The below pictures were taken in approx. 1908.
Pictured are Will E. and Kate Allan Keene and their children.
According to Pat Neild this home was located at the north end of Taylors Island, further north of where Mulberry Grove is located. The house and property washed into the bay years ago. At the time of the pictures, there were several families living on James Island, and James Island was only a stone’s throw from Taylors Island.
There was previously a road connecting the two islands. Pat's grandfather, T. T. Spicer, Jr., moved to the property in approx. 1930.
In approx 1933-4, when he was about 3 or 4 years old, Pat visited there with his parents and recalled his very first oystering experience:
"I was watching them tong oysters through a hole in the ice when I fell in the hole. My father pulled me out of the hole and said 'go to the house, boy, and see your mother!' "
Pictured are Will E. and Kate Allan Keene and their children.
According to Pat Neild this home was located at the north end of Taylors Island, further north of where Mulberry Grove is located. The house and property washed into the bay years ago. At the time of the pictures, there were several families living on James Island, and James Island was only a stone’s throw from Taylors Island.
There was previously a road connecting the two islands. Pat's grandfather, T. T. Spicer, Jr., moved to the property in approx. 1930.
In approx 1933-4, when he was about 3 or 4 years old, Pat visited there with his parents and recalled his very first oystering experience:
"I was watching them tong oysters through a hole in the ice when I fell in the hole. My father pulled me out of the hole and said 'go to the house, boy, and see your mother!' "
The water you see in the background of the above photo is Oyster Cove. The opposite direction was the Chesapeake Bay. The back of the house faced James Island.
