Bill and his sister Margret
in Rome.
Traveled to Florence and Assisi also.
Dan started at Trenton State College.
Alice left her job at Clinton Public School to return to Trenton State
College to study for a Masters Degree.
1984
The phone company divestiture
was implemented resulting among other
things in the formation of a new company called Bell Communications Research.
John left Bell Telephone Laboratories after 18 years to become a charter
member of the new company
Jennifer began classes at University of Villanova.
Alice and John joined
the Pre-Canna team at Immaculate
Conception
Parish.
Rented a 28 foot sail boat for a week on Lake George.
:84summer @brown binder 'schroon lake|
:84summer @brown binder 'trip to williamsburg virginia with friends|
:84summer @brown binder 'telperian 28 foot sailboat on lake george|
:8401 @brown binder 'new years eve 1984|
:8406 @brown binder 'jennifer graduates from north hunterdon high school|
:8411 @slides 'jennifer graduates from north hunterdon regional high school
bloomsbury baloon race|
1985
Alice received a Master of Library Science degree from Trenton State
College.
1986
Sharon started college at
Trenton State College. We now have
the
distinction of having 3 children in collage at the same time.
:8606 @brown binder 'sharon graduates from north hunterdon high school|
:86summer @brown binder 'alice's 25th high school reunion in muskegon michigan|
1987
January
The whole family
went skying at Killington Vermont. Stayed at Dave
Weller's cabin in the woods.
Went on a sailing cruise to the Virgin Islands on a 100 foot boat.
June
Dan Graduated from Trenton State College with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
:8701 @brown binder 'ski trip to killington vermont, dave weller's cottage|
:8703 @negatives 'mistery weekend at sagamore hotel in bolton landing,
on lake george with friends|
:8701 @brown binder 'trip to virgin islands, sailed on harvey gamage|
1988
May 1988
Central Air Busher Pl
Realized a long time dream to own a boat, purchased a 18 foot boat with
125 horse power outboard motor just for fun.
June
Jennifer
graduated from Villanova with
a degree in Mechanical
Engineering.
October
Alice had surgery to remove a malignant tumor from herF breast.
Jennifer took a job with General Electric and moved to Leominster Mass.
Tom began high school.
December
John and Alice celebrated 25 years of marriage with Bob and Carol Ann
Faucett. The children organized the party in the Mary House church hall.
:8801 @negatives 'right to life march in washington with tom & others
from church|
:8805 @info 'purchased 18 foot vip boat, 125 hp moter, and trailer|
:8805 @info 'purchased 1986 oldsmobile station wagon|
:8806 @negatives 'took mom to see mother theresa at blue army shrine
in washington nj|
:88summer @grey binder 'new boat|
:88fall @grey binder 'tom's confirmation with bishop hughes
jennifer gets job at ge in fitchburg mass & new car|
:8812 @white binder 'john & alice 25th wedding anniversary|
1989
September
John and Alice
traveled to England and Italy to search out
family
origins. They found that both families (Vollaros and Quartermains), had lived
in the towns of their origin for many generations.
:890518 @info 'sold mercury 20 hp moter for $800|
:8907 @info 'weekend at cape may with midlife group|
:8909 @negatives 'england and italy tour, 9/23 to 11/7|
:8912 @info 'sharon and tom ried announce their plans to marry in 1991|
Mar 1991
Sharon & Tom married
Sep 1993
Maz & Jen married
August 1995
Tyler is born
Nov 1995
Baught Chalet at Blue Sky
:9503 @brown1 binder ' Virgin Islands bare boat charter with Tom and Dan |
Jan 1996
Toma is born
John retires
Dec 1997
Alexandra is born
July 1998
Elizabeth is born
May 2000
Rental at 22 Everitstown NJ (Frenchtown)
Sep 2000
Began Expansion of Chalet
May 2001
Sold Busher Pl
Moved to NY
Frenchtown rental ended
Jun 2001
Tom & Sue Married
Retirement home at 73 Pine Lane completed
HIGHLIGHTS AND PATTERNS
BROOKLYN YEARS
1948 First Communion
1952 - 1959 Built O'scope, Ham radio
1958 - 1961 Lakeview
1960 - 1962 Community College
NAVY YEARS 1962 - 1966
CLINTON YEARS 1966 - 1997
1966 - 1984 Bell Labs, Leon, Lilean, Sandy years
1970 - 1978 Donder
1977 - 1987 Camping, Pop-up, Weston, NC w/Lynn, 1000 islands, Skying at Killington
1977 - 1987 Marriage Encounter, Prayer Meeting, Precanna, Retreats, Choir, Clowning
1983 - 1990 College years
1983 Italy w/ Fr Bill
1984 - 1996 Divestiture, Job change, Bellcore years
1988 - 25 years, Cancer, New boat
1989 Italy - England trip
1991 - 1998 Marriage & Grandchildren Phase 1 (Sharon, Jen, Tyler, Toma, Alex, Elizabeth)
1995 - 2001 Baught Chalet, Expanded, Sold Busher, Moved to NY
RETIREMENT YEARS 1996 - ??
SAILING
1973 VI
1984 Telperian
1987 Harvey Gamage
TRIPS W/ FRIENDS (Bauers, Feorino, Ditrolio)
1984 Williamsberg
1989 Cape May
1987 Sagamore
2002 Florida
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