Rathscanlon Homestead Pictures from then until now....
Typical Irish family home. Notice the thatched roof.
Another view. Notice the rock wall in front along the road
Scene of the farmland
Richard Jasper's home as it appeared in 1920. A 2nd story had been added after the family left. The visiting family was told that the home had become a boarding house
The front of the house as it appeared in 2004
The back of the house in 2004. The current owner had been doing some remodeling.
This was the home's original marker that had stood proudly upon the rock wall, but with time and weather had fallen off and was laying nearby.
Family outings in winter.
This is Richard Jasper Golden. He was a hard working man, deeply committed to his family and God.
RJ's oldest son, Jasper and 2 oldest daughters, Sarah & Marie left for Canada in 1850. RJ, his wife and remaining 5 children followed in 1852. During this time and for years afterwards family members exchanged letters with friends and relatives back home in Rathscanlon. This was very costly, so every square inch of the paper was used to squeeze in as much news as possible. Even if the receiver of the mail answered immediately, their response probably took about a month to be received.
This is one of the family reunions held after the family was together once again. this picture was taken about 1911 in front of RJ's son Jasper's home in Kingsville, Essex, Ontario. All 8 of RJ's children were in attendence but sadly both he and his wife Anne passed many years earlier.
By 1870 all 8 of RJ's children had married and had families of their own. This is a formal family portrait of RJ's youngest child, John, his wife Mary Jane and their children Charlotte (Lottie), John Stanley and little George Charles Golden, taken about 1890. Charlotte & George never married.
Pictured here are Richard Jasper & Anne Black's 8 children in front of son Jasper's 'stone house' in Kingsville, Essex, Ontario
The 8 children and their spouses, taken the same day.
Dr. John Golden, his wife Mary Jane and their visiting cousin in 1917. Taken in Fowler, Fresno, Califiornia where he practiced holistic medicine until his passing in 1922.
Dr John, wife Mary Jane and children Charlotte (aka Lottie) and George taken in front of their Fowler, Fresno, California home cir 1910
Mary Jane (Jackson) Golden taken probably around 1875.
Charlotte. Taken about 1872
George Charles Golden, Episcopal Minister taken cir 1915
Both pics are of young George Golden
John Stanley Golden Family (only of Dr.'s children to marry), his wife Annie, standing daugher Lottie Evangeline and son John Cooper aka 'Jack' Taken cir 1922
Lottie Evangeline with parents Annie & JS Golden (notice the knickers) cir 1924
The Fowler, Fresno Co., California home of Dr. John Golden. He is standing on the porch to the right of the rocking chair, Mary Jane to the left. The door on the far right was the entrance to his medical office. The large tree blocks the sight of the shingle that hung from the eave.By the time this pic was taken it looks like the street had been paved (around 1910), but prior to this there was a hitching post in front of the house.
Brothers John Stanley & George, 1922. Notice the "Dr. Golden" shingle.
Brothers John & George cir 1922.
1860 Army Colt carried by Dr. Golden while making his rounds.
This cap & ball handgun is now in the possession of Dr. Golden's Great-great grandson.
Young Lottie Evangeline cir 1913, about 8 years of age.
Teenage baseball player 'Jack' on the right cir 1920
JS Golden family in Dryden cir 1914. Notice the heavy outerwear
JS Golden family in Dryden with cousin sisters Mina & Lillian cir 1913 - notice the firewood ready for winter.
Mother and daughter,
Agnes Annie & Lottie Evangeline
cir 1922 in Fresno
Grandpa JS Golden cir 1930
Fresno, California
Grandma Annie Golden
cir 1930, Fresno, CA.
Evangeline Golden, 1st child born to JS and Annie Golden. She died suddenly at 2 yrs old from scarletina
Dr John & Mary Jane Golden and daughter Charlotte Golden at Mt. View Cemetery, Fresno, California. Notice the symbol, probably meaning both medicine and religion. The family members were devout Christians. The story is told that their son George's remains after his cremation were buried here in the middle of the night because the cemetery was not going to allow his small remains to be added to the plot. Therefore there is no mention of him on the headstone.