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     Dorothy Louise Peebles was born on 26 September 1925. She was the daughter of John Warren Peebles and Marion Melinda Nye.

     Dora May Peebles was born on 26 September 1925. She was the daughter of John Warren Peebles and Marion Melinda Nye.

     Walter Eaton Allen was born on 19 August 1894. He was the son of George H. Allen and Alice Ellen Pendleton. Walter Eaton Allen married Gladys Mabel Nye, daughter of Albert Henry Nye and Harriet Cornelia Holcombe, on 7 May 1922.

     Robert Walter Allen was born on 4 February 1923. He was the son of Walter Eaton Allen and Gladys Mabel Nye.

     Alice Ellen Allen was born on 21 February 1924. She was the daughter of Walter Eaton Allen and Gladys Mabel Nye.

     Thomas Edward Allen was born on 31 August 1925. He was the son of Walter Eaton Allen and Gladys Mabel Nye.

     Carl Holcomb Allen was born on 24 June 1928. He was the son of Walter Eaton Allen and Gladys Mabel Nye.

     Eleda Irene Bodurtha was born at Blandford, MA. She was the daughter of Warren S. Bodurtha and Minnie Wyman. Eleda Irene Bodurtha married Donald Oatley Nye, son of Albert Henry Nye and Harriet Cornelia Holcombe, on 7 April 1928. Eleda Irene Bodurtha died on 17 December 1942.

     John Bridge was born on 17 July 1901.^1,2 He married Ivy Holcomb Vinton, daughter of Harry Francis Vinton and Elnora Angeline Holcombe, on 26 July 1926.¹ John Bridge died in May 1973 at Bridgeport, Fairfield Co., CT, at age 71.²

John and Ivy were enumerated in the 1940 Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT, federal census. He was a college professor age 40, she was 37. Children in the household were 12 and Katherine 7. Also enumerated was mother Grace 74.

     Josiah Bridge was born on 28 November 1927 at New York City, NY. He was the son of John Bridge and Ivy Holcomb Vinton.² Josiah Bridge married Marion Doyle. Josiah Bridge died on 30 December 2017 at Stamford, Fairfield Co., CT, at age 90.

In one place Seth says he was born 1926, in the other 1927, but John Whalen-Bridge confirms 1927.

     Katherine Anne Bridge was born on 26 May 1932.² She was the daughter of John Bridge and Ivy Holcomb Vinton.³ Katherine Anne Bridge married Samuel Abt. Katherine Anne Bridge and Samuel Abt were divorced. Katherine Anne Bridge died on 8 February 2021 at Yardley, PA, at age 88.

From the Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb 2021, page A8:

Katherine Abt, a retired city social worker who had been an author and editor, died Feb. 8 from renal failure at a daughter's home in Yardley, Pennsylvania. The former longtime Bolton Hill Resident was 88.

The former Katherine Bridge, daughter of John Bridge and his wife, Ivy Bridge, was born and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. After graduating from high school, she earned a bachelor's degree in 1954 from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which is now part of Harvard University.

She married Sam Abt, a newspaperman, and the couple eventually moved to a home on Bolton Hill where Ms. Abt. worked as a book editor. After they divorced, she and her two daughters moved to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where she edited the local newspaper while also editing and writing for Teton magazine.

Ms. Abt and her children returned to Baltimore in 1975, and after a few attempts to rejoin the editing profession, she returned to college and earned a master's degree in early childhood development from what is now Towson University.

She worked in the day care division of the city's Department of Social Services, building and delivering programs through-out the city focused on child care and education. After President Ronald Reagan eliminated federal funding for her projects and her staff was disbanded, she took an early retirement.

Ms. Abt took full advantage of Baltimore's cultural, gastronomic and professional sports environment. She was a season-ticket holder to the Orioles and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, she attended concerts at the Left Bank Jazz Society and she was a member of numerous book clubs.

A gourmet cook who enjoyed entertaining and presiding over dinner parties in her Bolton Hill rowhouse she also liked dining at Little Italy and Fells Point restaurants, introducing visitors to Ikaros, The Dizz and Sip and Bite, which were among her favorites.

An opera fan, she was a Metropolitan Opera season-ticket holder, and when not in New York, she listened to Met broadcasts.

Insatiably curious and retired, she devoted herself to taking every art history, music theory and appreciation, Spanish and Italian course in the Towson University catalog, family members said. She was also an inveterate world traveler and visited Peru, China, Provence, and Alaska, and lamented that she was never able to take a mail boat through the Norwegian fjords.

Ms. Abt was lifelong Democrat, and despite postal delays, she was able to receive her 2020 presidential ballot and after standing in line was able to cast it for President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

In 2018, she moved to Yardley, where she spent her days reading t.

     Charles Gilbert West was born on 30 April 1895 at Darwin, England.^1,2 He was the son of John West and Sarah Tomlonson. Charles Gilbert West married Lois Penniman Vinton, daughter of Harry Francis Vinton and Elnora Angeline Holcombe, on 11 June 1927 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.^3,1 Charles Gilbert West died on 15 June 1967 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, at age 72.^1,2 He was buried at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.

     Philip C. Aldoupolis was born on 4 May 1922 at Quincy, MA. He was the son of Alexander Aldoupolis and Catherine Conerly. Philip C. Aldoupolis married Eleanor June Vinton, daughter of Harry Francis Vinton and Elnora Angeline Holcombe, in November 1948 at Weymouth, MA. Philip C. Aldoupolis died on 8 February 1981 at Quincy, MA, at age 58. He was buried at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.

     Charles F. Aldoupolis was born on 24 May 1949 at Weymouth, MA. He was the son of Philip C. Aldoupolis and Eleanor June Vinton. Charles F. Aldoupolis died on 25 July 1984 at Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, at age 35. He was buried at Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.