This is the only known photo of the house in Spencer, NY that Bertha Van Dorn & her older brother John Earl Van Dorn grew up in. It is also the only known photo of Lorenzo Dow Van Dorn, who is standing in front of the house on the right. Bertha is the infant in the carriage, & her brother John is around 5 years old, standing in front of the porch. One of the 2 women on the porch is likely Ardella, & possibly the other woman is either Ardella or Lorenzo's mother.
This is the Van Dorn Tavern, in Enfield, NY, around 20 miles north of Spencer, NY (outside of Ithaca, NY). It was built by Peter Van Dorn, & it looks as if Henry Waite & Bertha Van Dorn Waite visited the site marker & tavern on Route 79, sometime in the early 1900's. The tavern was torn down in the 1930s, but supposedly the historic site marker is still there. I have not been able to figure out the connection of Bertha to this tavern. Bertha's father Lorenzo Dow Van Dorn may have been related...
This is a great photo of Bertha with little Judy, & Henry Waite. I had received this photo from Diana Waite, sister of Judy & daughter of Violet & Arnold Waite (Arnold was grandpa Wesley's older brother).
