Buster
Major (above, hands on hips) poses with his sister Irene and an unidentified
friend in front of the Solvay house at 316 Sixth Street in a photo taken
about 1920. This is where John W. Major and Rose McLaughlin Major settled
after they were married and left Skaneateles. John Major built the house
and periodically made changes, such as expanding the second floor. The
original structure is shown (above, left) in a 1900 photo. Out front
are Rose Major holding infant son Billy. In front of her are daughters
Maggie and Lola and her ill-fated firstborn, Emmett. More changes have
been made since the Major family sold the house many years ago. At the
left is a photo taken October 2006.
