Around the year 1900,two of our ancestors,one in Connecticut and the other in New Jersey,made the decision to move their families to the wonderful little whaling town of Sag Harbor on the eastern end of Long Island.They didn't know at the time that this move would culminate in a long distance courtship of George Alexander Kimmerly of Jersey City, N.J. and Gertrude Dunn of Sag Harbor.
Cornelius Dunn,who was a silver plater in Meriden,Conn.was offered a $5.00 a week raise to move to Sag Harbor and work in the Rogers Silver Co. there.He agreed, packed up his wife Della Watrous Dunn and their seven children and off they went.
At about the same time,George Fick decided to retire from the Fire Department in Jersey City,N.J. and headed to Sag Harbor with his wife,Mary and two of his children,Lydie and Frank.A second son George Henry stayed in N.J. Also,his daughter Elizabeth, who was already married,remained in Jersey City with her husband Francis Kimmerly and son George.Over the years, George visited his grandfather Fick in Sag Harbor often,particularly during the summer.He travelled on the Long Island Railroad from Jersey City.It was during one of these visits that he met Gertrude Dunn and eventually, they married there on 23 Dec 1917 at St.Andrew's Church.They returned to Jersey City and lived with George's parents for a short time.Within about two years,they moved to Hawthorne with their first son George and settled down on Brookside Ave.
It's interesting how fate enters our lives.You marvel sometimes at what a difference a decision can make in the scheme of things.
 
 

FIRST GENERATION

1.  Gertrude Dunn was born on 1 Sept.1896 in Meriden, Ct..  She died on 20 Feb 1979 in Quackertown,Pa. She and her husband, George Kimmerly, had four children:George Edward,b.15 Jan.1919 in Jersey City,N.J., Robert Cornelius,b.3 Apr.1923 in Hawthorne,N.J.,Gertrude Elizabeth,b.7 Aug. 1925 and Bertha Marie,b.28 Feb.1929,both born in Hawthorne.

SECOND GENERATION

2.  Cornelius Dunn was born on 10 Aug 1872 in Westfield, Ct..  He died on 21 Oct 1947 in Meriden, Ct..  He was married to Della Watrous.
3.  Della Watrous was born on 25 Dec 1871 in Meriden, Ct..  She died on 30 Jan 1935 in Waterbury, Ct.  Della was adopted by a Mrs Gibbs,after her mother,Julia Moulton Watrous died in October,1875. Julia had been left a widow with six children, following her husband Edgar's death in Feb. of the very same year,1875. Cornelius Dunn and Della Watrous had the following children:

  i. Edward Paul  was born on 27 Jun 1894 in Meriden, Ct..  He died in 1966 in Hollywood,Fl..
  ii. Ethel Mae was born on 25 May 1895 in Meriden, Ct..  She died on 24 Nov 1970 in Hollywood,Fl..
  iii Gertrude  b.1 Sept.1896,d. 1979
  iv. Elizabeth  was born on 14 Nov 1898 in Meriden, Ct..  She died in May 1977.
  v. Helen Margaret was born on 6 Sept.1900 in Meriden, Ct..  She died on 16 Sep 1970 in Hollywood,Fl..
  vi. Joseph Robert was born on 20 Dec 1902 in Meriden, Ct..  He died on 5 May 1972.
  vii. Charles Francis  was born on 6 Jun 1904 in Meriden, Ct..
 

THIRD GENERATION

4.  Charles Dunn was born on 23 Dec 1830 in County Cork, Ireland.  He died on 2 Jul 1901 in Westfield, Ct. and is buried in St.John's Cemetery in Middletown,Ct.He died of heart failure while working on his farm on a very hot day,2 July 1901.
5.  Hannah Reagan was born on 1 Apr 1842 in County Cork, Ireland.She married Charles Dunn in 1859/60. Hannah could neither read nor write,but all of her grandchildren were graduated from Pierson High School in Sag Harbor,N.Y. Charles Dunn and Hannah Reagan had the following children:
 2 i. Mary J., b.13 July abt.1861
    ii. John M., b.ca.1863
    iii.  Margaret, b.1866
    iv. Charles S., b.1868
     v. Catherine Ann, b. 19 May 1869/70  She married Thomas Flynn in1894 and lived to be 98 years of age.They had no children.
6.  Edgar Watrous died in Feb. 1875 in Conn..  He was born in Conn. and served in the New Hampshire Regiment during the Civil War.He died from complications from wounds that he suffered in the war.
7.  Julia Moulton died  in Oct. 1875 after the death of her husband in Feb.of the same year in Conn.  She was born in New Hampshire,where the town Moultonboro is named for the Moulton family..  Edgar Watrous and Julia Moulton had the following children, all born in New Hampshire.
 3 i. Della Watrous
    ii. Charles Watrous of California and four other children.All were placed in an orphanage after their mother's death,except Della.