3/12/99

James Andrew Bendure in 1910

"My father was the only child of James Bendure and Hattie Free Bendure. Hattie was the daughter of Mr. Free of the Free-White Sewing Machine Co. which later became the White Sewing Machine Co. James was an engineer but I don't know exactly what he did. He lived in Buffalo, NY and did a lot in conjunction with nearby Niagara Falls. He traveled a lot in his work and sometimes, when Mother and I were visiting them in Buffalo, he would come home late at night and wake us all up to eat ice cream he had stopped to get at his club. That is probably why I had some weird dreams there! - like watching strange creatures climbing the stairs that openly curved from the front hall to the second floor hall that opened to all the bedrooms.

When we visited Grandpa & Grandma's, Grandpa would pay me (I think $ .25 a day) to water the lawn and any flowers they had." - Myrtelle, 1999