Elizabeth Anne VanderPutten - My Immediate VanderPutten Family


 

 

 

 

 

My Father, J. Richard VanderPutten

Source: The Manhattanite, 1932
Manhattan College
New York, New York

 


Also see Dad's College Yearbook Page

 

 

 

 

Image Dorothy Easson 1935

My Mother, Dorothy Easson

From Her College Yearbook

Source: Footprints, 1935
Saint Joseph's College for Women
Brooklyn, New York

 

 

 

Our Family, Late Summer 1943

My mother Dorothy and Grandmother Ann Easson, brother Richard, my father Richard, and me. [See Grandma's Turkey Stuffing]

Someone said I was born trying to steal the spotlight.
 
 

 

 

 
 

My Official Baby Picture

Betty Anne, 1944

 

From a Chinese Fortune Cookie I got:

"You will always get what you want
through your charm and personality"

 

 

 

The Debut of Jean and John

Newborn infants, brother John and sister Jean, make their film debut.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
Family Portrait, Easter 1951
 

Easter Sunday, 1951

This photo was taken circa 1951 in front of grandma Easson's home in Lynbrook, probably on Easter Sunday. 

[Left-Right: Dad, Richard, John, Jean, Elizabeth, Mother]

(Click on Picture for a larger view)

 

 

 

The Twins' First Communion

Mom and Dad with twins Jean and John

May 16, 1953


Jean grew up to be a star

 

 
 

 

 

 

My Family - April 1956

This picture of our family in grandma Easson's backyard was taken in April, 1956. This is the last picture of all of us together.

(Back left) brother Dick, mom, dad, (front) my smiling brother John, sister Jean and me.

(Click on picture for enlargement of mom and dad, 1955)

 

 

 

Elizabeth Anne VanderPutten

June 1977

This formal photo was taken at the Deja Vu Restaurant near our home in Washington, DC, a few weeks after my wedding.

Many people have commented on the similarity of this picture and that of my grandmother in her wedding dress on June 29, 1910.

 


Photo by Carly Jane Dunn

 

 

Image Elizabeth in her wedding gown

 

My Wedding Gown

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Anne VanderPutten, Ph.D.

Graduation Day
T
he George Washington University
May 8, 1983

With me are my aunt Annette VanderPutten and father Richard VanderPutten


I do think they look proud.

 

 

 

 

 







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