1890-1968 William Fredrick Pike

Edna Mae Remembers:

And the story I heard, remember hearing about their coming to the United States, was that my grandfather, Jack or John, was in a boat ship and skipped off the ship into Canada, married a French-Canadian, and snuck into America somewhere along the Niagara, settled in Massachusetts. My father never talked much about where his parents came from or what they did. You're going to have to rely on Alice Hayes to give you all the information she can.

I remember my dad talking about having a brother who was an alcoholic and drank all the time. Now, I thought his name was Will Pike.

And my dad, being embarrassed by him, would cross the street so he wouldn't be on the same side of the street with him. My father had an awful lot of pride. He wanted you to walk with your head up and your shoulders back.

He also, I remember my mother saying that there was a brother, William, but William really belonged to one of the unmarried daughters who had a child out of wedlock. And so the parents raised him as theirs. I could be wrong about that story, but I remember being told it.