- Wedding picture of Walter and Vina Workman (451 KB)
Walter and Vina on their wedding day Jan. 25, 1911. Behind them are their attendants, Dick and Florence Workman Muskell.
- Grace Margaret Akey Hansen (226 KB)
Grace Margaret Akey Hansen, wife of Joseph Reland Hansen in photo c. 1900. This may be a wedding picture.
- George S. Benz Family Home, Oswego, NY (18 KB)
This little house on East Fourth Street was George S. Benz's family home.
- Walter J. Workman and his brothers and sisters (391 KB)
This is a photo of Florence, Llewelyn (not George), Violet and Walter.
- Four Generations (28 KB)
From left: Elizabeth Marie Helm Parsells (1812-1903) of Wurtsboro, NY with her son, Jacob Parsells, grandson, Norman Parsells, and great-grandson, Blanchard Jordan. Photo taken about 1898.
- St. Andrews Church, Awre, England (162 KB)
This is St. Andrews, the parish church at Awre on the Severn River in Gloucestershire, England. Photo courtesy of Bob and Liz Woodward. Joseph Workman lived in Awre in 1851. Joseph was the great-great-great grandfather of Linda and Bob Workman (and of Bob Woodward).
- An Oswego Landmark! (132 KB)
In the summertime, Rudy's Hot Dog stand on Lake Ontario is an Oswego magnet for local folk and even tourists from Syracuse like Rae and Bob Workman!
- Annie Sheehan Workman (529 KB)
This photo of Annie (Bonnie) dates to the 1890s or earlier. She was the wife of Walter H. Workman. It may be an 1887 wedding portrait.
- 50th Anniversary: Jacob and Matilda D. Parsells (35 KB)
Front: Blanchard Jordon, Dr. Charles W. Parsells.
Middle: William C., Lena P. and son Russell G. Benz, Jacob and Matilda Denniston Parsells holding Elizabeth Jordan; Ida and Oren Jordan.
Back: Fred & Caroline King Parsells; William P. and Ida Mackey Jordan. May, 1906.
- St. Peter's Church, Newnham, England (154 KB)
This is the church where John Workman and Elizabeth Hannis were married July 21, 1851. They are Bruce and Emily's great-great-great grandparents.
- William B. Benz (14 KB)
William B. Benz, son of Russell G. and Katharine Burt Benz.
- Edith Mabel Workman Post (431 KB)
Edith Mabel Workman Post, about 1905. Edith is the daughter of Fred Workman and wife of Rev. Henry Attwell Post.
- Workman: Four Generations (28 KB)
Walter H. Workman, who owned Workman's Flower Shop in Oswego, NY with great-grandson, Robert Benz Workman and (in back) his son, Walter J. Workman and grandson, Robert W. Workman. 1945.
- Inside St. Peters Church, Newnham (150 KB)
This picture (and the one of the outside) comes from Bob and Liz Woodward in England. This is the church where John Workman and Elizabeth Hannis were married. They are the great-great grandparents of Linda, Bob and Sue Workman, and of Bob Woodward.
- The House Where Hal Grew Up (34 KB)
This is the house on East Fourth and Utica Streets in Oswego where Hal Hansen grew up.
- Rev. Henry Attwell Post (397 KB)
He was the husband of Edith Workman and was an Episcopal minister in Pennsylvania, Salt Lake City and Seattle.
- Sophia C. Benz and grandchildren in Oswego, NY (25 KB)
Sophia C. Benz (Mrs. George S. Benz) and her grandchildren, Abbie, Nathan and Charles Rowe, children of Louis C. and Emma B. Rowe. Abt. 1905.
- John M. Workman (149 KB)
This is a photo of John M. Workman, born March 3, 1820 in Awre, Gloucestershire, England and died December 10, 1878 in Bristol, England. Some of his children eventually came to America.
- Summertime 2000 (34 KB)
Robert B. and Rae Workman have a lovely garden! This photo is in their yard in Fayetteville.
- Emily Workman's Graduation, Spring 2000 (237 KB)
Proud Papa Bob (Robert Benz) Workman, Emily Workman (Fredonia 2000), Rae Workman, Julie and Mackenzie Young.
- William Carl Benz (22 KB)
William Carl Benz of Oswego, NY, formal portrait, 1901.
- Elizabeth Hannis Workman (312 KB)
Elizabeth Hannis Workman was born Jan. 13, 1829 in Newnham, Gloucestershire, England. She was John M. Workman's wife. After he died, she traveled to America with some of her children and lived in Terre Haute, IN until her death in 1906.
- Owasco Rural Cemetery (24 KB)
Just south of Owasco, NY, this little rural cemetery is where Fred and Susan Workman are buried.
- James Woodward's Graduation, Sheffield University (626 KB)
James Woodward's family at graduation: His maternal grandparents; his parents, Bob and Liz Woodward, and his sister, Jane at Sheffield University in England.
- Matilda Denniston Parsells (22 KB)
Born March 30, 1836 and died Jan. 29, 1910. She lived most of her married life in Wurtsboro, NY. She was the wife of Jacob Gabriel Parsells. This photo was taken before 1900.
- Walter H. Workman (128 KB)
Walter was born in England on April 18, 1867 and came to America as a young man. He learned the florist's trade and established Workman's Flower Shop in Oswego, NY.
- Fred and Susan Moore Workman's grave (21 KB)
Their headstone (lower right corner)is on a hillside in Owasco Rural Cemetery.
- A Bit of Whimsey (356 KB)
Linda Workman Hansen with "friends" at EWI reception in Hollywood, CA in 1997.
- Sons of Elizabeth Helm Parsells of Wurtsboro, NY (20 KB)
J. Russell Parsells (front, center) surrounded by Jacob G. Parsells, Jasper Parsells, Daniel Parsells and William C. Parsells.
- BRUCE AND KELLY HANSEN (21 KB)
Cutting the groom's cake at their BEAUTIFUL wedding on September 29, 2001 in Dallas, Texas.
- Walter H. Workman's home in Oswego, NY (26 KB)
This June 2000 photo shows what is left of Walter and Annie Workman's home and the ruins of the greenhouses on West 8th Street near Oswego harbor.
- Workmans, Summer 2000 (163 KB)
From left: Robert Benz Workman and his wife, Rae Workman, and Rachael and J. Richard (Dick) Workman at Rae and Dick's house in Oswego, NY.
- Benz & Son Furniture Store, Oswego, NY (195 KB)
George S. Benz and sons, and their delivery truck, in front of the Benz & Sons Furniture store at 108 East 1st Street, Oswego. Abt. 1920.
- Newest Member (NEW!!!) (168 KB)
Kamryn Reese Hansen, born November 27, 2004, daughter of Bruce and Kelly Hansen.
- Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, NY (20 KB)
Levi and Jane Workman Davis are buried in Fort Hill Cemetery.
- William C. Benz Family Home, Oswego, NY (33 KB)
This house (left) at 108 East 8th Street, Oswego, was the home of William C. and Lena P. Benz.
- Mann Street, Auburn, NY (29 KB)
The 3 houses (from left, #14, 16 and 18) belonged to Susan Moore Workman's parents. Fred and Susan Workman lived in #18; John and Matilda Moore lived in #16 at the turn of the 20th century.
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- Why the Workmans Came to America (1 KB)
Dorothy Reed Shurtleff's story about what her grandfather, Fred Workman, told her about why the Workmans traveled to America. Told in February, 2000.
- Obituary of Russell G. Helm (2 KB)
Obituary of Russell Gorham Helm of Wurtsboro, NY from the Middletown newspaper, April 1909.
- Obituary of Vina Muskell Workman (1 KB)
Obituary of Vina Muskell Workman from the Oswego Palladium-Times, December 1970.
- 50th Anniversary of William and Lena Benz (2 KB)
This story is from the Oswego Palladium-Times and was printed in April, 1951.
- Obituary of Matilda Denniston Parsells (1 KB)
From the Middletown newspaper, Feb. 6, 1910.
- Obituary of Robert Walter Workman (1 KB)
Excerpts from the obituary of Robert W. Workman published in the Niagara Falls Gazette in June, 1955.
- Biography of Walter H. Workman (3 KB)
Excerpt from "The North Country, a History", by
Harry F. Landon, Historical Publishing Company,
Indianapolis, IN. 1932
- "Thanksgiving" by F.W. Workman (1 KB)
This little poem came to us this fall from descendants of John M. Workman's family now living in Bristol, England.
- Elizabeth Consalus: Captured by Indians! (2 KB)
This is the story of Elizabeth Consalus (1728-1775) who was captured by Indians when she was a child, from "History of Sullivan County" by James Eldridge Quinlan.
- "Christmas" by Fred W. Workman (1 KB)
This poem was written by Fred W. Workman of Auburn, NY about 1939.
- Obituary of John Russell Parsells (1 KB)
John Russell was the son of John and Elizabeth (Helm) Parsells. He died in Hugenot, Sullivan County, NY on Dec. 13, 1911.
- The Mystery of Blanche Workman (2 KB)
Letters from Blanche, 90, from Bristol, England to an American cousin in the 1970s hold intriging clues to her place on the family tree.
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