The Brodribs were born in England and arrived in America in 1887. After owning the farm in West Granville the family moved to Hartford, CT where John was a machinist and then a florist in the family business.

After moving to Hartford the Brodribs maintained contact with their West Granville neighbors, and are buried in the West Granville Cemetery. Their grave site is on the right, just after entering the cemetery.

Photo 1: The Brodrib family with their house in the background.

Photo 2: Description of the location of the Brodrib place.

Photo 3: Detail map of West Granville showing location of the Brodrib place on West Hartland Road.

Photo 4: The Brodrib Family. John, Alice, Charlie and Grace. This photo was probably by neighbor George Aldrich, and appears to have been taken in front of the Nelson house on West Hartland Road.

Photo 5: Alice Brodrib (left) and Ruth Nelson Aldrich (right), taken at the "old Brodrib place." The original photo was printed in reverse with the door on the left (wrong) side. The photo as shown here has been corrected.

Remainder of photos kindly provided by Linda Paczkowski and Pamela Attardo, descendants of John and Alice Brodrib. ]]>
Photos also provided for digitization by Pamela Attardo and Linda Paczkowski, June, 2021.]]> Digital Images: Granville Library Historical Room and NCCHP.]]>

Thanks to George and his descendants the Granville Library Historical Room has had the honor of safeguarding a large collection of his work, which records Granville life in the early 20th century. Many of the photos in the Granville History site are attributed to George Aldrich and at least as many are thought to have been taken by him.

There are few formal portrait photos of George. He was always behind the camera except on occasions where he joined friends or couldn't resist having his picture taken with some interesting natural anomoly such as "The Lady on the Cow."

Here are a few photos celebrating George Aldrich:

Photo 1: With a cow that has the profile of a woman on the cow's side, 28 Aug 1939.
Photo 2: With a fallen ash tree near West Hartland Road.
Photo 3: With his horse and woodpile at the Nelson farm on West Hartland Road.
Photo 4: With a spotted white dog.
Photo 4: With cows in front of the cow barn at the Nelson farm.]]>
Lady On A Cow: Lester Sattler, 1978.
Other Photos: Robert Hague, Darcy Clifford.]]>
Dam: MACRIS GRN.922 (refers to GRN.I)
Campground: MACRIS GRN.I
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Harold Nelson was a veteran who served in the Army during World War II.]]>
This house was likely constructed by Isaac and Ruth Chapman some time prior to 1778. He was born in 1747 in Old Saybrook, CT, and she was born in 1755 in Durham, CT. They were married in 1773. Their happiness would be short-lived. Isaac Chapman fought for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and was killed at Ticonderoga in 1778. His widow Ruth owned the property for another 16 years. 

Ruth and Isaac had one daughter, Content Chapman, who married Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley in 1786. Rev. Cooley's portrait hangs over the fireplace in the Mabel Root Henry Historical Museum at the Granville Library.

Ruth Chapman eventually remarried (Capt. Jacob Bates). One son, Isaac Chapman Bates, became a United States Senator.

Subsequent owners included Capt. Cyrus Webster and wife Rhoda Russell Webster; Ephraim Root, Col. Dennison Parsons; Dwight Wheeler; Henry and Martha Peebles; then to Major Nelson in 1872.

A diagram of the house is shown here along with the farm layout, the first diagram being the property with the house west of West Hartland Road, the next being the land east of the road.

This page includes May Aldrich Hague's remarkable account of life at this farm during her childhood. It is among the best accounts of what country life was like during this time (early 1900's). Transcribed by Rene Ellinger, 2021.

Newer (color) photos taken 1971, 1998, Spring 2000 (note 2000 census form on front door), Dec. 12, 2000 and 2001, site photos taken 29 Dec 2020.

Cars:
1. 1917 Ford Model T
2. 1972 Plymouth

Location: 
Lat.  42.073518
Long.-72.960958

Location Reference Point: See 2020 site photos. The two large maples that were in front of the house are still there (as of Jan 2021). There is a fire pit (see photo) near the road. This was originally used for smoking. The house stood about 100' to the north of the fire pit (to the right in the photo). The cellar hole was filled in when the house was demolished.]]>
2. Newer Photos: 1971, 1998, 2000, 2001, 29 Dec 2020]]> Rene Ellinger, transcription of May Hague's document, 2021]]> 2000, 2001 & 1998 photos: Paul Jensen, digital images used here with permission of the photographer. No permission is given by the Granville Historic Image Library for further use. Contact photographer for further information.
29 Dec 2020: Granville Library Historical Room (Rowley)]]>
CLICK HERE to go to a photo of the monument in memory of Milo B. Coe, d. 1854

CLICK HERE to go to a photo of Mr. and Mrs. Ransom

CLICK HERE to go to a school class photo that includes Lloyd Ransom.]]>
Former owners include George Atkins and Lester Sattler. Ernie Satler grew up here. The house may have been owned by Earl Sattler after Lester Sattler.
The third house on the left was owned by Harold Sattler. It is also gone.
This image was shared on the Granville Community Forum (FB) on 9 Jul 2018. The following additional information was contributed:
1. Lester Sattler was Ernie Sattler's father which would explain why Ernie had the glass negative digitized in 2012.
2. The house is believed to have been taken over by the MDC and torn down. Date not known, subject to further research.
3. Clara (Kolbe) Drummer (1881-1964), Earl Sattler's mother-in-law, disappeared on July 4, 1964 during a family outing at the family farm on Jeff Miller Road. Unknown whether she wandered off, was abducted, or what happened. Some theorized at the time that she may have been struck by a car and the driver disposed of the body elsewhere. Local lore was that she haunted the area where she disappeared. The assumption would be that she wanders the area trying to find her way back to the house.
4. Although the house bears a striking resemblance to the King/Clark/Olsen house (also now gone) that was at the northern intersection of Bruce and Old Westfield Roads,. They are two different houses.

Thanks to Hathleen Clifford Ivory for information on this house.
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Photo 1: George Aldrich standing next to fallen ash tree.
Photo 2: Ice storm.
Photo 3: Elm tree]]>