Notes:

FTDNA #448641

CHARLES KIRK MCFARLIN 1892 - 1977 by; Peter F McFarlin - 2008

A MID-WEST START
According to secondary and family sources (# 1), the first child of William and Margaret (Wiltsie) McFarlin was Charles Kirk McFarlin, born June 17 1892 in Topeka, Kansas. However, no official Kansas birth record has been found, even after Pete r F McFarlin (PFM) visited the Center For Historical Research (while passing through Topeka, Kansas in October of 2007) where he searched the Kansas vital records. This lack of recording may be due to Kirk's father William's transient profession a s supervisor of railroad maintenence for the Atchison Topeka and Sante Fe branch of the Rock Island Line. Also, his parents did not own any real estate in Topeka and environs during the years 1890 to 1894, either. So, the birth record was probabl y just not recorded. Possibly Margaret had Charles Kirk with assistence from the AT&SF RR company itself: "Harmony between managers and employees has been in every way encouraged. For years a reading-room and library system was maintained along th e line, and a splendid hospital service is now in effect." (# 2)

MCFARLINS MOVE EAST
William and Margaret McFarlin were living in Davenport, Iowa in the mid to late 1890's when he was offered a good RR engineering position back in New Jersey (connected with Frank Hyde and others), with the Lackawanna system (ibid #1). William an d Margaret brought young Kirk east with them in the late 1890's and moved into a home at 16 Hawthorne Ave in East Orange, New Jersey. The June 1900 US census for that address lists; "Charles K McFarlin, age 8 b Kansas, June 1891-(-2?), at school" . He was living there with; William K McFarlin ("chief engineer; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western RR") b OH Mar 1861, Margaret W McFarlin b IL Sept 1864, and Margaret's mother, J Mary W Wiltsie, b NY July 1832. (The McFarlin's soon had a second so n in Dec of 1900; Donald, born there in East Orange, NJ - PFM's father).

EDUCATION
His uncle Kirk relates to PFM in 1974 that Kirk's mother "...did one great thing for my brother and I; she was anxious for us to have the best education. The family always provided books you know, as a background...and my father took care of the h igher education part of it."
"Kirk McFarlin completed his preliminary education at East Orange (N.J.) High School and then went to Williams College, where he graduated B.A. in 1912, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was graduated B.S. in civil engineerin g in 1914....McFarlin belonged to Psi Upsilon and was a charter member of the Delta Delta chapter at Williams College". (# 3)

TRIP ABROAD
In the summer of 1913, at the age of twenty-one, Kirk escorted his mother and younger brother Donald on a four month European trip. Kirk's passport application (dated May 29, 1913) describes him as; 6 ft 0 in, brown eyes, dark hair, born june 17 1 892 in Topeka, Kansas and that he was living at suite 22, 19 Haviland Street, Boston (likely his address while attending MIT). A photo given to PFM by his uncle Kirk in 1974 shows a Swiss Alps hiking scene of young Donald McFarlin (age 13) and the ir mother Margaret on an open field trail with the Jungfrau mountain in the background. The photo was taken by Kirk. The three returned to NYC Sept 23 1913 from Naples, Italy via the SS Princess Irene. All gave their address then as; 170 Glenwoo d Ave, East Orange, NJ.

MEETING THE FOLSOM FAMILY
About 1913 and 1914 the William McFarlin family of East Orange had met and became acquainted with the Edmund Franklin Folsom family of Brookline, MA. William's son Donald (b 1900) and Edmund's son Eddie (b 1899) both had attended a summer camp nea r Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire. The boys became friends and about 1913-14 young Donald visited the Folsom home in Brookline (where Donald met his future wife - Margaret Folsom - Eddie's little sister - age seven). Through the two familys' a cquaintance, Donald's brother Kirk also met Margaret's older sister, Mary Folsom. Then, in 1917-18 Mary and Kirk had likely met in Brookline/Boston while Kirk was studying engineering at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

WORLD WAR I
WW I in Europe was declared in 1914 (while Kirk was at MIT) and the United States became involved in 1917. Just before he registered for the draft in 1917, Kirk returned from a trip to Jamaica to NYC March 1st on the SS Carville.
"During the war he served as a lieutenant in the US Navy Air Force as a meteorologist in Europe" (ibid.# 3). In October of 1918, Kirk visited an Irish Manor house outside the city of Cork, known as Farron, and related to his nephew Peter, in 1974 , a story of 'Bringing in the Spurs', which Kirk had learned there. "This is an early Scot's tradition of serving only spurs at the dinner feast, which was the signal that the larder was empty and that the clan must take off for the lower midland s country whence came the food of the mountain people."

MARY FOLSOM
Kirk and Mary Folsom corresponded while Kirk was on US Naval duty in France in 1918. He sent this postcard from Nice on Christmas day:
(postcard here)
Kirk went back to Paris the next week, sending the following postcard December 31, 1918 to Maryabout his travels. As seen in the last line, he almost lost his life from a German 70 mile artillary shell which landed just 200 feet away!
(postcard here)

BUSINESS CAREER
After returning from his duty in Europe, Kirk began his career in 1919-20 as an engineer with the Barrett Co., New York City, a manufacturing company with research facilities. He soon become vice-president of Hensey & Co., New York City (exporter s and importers). The Jan 1920 US census finds Kirk enumerated at his parents home at Eastwood Street (off of Glenwood Ave), East Orange, NJ. Also living there are his father William (a railroad contractor) and his mother Margaret and younger brot her, Donald. In their garage at the rear of the property are living five various servants; chauffeur, cook, nurse and two maids. Charles Kirk is listed as an exporter with employees.
Later that year, Kirk's Sept 1st, 1920 application for US passport, shows that he is intending to leave the US from New York on the Gen G W Goethals Sept 9th. Walter R Hensey of Hensey & Co Inc (export and importers of food, wheat and explosives ) writes; "This is to certify that Charles K McFarlin, our vice president, is proceeding to the West Indies in the interests of our business, visiting Haiti, Santo Domingo and Cuba. In view of future travel in Europe during the life of this passpo rt, in the interests of our business, he has also specified on his passport application Great Britian, France, Belguim, Switzerland, Holland, Spain and Italy." (PFM notes, however that no 1920-1927 passenger arrivals from any of these places wer e found in the records for Charles Kirk McFarlin, and it may be surmised that he did not travel as planned.)

PARENT'S SEPARATION
Uncle Kirk relates to PFM "...it was in 1921 or '22 that my father and mother separated. My father set up single living in an apartment...My brother went with him. He lived at a small family hotel in East Orange and my mother lived variously in th is area here (Maplewood), always by herself, never with us .She was a very strong-minded person and she enjoyed living by herself. I think preferred that...She held extremely good social positions in the Oranges - in East Orange.
"She was extremely well-thought of. I think she was president of the Women's club, or whatever, up to the time when the break came and then she moved to Maplewood, and I accompanied her and lived with her until Adelaide and I were married. And i t was, of course, through having moved into that area that I came to meet Adelaide and resulted in our being married...I became interested (in Christian Science) as early as 1918-20's and in turn I was able to assist Adelaide to become intereste d and this has made quite a foundation for both of us ever since...We don't carry it to the limits that many people do, but it is our dominent thought and it has, in our opinion, been of tremendous value to us over the years. And, for that I am en tirely indebted to her (Margaret), because you don't come by this often on your own, out of a clear blue sky. For some people, it does, but for me it came through her and for Adelaide, it came through me." (ibid.# 1)

MARY AND KIRK 1921-1925
Mary Folsom and Kirk McFarlin continued seeing each other during 1919 and the early 1920's. Dated photos show them together, sometimes with her mother Margaret , either at Mary's home in Brookline (above), or at the McFarlin's summer place, canoei ng on Lake Placid in New York (photo at right). Kirk often wore his Naval uniform at these times.
Mary's description of their times together, just after her return from her own trip abroad in October of 1924, shows them meeting, either in NYC, when he was working at the National City Bank, or at his mother's home in Montclair, NJ, where they " practiced with their clubs" until it was too dark to hit the golfballs. They often dined together at his home or out with friends. Kirk taught Mary to drive his car and they went "riding" in it with various friends, once going to Boonton to pick u p his brother Donald from his work there. They sometimes took his mother Margaret to the weekly lectures that she often attended.
Mary (Folsom) Applegate later (1970's) told her nephew Peter (PFM) that she and Kirk were quite serious about each other during this time.
However, in a personal letter from Margaret McFarlin to Mary Folsom dated June 26th 1925 from Maplewood, NJ, Margaret writes; "My dear Mary, Your letter announcing (to the McFarlins) your great and final choice was received with much joyful intere st. Ever since the morning where we took our first walk together and found that we had interests and tastes in common I have had a very warm and especial place in my heart for Mary Folsom....Kirk is now at the Placid Club for two weeks rest & I fo rwarded to him your letter which arrived after he left".

In Kirk's June 21st 1925 response to Mary's announcement (of becoming engaged to Mr Octavius Applegate) he wishes her great joy, too. Then Kirk ends with; "This note comes with it, Mary; my best wishes for every good thing which life can bring. W e shall look forward to meeting Mr Applegate at some future time, and congratulate him now on his very good fortune. Please remember me most kindly to your mother and father, and to the little sister. Cordially, Kirk".

NEW FAMILY WITH ADELAIDE HOLLENBECK
Kirk had met Adelaide Hollenbeck of Maplewood, at a friend's house in NJ while playing bridge. They were married in Maplewood, May of 1926 and took a wedding trip to Lake Placid. Within a year they built their home (designed by Kirk himself) at 2 4 Delwick Ave, Short Hills, NJ. They apparently had a stillborn daughter about early 1928. He then took Adelaide on a trip to Bermuda, returning to New York from Hamilton, June 8th 1928.
"After a period as a trust officer with the National City Bank of New York, he joined the Wood Newspaper Machinery Corp., Plainfield, N.J., as an accountant in 1927" (ibid.# 3). (He later became assistant treasurer in 1936 and treasurer in 1941) . In the May 1930 US Census, Kirk McFarlin; "printing company accountant" is listed as head of family owning his own home on Delwick Lane, valued at $35,000. Also in the household are his wife Adelaide and their German maid, Hilda Reinhauer.
Shortly after the 1930 enumeration was taken in May, their second child, Kirk Charles McFarlin was born in the East Orange Memorial Hospital, 13 July 1930. Then, in Oct of 1933, their last child, Everett Byrne McFarlin was born.
In 1974, while looking at family pictures with PFM, aunt Polly (Adelaide) added "...and that is our little dog that adopted us - Bubbles went eveywhere with us - other pictures; growing up - Everett here, and this is where we went down to Marylan d to Rehobeth Beach - where we went before we had our farm. Now here the two boys are celebrating together...Kirk wanted brother Everett's curls cut 'cause others didn't know if he had a brother or sister. And here is young Kirk - he had just take n the shears and had gone right up through his hair like this."
During the 'thirtys, on weekends and holidays, Kirk and Adelaide often had family come visit to their nice home. His mother, Mrs Margaret McFarlin, would come over from Maplewood as well as his brother Donald and Peggy (Folsom) who had married i n 1932, and also lived nearby in Maplewood. Various photos of the families and children (PHOTOS) (Kirk b 1930, Everett b 1933, Alison b 1934, and Peter b 1937) were taken by Kirk during 1932-37 there at Delwick Lane in Short Hills, NJ.

KIRK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS FATHER
Uncle Kirk told Peter in 1974; "Now this I did want to say to you, which I think is a matter of great interest. As my mother's condition became more and more difficult, it became - I tried to stay out of this affair - I had spent years trying to k eep it together and when it failed (1920-21) I let it go. I mean I stayed away from it. I supported my mother which I thought was the right thing to do. But as the years went on, it became necessary - as a matter of fact, I was the fiscal agen t - everything came through me. My father did his best to offer support until the time when he passed away."
Kirk often visited with his father during the 'twentys and 'thirtys at William's hotel in East Orange. "as the years went on...we came to have considerable respect for each other. We used to visit him down at this little hotel. I'd often stop ther e on a Saturday afternoon. Eventually he passed away very quietly and very quickly, hurrying up a set of stairs to take a train to his office at the age of eighty-two (1943). Bang, just like that."
Prior to his father's death, Kirk had managed various parts of his father's affairs regarding finances for his mother. This included the Rife impulse ram water pump company (# 4). "But, after he died, I discovered that he had left this thing in m y hands! And it was all there was for my mother, really. I was then employed, as I had been lucky enough to retain employment through the depression, as a matter of fact. So, I got into the thing - that was '43, and for six years it was my mother' s (source) - it did the trick."

MCFARLIN'S AND FOLSOMS SEPARATE
During the mid-thirties, difficulties arose between Kirk's brother Donald (along with his mother) and Donald's wife Peggy (see Donald's and also Peggy's notes elsewhere). This resulted in Peggy's 1938 return to her family in Wellesley, MA taking A lison and Peter, and in their divorce in 1939. A very sad and difficult time for everyone in the two families. For about thirty years, contact ceased between the New Jersey McFarlins and the Folsom/McFarlins of Wellesley (until 1966).

DELWICK LANE LIFE CONTINUES
Kirk's father had passed on in 1943, and his brother Donald had removed to Washington DC, working for the War Department. Donald remarried about 1942. Their mother, Margaret passed on in 1949, still alone, but well cared for by a personal nurse.
The children, Kirk and Everett continued through local schools and then son Kirk (called 'Peter' by Kirk and Polly - after an early pet rabbit) went on in 1945 to Tabor Academy in Marion, MA graduating in 1949, when he joined the US Marines. Thei r son Everett remained at home.
Kirk Sr designed new parts for some of the Rife pump systems and filed successful patent applications in 1946 and 1949 for these improvements (# 5). He kept his treasurer's position at the Wood Newspaper Machinery Corp until 1954, when he resigne d after twenty-seven years with them and became president of Rife Hydraulic Manufacturing Co. then in New York City, which he moved to Millburn, New Jersey in 1961. He remained active with this company until the month he died, in April of 1977.

SOME TRAVELS AND VISITS
Kirk's earlier trips had included; Europe in 1913 at 21, Jamaica in 1917 at 24, Europe in 1917-18 (WW I) at 26-27, possibly West Indies in 1920 at age 28, and Bermuda in 1928, when he was 38 and Adelaide was 28.. Kirk went with his son Kirk to Gua temala in the late 1950's on a Rife business trip. During the 1970's Kirk and Adelaide took their grand-daughter Claire (McFarlin) Viviani twice to Europe and once to the Far East, while she was in her teens.
Kirk and Adelaide had many visits to and from their families from the 1920's through the 1960's. PFM first visited them in 1966, and Kirk's son Mac (Kirk jr) stayed in Short Hills with them for a few months in 1967 and again in 1970-71. In the 198 0's another grand-daughter, Gina, came for summer visits and even lived there for a year, finishing her high schooling at Millburn High in 1985.
Uncle Kirk writes at Christmastime in 1973 to Peter; "Outside of a possible ten days in Florida in February we have no plans to be away...I am still working full time, and except for a fortnight a year ago in Manila and Taipei, have not been away . We hope that you will come and see us in the spring. I still hope to find some of the family history for you."
PFM did visit again, for two days, in 1974, staying at their Delwick Lane home.

MCFARLIN FAMILY CORRESPONDENCES
Peter and his Wellesley relatives (Peggy McFarlin, the Folsoms and the Applegates) had never had any contact with his father Donald (or any of his McFarlin relatives) since his parent's divorce in 1939. He had always been curious about Donald's wh ere-abouts and situation. Having begun researching his family's genealogy and history some years before, Peter knew that Donald's brother, Kirk McFarlin used to "live somewhere in NJ".
The opportunity to find out more arose when he took a research oceanographic position with Alpine Geophysical Associates of Norwood, NJ. While living temporarily in Riverdale, NJ, Peter looked up and made his first ever (and nervous) phone call t o his McFarlin relatives. Kirk was surprised, but cordial and pleased, to hear from Peter. Thus began a correspondence between uncle Kirk, aunt Polly and Peter that lasted over eleven years between them.
In that first contact of October 1966, Peter asked his uncle Kirk to please contact Donald (in Florida), which Kirk did, but with mixed results. On Jan 27, 1967, Kirk wrote; "My dear Peter; I wrote your father at once about your visit here, an d of your request that I do so. I had heard from him shortly before that time, but he was apparently not able to write after receiving my letter. His condition became critical and in early January he was moved back to the hospital. I am sorry to h ave to tell you that he passed away on January 12 after an illness extending over a little more than a year. ...".
Peter much appreciates all the consideration and help with information which uncle Kirk gave him over the years (see bio notes about PFM, elsewhere).

UNCLE KIRK'S PASSING
Aunt Polly called Peter on the 4th of April, 1977 relating the sad news that uncle Kirk, at age eighty-four, had died April 2nd in a hospital near Millburn, after about eight days care there. He had worked hard at the business recently and had spr ained his back. He had lost some weight and went in for a checkup. Kirk had a benign intestinal tumor removed and was healing well. However, he developed weak blood and died quickly of pneumonia.
Kirk had a private interment with a navy flag at their family cemetery plot in Millburn and a small memorial service was held later in church.
"In politics he was a Republican. His special interests included world geography and earth sciences, meteorology, aviation, travel, and golf." (ibid.# 3)

(Research):GENERAL NOTE:
Peter had various conversations with his mother and her family while growing up and living in Massachusetts, regarding his father, Donald McFarlin and the McFarlin family of New Jersey.

NOTES AND REFERENCES
-(# 1) McFarlin; 1966 - In October, while living in Riverdale, NJ and working at Alpine Geophysical Associates in Norwood, NJ, PFM first ever looked up (and 'phoned) his uncle Kirk and aunt Polly McFarlin. This was followed in November by a visi t from PFM to the McFarlin's home on Delwick Lane in Short Hills, NJ. At that time, uncle Kirk gave PFM a small amount of data and information.
-- McFarlin; 1974 - Many of the McFarlin (McFarland) births, marriages, and deaths, with the names, are from the 1832 William McFarland bible, presented to his grandson, William Kirk McFarland by Wm K's mother, Sarah (Kirk) McFarland, March 9, 189 7 (1877?). Photocopies of the vital records pages in that bible, plus copies of other vital record notes and letters, were given to Peter F McFarlin in 1974, by his uncle, Charles Kirk McFarlin, in Short Hills, New Jersey, who had the bible and no tes in his possession at that time.
-- McFarlin; 9-10 October, 1974 - Personal conversations between PFM and Kirk and Polly McFarlin at their home in Short Hills NJ. These were willingly taped and later transcribed to text. Occasional phone conversations and letters from Uncle Kir k to PFM followed between 1967 and up to March of 1977, one month before Kirk died.
- (# 2) The Atchison Topeka & Sante Fe, by Charles S Gleed, The Cosmopolitan - Feb, 1893.
- (# 3) The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1980, V59 p173.
- (# 4) Rife Hydraulic Engine Manufacturing Co, Millburn, NJ; 1965, Water pumps driven only by the water's gravity power.
- (# 5) US Patent Office; patents # 2,572,173 1951(strainer), and #3,037,636 1962 (valve housing).

OTHER SOURCES:
- 1900 census; East Orange, Essex co, NJ ED 180 p 201; Charles K McFarlin a 8 b Kansas, living with his parents and grandmother; J Mary Wilsey - all living at their home at 16 Hawthorne Ave.
- 1910 census; East Orange, Essex co, NJ ED 163 p 266; Charles K MacFarland(sic) a 18 b New Jersey(sic) living with his parents and brother Donald at their home at 180 Glenwood Ave.
- 1920 census; East Orange, Essex co, NJ ED 31 p 70; Charles K McFarlin a 28 b Kansas living with his parents and Donald at 170 Eastwood St (corn. of Glenwood Ave)
- 1930 census; Millburn, Essex co, NJ ED 7-506 p 22; Kirk McFarlin a 37 b Kansas living with wife Adelaide a 29 and maid Hilda Reinhauer a 23, all at Delwick Lane.
- 1977 Soc Sec death index, SSN 150-03-7996
- Various US Passport and immigration records.

Charles married Adelaide Sutherland Hollenbeck on 8 May 1926 in Maplewood, Essex Co, New Jersey, USA. Adelaide was born on 19 May 1900 in Brooklyn Maternity Hospital, Kings Co, New York, USA; died on 1 Oct 1999 in Methodist Hospital Medical Ctr, Houston, Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living Baker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living Menendez. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

KIRK CHARLES (MAC) MCFARLIN (1930 to present) - U.S.MARINE - Contrac t and U.S. Gov't AIR PILOT
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin, Kirk's paternal 1st cousin - draf t of Jan 17, 2011, updated Aug 12, 2019)

Most of the following quotes in italics are from the Feb 9 2009 one ho ur interview between Peter McFarlin and his cousin Kirk "Mac" McFarli n in the Mary Ranchon Restaurante, Fronteras, Guatemala - between th e Rio Dulce and Lake Izabel.

YOUTH
Kirk Charles McFarlin was born in East Orange Memorial Hospital, New J ersey (NJ), on July 13, 1930, the second child of Charles Kirk and Ade laide (Hollenbeck) McFarlin who were living at 24 Delwick Lane, Shor t Hills, NJ at the time. (About 192 8 his mother Adelaide had given bir th to a baby girl who did not live.) Both he and his father were name d after their New Jersey/Ohio pioneer ancestors, the Andrew Kirk(patri ck) family. Kirk was often called Peter by his parents, so as not t o b e a 'junior'. Later in life he was called 'Mac'.
Kirk grew up there in Short Hills, NJ with his parents, younger brothe r Everett and a housemaid.

PHOTO OF MOM, KIRK AND ALLIE NEAR HERE

Mac; "I knew her; Peggy - and I thought she was a doll - she was a ver y, very nice girl. Of course I knew Donald, your dad, and I think abou t the last time I saw him was when his mother died ...(1949). I neve r knew Donald because he was never a round when I was and I was never a round when he was, I guess.
Kirk attended the fine local grammar schools nearby but his parents se parated him from his brother Everett.
Mac says "... there were conflicts between me and my brother, he was n ot in my world. They kind of had me going to different schools. Howeve r, Tabor got me - I was there for two and a half years. A year of summ er school and my two last years o f high school."
So, by 1947 he went to Tabor Academy in Marion, Massachusetts and grad uated from that preparatory school in 1949. Coincidentally, Kirk's fir st cousin Alison McFarlin's later-to-be husband, Leo Convery, also att ended Tabor, from 1948 to 1952. Wh en I (PFM) asked Kirk and Leo if the y knew of each other, they both told me they slightly remembered the o ther while at Tabor.

MARINES, CLAIRE BAKER, GENERAL MOTORS, FLYING
Two years later, by April 23rd 1951, Kirk had mustered into the U.S. M arines and was PFC in the 4th Recruit Trng Bn in Quantico VA. (MOS 350 0 basic mtr veh transport). In July 1952 he was in Hq Co 2nd Ord Bn 2n d Marine Div. (MOS 3531 heavy tran sport driver and repair). Then, in J an 1953, still in transport, he was in Camp Lejeune, NC. Fortunately , he was not called to the Korean war conflict which was officially fr om June 25 1950 to July 27 1953, when a cease-fire was agreed to.
When asked about Peter's father, Donald, Mac said; "I knew Alice an d I knew your dad in Jamaica...They were in business in a little retre at for professional people about 15 miles outside of Kingston, up in t he mountains. I was in the service an d our ship put into Kingston an d we were aboard ship (in the Marines). That was in about 1952 or 195 3 because we were down in the Carribean on an island off Puerto Rico . For some reason we went to Kingston at that time. It was about a ten -da y layover. At which time I grabbed a taxi and I went up to see you r dad who was up in the mountains, and drank lots of rum - ha,ha."
In 1953, while riding a train from his NJ home returning to his NC Mar ine station, Kirk met Claire Baker of Melrose, MA who was traveling t o Miami. She was twenty-one and he twenty-three. They corresponded, da ted and later married at Trinity Ch urch in Boston, MA in June, 1954. H e then went to Michigan with Claire and enrolled in the General Motor s Tech School there where he took business courses. While in Flint, Ki rk became very interested in flying and started taking lessons and g o t his flying credentials. Shortly before graduating from GM, he decide d what he really wanted to do was fly full time, and so left the GM pr ogram.
Mac; "And then on to college. That was the whole idea, to get me int o college. ...I went to General Motors Institute. It started off to b e a dealer/management course, then it went from there to engineering . One semester before I graduated, I qu it...because you were in schoo l part-time with General Motors, and they found out I was flying. The y didn't like that and they gave me a choice; either flying or workin g for General Motors. ...I could see myself out on the street after sp endi ng the good years of my life and with nothing. So I left them an d went to flying."
Kirk and Claire had one child; Claire Joyce McFarlin, who was born 1 4 Dec of 1955, in Flint, MI. Claire, and their daughter Claire, live d variously in Flint and then Melrose, Massachusetts with her family w hile Mac pursued his flying career.

GUATEMALA
Peter's question; "What first brought you to Guatemala?"
Mac; "It was on a trip to Venezuela ... about the end of '55, afte r I married claire in '54. - I flew down....it was in a Piper...it wa s a small single engine - tail dragger type"
Peter; "You flew the plane?"
Mac; "Yeah, my father was on a business trip for RIFE and wanted to se e some people in this country, and then all the way down into South am erica, but I got here and I liked it - so I stayed here and he kept o n going, in a commercial plane. I g ot here in Guatemala and I liked it ..."
Kirk's father's business; the Rife Hydraulic Engine Manufacturing Co , had contracts in central America and so he flew his father to Guatem ala where they engineered and installed, for the coffee industry, som e of the gravity-impulse water system s made by Rife. These systems ar e non-electric, purely hydraulic/mechanical and are perfect for drivin g a percentage of confined, flowing water back uphill, especially in p laces where there is no electricity.
Mac; "...and I stayed. And I went back to the States and got my commer cial license, because I had signed a contract with two farms to crop d ust their cotton. So I stayed in the crop dusting business, really u p until the time we left for Africa. "
So, Kirk fell in love with the country and decided to stay there. Clai re and their daughter rejoined him there in Guatemala City in 1959. Hi s daughter Claire (McFarlin) Viviani wrote Peter in 2008 ; "he and m y mother decided that she and I woul d move down to Guatemala and the y would try again. This would have been in 1959. At the time, he was c rop dusting with a bi-wing plane. He was not at home very much as hi s work took him out of the city a lot. After that was when he had an a ir- service business out at the airport, because I remember going t o a hanger...He shared close quarters with Guatemalan workers while i n the dusting business and quickly learned Spanish. During this tim e I attended the American School and continue d there for the ten year s I lived in Guatemala, an excellent school which provided me with a b ilingual education... When I was about nine years old my parents decid ed to get divorced, as they seemed to have gone their separate ways; e ach of th em remarried Guatemalan citizens. Shortly after that my fathe r moved to Liberia, Africa with Gina his new wife."
Mac; "...so, that was my start here in Guatemala, and I liked it and t he money was good. I got here about 1957. In 1958 I made a company 'c ause in the aviation here they passed a law saying no more pilots coul d come in for crop-dusting unles s they had a company and here if you h ad a company you're automatically entitled to participate in any par t of that company's business. So that let me fly right up until '64.
In December, 1964, Kirk married twenty-year-old Lydia Regina Menende z who was living then in Guatemala City. She was from the small town o f Chiquimula, about 60 miles east in the City. Claire and her new Guat emalan husband, Edwardo Sagastume (t hey married about 1965), remaine d in Guatemala until 1969 when they moved with her daughter Claire t o Ann Arbor, Michigan.

LIBERIA
Soon after, in 1965, Kirk and Gina left for Liberia, Africa where he w as under contract for two years as a bush-pilot. "When '64 came in I l eft for Africa for two years....under contract. It was a verbal contra ct, they paid the tickets."
Peter; "What did you do there?"
Mac; "Fly! Fly the whole time. Yeah, we supplied the diamond mining in dustry. Liberia. but that was not a place where you want to reside per manently... I remember there was a fellowthat I wass going to do som e business withover there, found a n 87 carat diamond. The guy went nut s and sold it right away there in Monrovia and I don't know what he di d but the first thing he probably did was buy a white Mercedes. And th at was that. Because deveryone over there, for prestige, had a whit e M ercedes. They took that diamond to ...Amsterdam and they sold it for $ 230,000. What the guy in Liberia got for it I don't know. ...I was goi ng to go into the river, on the bottom, instead of the placer edges.
Peter; "...you went into the mining yourself?"
Mac; "I didn't get into it because of the guy - like I said -
"Yeah, I had all the equipment ready to buy and U.S. Divers gave u s a 50% discount on all the diving equipment, and it would have kept m e there awhile. But, after two years we decided to take a trip to Euro pe to vacation, ...we never got ther e because a cable from Washingto n came in with the invitation to go to Vietnam. We just packed up ever ything, sold our Volkswagon and went back to the States. We had to ge t visas and all, and from there we went to Taipai for two weeks and th e n into Saigon".
So, after the west-Africa job, Kirk and Regina returned to the State s in Dec of 1966 and stayed for two months with his parents in Short H ills, NJ. In a 1967 letter to PFM from his uncle Kirk McFarlin; "We ha ve been enjoying a visit from our ol der son Kirk Jr, called Peter, an d his wife while en route from two years in Liberia to a contract in F ormosa and Indo China. Under contract as pilot for three years..."

FAR EAST FLYING - AIR AMERICA
The Vietnam War occurred in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam from 1959 to 19 75. US involvement escalated in the early 1960's and combat units wer e deployed beginning in 1965.
Peter; "So you went over to Saigon, and you were starting to fly the n for Air America I think? Correct?"
Mac; "Yes that was for five years. That was good experience"
Starting in 1967, Kirk flew special operations missions for Air Americ a in those contested areas. The following is from Wikipedia (2008); "A ir America's slogan was 'Anything, Anywhere, Anytime, Professionally' . This was not an exaggeration as A ir America aircraft, including th e de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou and Fairchild C-123 Provider, fle w many types of cargo and people ... to countries such as the Republi c of Viet Nam, the Kingdom of Laos, and Cambodia. It operated from bas e s in those countries and also from bases in Thailand and as far afiel d as Taiwan and Japan. it also, on occasion, flew top-secret mission s into Burma and the People's Republic of China."
Kirk and Regina had two daughters while in the Far East; Regina (Gina ) Maria McFarlin was born in 1967 in Saigon, Vietnam, and her sister L issa Michelle McFarlin was born in 1969 in Vientiane, Laos. In 2008, h is daughter Gina goes on to say tha t her dad did a great deal of perso nnel insertions and removals to save civilian lives while in the Far E ast. In 2006, Kirk refers back to his time when flying the Canadian d e Havilland Caribou twin engine DHC-4 (further designated by the U S a s the C-7 in 1967).

PHOTO OF CARIBOU NEAR HERE

Mac;"Just wanted to mention I have about 2500 hrs Caribou time. It wa s my favorite for special ops, close in air drops and balls-to-the-wal l flying".
During 1967-1971, Air America's 'Captain Kirk' McFarlin also belonge d to the Far East Pilots Association.
Mac; "...I would have stayed with them, but of course, that folded, an d there was no more of that. However, I did go to Washington to try t o get back in. If not there, then somewhere else. And then that wa s a bad time for 'The Company' becaus e they were being investigated b y Congress."
Peter; "Air America? The Far East Association?"
Mac; "Yeah, The Far East Association. So there was just no way to ge t in. In fact they said they were just waiting for attrition to take i t's course. They weren't hiring anybody.
In another letter to PFM in 1971, Kirk's father Kirk (sr) writes; "... our family from the far east came on for their vacation. In September , after they had been back only a few weeks, they pulled up stakes, an d have been with us off and on sinc e that time, a period of great joy , because our Peter (=Kirk) had come through almost five years of cont act with the North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao without injury." He furth er writes; "...now we are leaving on Dec 12, 1971 to take our oldes t g rand daughter Claire (16) with us on a journey we hope will take us ar ound the world and give her the same thrill which we have found in th e Far East."

BACK IN TEXAS, MEXICO and SOUTH AMERICA
From about 1978 to about 1984, cousin Kirk and his second family wer e in the Brownsville, Texas area. Kirk worked for the State Dept o n a 'black passport'.
Mac; "That didn't make me at all happy because they took out income ta x, and what was left -- and I was 'outside'- (Kirk was working in Mexi co at the time) - wasn't worth continuing. So after that year I left . and I got back in, to a contractin g operation. We worked anti-drug s - not DEA. We were different, we were State Department. But it was s till anti-drugs. We supported DEA in a lot of cases. So I went on wit h them as a pilot, and it was in '91 I think it was- they made me sit e m anager for the operation here in Guatemala. Because we had been al l over South America and finally the contractors brought me here to Gu atemala."

THE RIO DULCE - GUATEMALA
Mac; "...and I was there until I had passed 60. They didn't want peopl e older than 65. So, my contract expired and they didn't renew it. Tha t was when I decided to build a house. The property where the house i s we bought in '78...the house wa s built in '91."
Daughter Gina relates that her father and mother later (about 1989) se ttled back to the Rio Dulce River area of Guatemala near the town of F ronteras. To get around to different places on the river (Rio), you mu st travel by boat. All homes and b usinesses on the Rio have a boat doc k.
In 2003, Kirk writes to PFM, "After thirty-four years flying in differ ent parts of the world, we are in a completely different environmen t - boats. It's hard to believe that after being a contract pilot doin g 200 miles/hr and going from countr y to country, here we are doing 1 5 mph...The reason behind this is that our house is here and we live h ere...on the Rio Dulce, one of the most picturesque areas of all Centr al America... I and another American built the house with a helper. F o ur bedroom, two bath in partial 'post and beam' design all of processe d pine. The wood building is a blessing as it stays cool even on the h ottest days. Being right on the river and up on a rise makes for a nic e location. It is a refuge for t he sailboats cruising the Caribbean du ring the hurricane season so we have lots of people from all over th e world to enjoy."
In 2008 he and wife Gina still lived there on the Rio Dulce River in G uatemala, which connects Lake Izabal to the Caribbean Atlantic. Kirk' s wife Gina would sometimes return to their apartment in Houston to b e near their daughters Gina and Liss a. Kirk returned to Houston fo r a few weeks in October for their daughter Gina's wedding.
Mac; "It gets hot down here...I like the hot weather. I'm not a cold w eather person....Where we live we have a forest on one side of us an d the normal flow of air comes right through that forest to us and out . Actually I spend a lot of time o n the computer. I'm a big game play er. I play cribbage, with a group that plays for tokens, not for money . No, I've played a lot of games for money.
"Somebody said; 'The day you die, everything will be even, you will no t have won and you will not have lost'."

When Peter and Karen stopped for their Feb 9th, 2009 luncheon meetin g with Mac at the Fronteras restaurant, he had come over by boat fro m his home on the Rio. Peter gave Mac some family biographies he had j ust written as well as some family gen ealogy.
This was the only time first cousins Peter and Mac were ever to be tog ether. Totally worth it!

photo of peter and kirk near here

CLAN MACFARLANE and DNA CONNECTIONS
Mac was agreeable to have his Y-DNA studied with Family Tree DNA, alon gside Peter's and other distant MacFarlane cousins. This is to help de termine our older ancestry, prior to our known connection back to Joh n McFarland (ca1750-1800) and his w ife Margery (Anderson) McFarland (1 756-1838), of Coitsville, Ohio.
In Dec 2015 Peter wrote an email to Mac, and daughters Gina and Lissa : "Kirk's 111 tested gene markers came out as an exact match to mine . This is certainly confirmation of our close genetic relationship o f our male descent. Exact matches are n ot always to be expected...I ca n confirm that we are all certainly descended from the early Earls o f Lennox (from the 1100 and 1200's) and then somewhere later through t he Chiefs of MacFarlanes."
Mac immediately wrote back; "Thank you so much for your email with th e ancestry information. It was super interesting...We are stilll in th e throws of selling here. What exactly are our plans afterwards is sti ll up in the air. Maybe we can ge t together and spend some time. I mis s the north-east...I always loved Maine. I needed a seaplane rating so me years back and got it up there. Beautiful....Mac and Gina. Then fur ther; "Yes, the house in Guatemala is for sale. I want out so we ca n d o something. Gina wants to travel. And I want to fish. We'll see."
In 2019, 89 year-old Mac was mostly back in Houston being cared for b y his family. He had to return there for treatment of some mini-stroke s. They were still trying to sell his home on the Dulce.
The genetic connection studies are ongoing. PFM - August ?? 2019

Sources;
Peter F McFarlin (PFM)'s personal research, plus;
1967-1977 letters to PFM from uncle Charles Kirk (b1892) McFarlin
1974 PFM's personal interview with; Charles Kirk McFarlin
2003-2019 emails from Mac (b1930) McFarlin
2008-2019 interview and emails from Gina (b1967) McFarlin
2008-2019 info and emails from Claire (McFarlin) Viviani
2008-2011 info and emails from Claire (Baker) Sagastume
2009 interview between Peter and Karen McFarlin and his 1st cousin Kir k Charles McFarlin (b1930)

Family/Spouse: Living Menendez. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Claire Joyce Baker. Claire was born on 9 Dec 1932 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; died on 19 Aug 2011 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Never married - no issue. Lived with his parents all his life.

Family/Spouse: Living Viviani. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Gina (Regina) Maria McFarlin was born in Saigon, Vietnam in 1967 durin
g the Vietnam War, the first child of flight pilot Kirk (Mac) and Regi na (Menendez) McFarlin.

Young Gina later attended St Joseph high school in Brownsville, Texa s through her junior year. One day she decided to move north with he r grandmother Polly McFarliin, in Short Hills NJ, "for the adventure " and finished her senior year at Millbu
rn High School in 1985. Gina' s interests were reading, art, travel, NYC museums and being with he r grandmother.
She next spent one year at the University of Texas and then went on t o the University of Pittsburgh, where she graduated in December of 199 2, summa cum laude, majoring in Liberal Arts with a double minor in Wo men's Studies and Latin American St udies. After a physical setback (st rokes) in 1994 while in Houston, she decided to continue her educatio n in the field of social work.
In December of 2007 Gina graduated from the University of Houston magn a cum laude with a Masters in Social Work. In June of 2008 she passe d her Texas state boards as a social worker.
Gina and her fiance Dave visited for an afternoon with Peter and Kare n in Woodstock, CT on Wed June 25th 2008. They came down frpm Boston w hile meeting up with friends there. On October 4th of 2008 she and Dav id Gratton were wed in Texas.
Gina graciously helped Peter over the next decade to get and keep in t ouch with her father 'Mac' Kirk MacFarlin.

email from Gina McFarlin Grattan Sept 26 2019;
Oh, Peter, Thank you so much for your patience and tenacity! I have be en so crazy busy. I remember that you asked at one point about min e & Dave's boys. Yes, we have two boys(!) Their names are Jose & Davi d (Grattan). They were adopted in Decem ber of 2012 at the ages o f 5 & 11. They're now 13 and 18. My dad has improved significantly. He 's still residing in the therapeutic (Nursing Home) Unit at the VA. Up on discharge he will move to a condo with my mom here in Houston. I wi ll emai l you & Clair again in the future with more details- as soon a s I know them. Thanks again & let me know if you need anything else fo r your genealogy project. Much love to you & Karen & Happy Fall! cous in Gina

References;
PFM's personal interviews and emails with Gina McFarlin - 2003 throug h September, 2019

Family/Spouse: Living Grattan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Lissa was born 1969 in Vientiane, Laos during the Vietnam War, while h er parents were there on Mac's assignment flying for Air America.
Lissa grew up in the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville, Texas with he r sister Gina. Later, she and her friend, Brian Barragy hoped to star t a charter fishing company in Cabo San Lucas in Baja California or i n Port San Jose in Guatemala along w ith her father Mac McFarlin, but t his didn't work out. Lissa is presently (2008) in Houston, TX workin g as a corporate CPA.

Notes:

CLAIRE JOYCE MCFARLIN (1930 to present)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin Aug 2019)
Claire Joyce McFarlin is the only child of Kirk Charles (Mac) McFarli n and Claire Joyce (Baker) McFarlin. She was born in Flint, Michigan D ec 14 1955 after her parents had moved there to be near Mac's Genera l Motors Institute training. In 1957/ 58 her mother took her to Somervi lle, MA while Mac continued his flying career in Guatemala.

Claire's father Mac sent Peter an email 23 June 2008;
"...Regarding my daughter Claire Viviani, I have not kept in touch wit h them. My work with the Government kept me all over Central and Sout h America, and most of the time my only contact was with Washington DC . As mentioned before, time flys. H er brother Christopher, I have neve r met. He wasn't mine and I have not seen their mother since we split . One of these days, I'll renew with Claire and Tom. They're good peop le. ....Kirk"

Claire e-mailed Peter July 10, 2008;
"Hi Peter,
Let me start giving you some of the information that you requested, a s I was just able to verify it with my mother.
My father was stationed at Camp Lejune, N.C., that is where the US Mar ine Corp. comes in. My mother (Claire J. Baker) and father (Mac) me t on a train as he was returning to N.C. from Newark.
They were married June 19, 1954. He was discharged from the Marines, a nd moved to Flint, Michigan where he attended General Motors Tech., an d studied engineering. I was born Dec. 14, 1955. Mac became very inter ested in flying and started takin g lessons in Flint, where he got hi s flying credentials. Shortly before graduating from GM he decided tha t what he really wanted to do was fly, and did not finish the GM progr am. He sent my mother and me back to Boston, where her parents live d , and he pursued his flying career.
Mac must have made contacts in Guatemala City during this time, as h e and my mother decided that she and I would move down to Guatemala an d they would try again. This would have been in 1959.
At the time he was crop dusting with a bi-wing plane. He was not hom e very much as his work took him out of the city a lot. After that wa s when he had the air-service business at the airport, because I remem ber going to hanger. During this tim e I attended the American School a nd continued there for the 10 years I lived in Guatemala, an excellen t school which provided me with a bilingual education. When I was abou t 9 years old my parents decided to get divorced, as they seem to ha v e gone their separate ways; each of them remarried Guatemalan citizens . Shortly after that, my father moved to Liberia, Africa, with Gina, h is new wife. We remained in Guatemala until 1969 when we moved to An n Arbor, Michigan.
I'm not quite sure if my father had already joined Air America or no t at this point, but he definitely had by the time he went to VietNam . I have letters from these places, so I will try to find out more fo r you, and get back with you. Also Pet er, my mom said that you are wel come to call her if you have any questions that maybe I have not answe red. Her phone number is: ----- (Claire Sagastume). It was great chatt ing with you, sorry I'm a little slow, a lot going on right now, b u t I always have time for anything to do with family. I'll get more inf ormation to you as soon as I can.
Good luck, and keep in touch. Claire"

Another e-mail from Claire to Peter; Oct 23 2008
"Hi Peter,
Everything here is well, hectic as usual. Since I last communicated wi th you we started a master bath/master closet re-model and I had foo t surgery. The surgery went wonderful, and the re-model, well, is stil l going on (it seems more difficul t when you husband is the contractor ). I'm glad to hear all is well with you and your family.
Our trips: there were three. The first was in 1970, which Grandma Poll y (Adelaide) took me on a 6 week guided tour of Europe, starting in En gland, by bus, and finishing in Italy. Absolutely fabulous. The follow ing year both Kirk and Adelaide to ok me to the Far East during my Chri stmas Holiday, for about 4 weeks. I especially remember celebrating m y 16th birthday in Tokyo, which was our first stop. They had a Japanes e friend that joined us. After, we went to Kyoto and then Taipei an d M anila. Then we returned to Taipei where we spent Christmas. Grandpa (K irk) must have had some type of business he was taking care of durin g this trip as I met a couple more friends (Chinese) and one of thei r wives who joined us for dinner . Then it was on to Hong Kong and Bang kok and HuaHin. After this part of the trip we headed to Beirut and af ter that, home.This too was a wonderful experience, and I definitely g ot the impression that a lot of it was business, as Grandma an d I di d other things, like shopping, swimming and Kabuki Theater. The last t rip was with Grandma, to Greece. I was already in College, and I thin k it was because she had always wanted to go and had never had the opp ortunity, and she knew how m uch I loved Ancient History.
Every summer after we moved back to the States (1962-63) I would try t o go out and visit and I would spend a couple of weeks with them. Gran dma taught me calligraphy (which she did so beautifully) and Japanes e flower arranging (Ikibana) and Chi nese cooking with a real wok (in t hose days, that was impressive). We always managed to get in to New Yo rk at least once - by train, bus and subway, and go to the Metropolita n Museum, and could not come home unless we stopped at the Chuck-Full - O-Nuts and bought a dozen of their donuts. I also would help Grandpa i n the (home)office. This was after he had retired from his job in th e city (which he too rode the train into), and had resumed working a t home for Rife Hydraulic. I would h elp with typing letters, sending i nformation to people who requested it and general office work.
Well Peter, I hope this gives you a little bit of insight into their l ives. I will be getting the other paperwork off to you also. Sorry i t has taken me so long, and let me know what else you need, and if I c an help, I will. Another thing, I do n't think my father had a middle n ame. I distinctly remember Grandma Polly telling me they were going t o name him Kirk Patrick, but after he was born, she couldn't see givin g such a small child, such a long name, so they left it as Kirk McFar l in. What do you think?
Talk to you soon, Claire"

July 8 2009 Claire to Peter;
"Hi Peter and Karen,
Sorry I wasn't able to get back to you before you went off to Europe . Your Central American trip sounds fantastic as does your European o ne. The early spring is my time to be outdoors and prepare the yard an d gardens for the summer before th e heat sets in. I had a late start t his year as we went to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in January on vacation.
Then I went out to be with my Mom in Jan. for her knee surgery, and ag ain in Feb. My daughter kept urging me to hurry and get the seeds plan ted or we would be late. Last year she and I discovered planting our o wn heirloom tomatoes, not to menti on numerous other curiosities. We ha ve rainbow colored beets and carrots, every kind of hot pepper you ca n imagine, peas, string beans, eggplant , numerous herbs-especially di fferent types of basil. So if I disappear off the the radar, I can pr o bably be found out in the garden. We have nothing structured, we jus t create as we go. This year we grew so many tomato plants (purple, wh ite, pink, black, etc.) that we just stuck them everywhere, includin g around our pool. To my daughter' s amazement, even though we were lat e, our plants have managed to catch up to everyone else's. Our tomatoe s are now the size of a pool ball. Christina is actually the one tha t pushes me to all the strange varieties, but since she lives and wor k s in Albuq. and mainly visits on week-ends, I stay pretty busy. I'll s end pictures as soon as I get out there and take some.
Your pictures of Guatemala are great. My Dad looks real well, and actu ally doesn't look much different. Marine life must agree with him.
We would love for you to stop by on you way through. It would be grea t to meet you both. Just keep me posted as to the dates you are planni ng on coming.
Take care, Claire"

April 8 2011, Karen and Peter stayed a night in their R/V at Claire Vi viani's home in Albuquerque. NM .

April 14 2011, email from Claire:
"...We so enjoyed meeting and spending time with you both. It really w as a treat, and it is great to know we have such lovely people as par t of our family. Thank you for sharing with us stories about your fami ly. Please keep us posted on everyo ne. We haven't forgotten the pictur es, will get them to you soon.
Be safe, and we hope you make it home in time for Easter.
Your Cousin Claire"

Claire's mother, Claire Sagestume, passed away August 19, 2011 at ag e 78. Peter had continued corresponding with her until just before sh e passed.

July 20 2019, Peter to Claire;
"Hi Claire,
(Don't know if this email will reach you?)
Hope all is well with you and yours?
I'm back to updating the stories about our McFarlin families. It's bee n 8 to 10 years since the last re-write of family info.
I do know that Polly McFarlin passed in 1999 and Everett B in 2001 - b oth in Houston
Your mother Claire passed in 2011 - have a nice obit for her with phot o. She was quite helpful with a few details about how she an Kirk Jr m et and their life in Guat. I found copies of your 1962 Pan Am immigrat ion cards when you returned with h er to Arlington, MA.
btw Is your middle name Joyce or Baker or something else?
Could you help me fill in any new stuff about;
You and Paul (more kids - ha ha?? events etc)
Christina (married, kids etc)
son Joseph Thomas (married kids etc)
And, of course, your father, my 1st cousin Kirk ("Mac"). I've heard th at he had returned from Guat with recent mini-strokes. I hope he is st ill OK?
I'll send these updated bio stories as pdfs on to you when done. (wit h pics and maybe sound clips from my 1974 interviews with Kirk and Pol ly in NJ)
I also have a very recent article I wrote for the MacFarlane Clan publ ication; Loch Sloy! In it are many parts and links to our MacFarlane h eritage and Archaeology of our ancient Loch Lomond castles and strongh olds which I have been involved wi th for the last ten years. It is a s earchable pdf. (Didn't your son have a MacF crest tattoo?) If this ema il reaches you OK then I'll send it along.
Karen and I are just fine; healthy and active. Moved three years ago f rom Woodstock, CT into a nice roomy new condo in nearby Putnam. See ou r nine grandkids often and still travel for three winter months to F L state and private parks in trust y R/V motor home. Even took a mont h in Colorado in it last Oct. Also rented a rural cabana in Hopkins, B elize for ten days in Dec 2018. Flew - not drove!!
We're planning a double cruise (one western Med and one eastern Med) f or 11 days each with 3 days in Rome between cruises. This for 25 day s in Sept coming. Various ports in different countries.
Send as much info as you care to for the update of these stories.
Many thanks
cousin Peter"

July 20 2019 Claire's e-mail to Peter;
"Hi Peter,
Yes, my email is still the same. So glad to hear from you and that yo u are still continuing with the McFarlin stories.
Let me see how I can help.
I am married to Thomas Paul Viviani (Tom). Have two children, Christin a Michelle born in 1985, and Joseph Thomas born in 1989.
Christina is married to Daniel Lloyd Jones, from Wales, UK. They hav e two girls, Nia Claire Lloyd Jones and Alexandra Eiry Lloyd Jones an d live in Albuquerque. Christina works for Abbot Medical Devices.
Joseph is still single, and yes he has the tattoo of the McFarlin cres t, This I will defend. He is a trained chef, but has taken a break fro m that for awhile and is flipping houses in the Denver area with his a unt.

I am Claire Joyce McFarlin Viviani, and my mother was Claire Joyce Bak er (McFarlin, then Sagastume).
Tom and I still have T.Viviani Construction, but are doing just enoug h to keep him semi busy. I help our daughter with their kids, and in t he summer spend a lot of time in the garden. We too have been enjoyin g a little bit of traveling. Two yea rs ago went to Italy for a coupl e of weeks and last year went to Spain for a couple of weeks.
I haven’t heard from my father for a couple of months, so I don’t kno w how he is doing. He had told me about the stroke and had stopped smo king, and he said he was trying to sell the house in Guatemala and mov e back to the States.
Thanks for the update, let me know if there is anything else I can hel p you with. Will be looking forward to reading the PDFs and anything e lse you send.
Many thanks to you,
Claire"

Family/Spouse: Living Viviani. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

University of New Mexico graduate with an english and history major.

Family/Spouse: Living LloydJones. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Attending the University of New Mexico in 2008/09.