Sunday, June 10, 1923 - Visiting Lydia Cramer Gifford in Juda, Wisconsin

Overcast with rain most of day. Arose 7:30 A.M. Breakfast etc. Talked, read, wrote letters etc. Father & I to Baptist church in morning, all to Methodist in afternoon and German Evangelical at night. Children's Day exercises in P.M. and evening. Very inspiring and good. Excellent dinner & pleasant fellowship - Dr. & Lydia, son Harry and daughter Vera, Vera's daughter Alice, Father, Mother, Hanford & I. To bed at 11 P.M. Thankful for rest and inspiration of Sabbath Day and association with relatives. We have been very kindly received and generously treated by all our friends and relatives. People as a whole are very sympathetic, friendly and hospitable.

*********
"Dr.," Lydia's husband, is Dr. Henry Gifford, a physician. In 1920 they lived at 202 North Main St in Jefferson township, Wisconsin, which seems a part of Juda, Wisconsin. Lydia is a daughter of John Brooks Cramer. In his letter to Mary Leah (written on this day), Stanford explains how Lydia came to seem like a sister to her cousin Stillman. She was born in 1859 and died in 1925. Their daughter Vera was born in 1886, and son Harry Glenn Gifford was born in 1892. Below is a copy of his WWI draft registration. As you can see, Harry worked for the Wisconsin telephone company.

Here is a photo of John Brooks Cramer, Catherine's brother and Stanford's great uncle, who died in 1868 when Lydia was only 9 years old. Unknown when the photo was taken.

Below is a photo Stanford took of Vera Gifford Dinsdale with her husband Arthur and daughter Alice.