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Title
Mother's birthday poem.
Subject
Poem.
Description
Eight line poem composed by the Boller family on the occasion of Claude Villette Boller's mother's sixtieth birthday on August 19, 1888. First line by Mother, Mary Boller. Second line by Claude's brother Frank, also known as Jacob Frank Boller. Third line by sister Nellie, who may be Elizabeth Boller. Fourth line by brother Willie, also known as William J. Boller. Fifth line by sister Minnie, who may be Margaret "Maggie" Boller. Sixth line by sister Addie, also known as Anna Adeline Boller. Seventh line by sister Carrie, also known as Caroline E. Boller. Eighth line by Claude Villette Boller, also known as Vet or Vettie to his family.
Creator
Boller Family.
Source
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, Farmingdale State College Archives, Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York.
Date
August 19, 1888.
Contributor
Claude Villette "Vet" Boller,
Mary Boller (mother),
"Frank" Boller (brother, Jacob Frank Boller),
"Nellie" Boller (sister, perhaps Elizabeth Boller),
Willie Boller (brother, William J. Boller),
Minnie Boller (sister, perhaps Maggie Boller)
Addie Boller (sister, Anna Adeline Boller),
Carrie Boller (sister, Caroline E. Boller).
Mary Boller (mother),
"Frank" Boller (brother, Jacob Frank Boller),
"Nellie" Boller (sister, perhaps Elizabeth Boller),
Willie Boller (brother, William J. Boller),
Minnie Boller (sister, perhaps Maggie Boller)
Addie Boller (sister, Anna Adeline Boller),
Carrie Boller (sister, Caroline E. Boller).
Relation
Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook, page 8.
Format
Paper, 15 cm. x 22.5 cm.
Language
English.
Type
Text.
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Text
O that this could ever be /
Always under this big tree /
That all might be as blithe and gay /
Forever more through lifes pathway /
May all thy children thee adore /
And I will together evermore /
Sweet memories shall ever stay /
Round Mother's sixtieth birthday.
Original lines composed on the 60th anniversary of our Mother's birth, in Noah Franklin's timber, Aug 19th 1888 by Mother 1st Frank 2nd and so on, Nellie Willie, Minnie, Addie Carrie and Vet.
Always under this big tree /
That all might be as blithe and gay /
Forever more through lifes pathway /
May all thy children thee adore /
And I will together evermore /
Sweet memories shall ever stay /
Round Mother's sixtieth birthday.
Original lines composed on the 60th anniversary of our Mother's birth, in Noah Franklin's timber, Aug 19th 1888 by Mother 1st Frank 2nd and so on, Nellie Willie, Minnie, Addie Carrie and Vet.
Original Format
Paper.