Finally, everyone is home from the war. Dan, Paulette and baby Arla arrived in late December, 1946. These are the pictures I have from the first Christmas Dinner when all the family is together. Arla is now a year and a half and has been joined by a little brother, Cedric. My twin brother Douglas and I are 6 weeks younger than Arla and have been joined by a baby brother also. His name is Gregory. Dave has married Eleanor Kintop. Other family members present include Aunt Helen (Peabody) Human, Aunt Anne (Peabody) Stanley and Aunt Dorothy Peabody.

Clockwise from center bottom: Baby Cedric, Paulette (Senechal) Guion, Aunt Helen (Peabody) Human, Elizabeth (Biss) (Guion) Zabel, Aunt Dorothy Peabody,Dave Guion, Eleanor (Kintop) Guion,) Raymond (Butch) Zabel, Jr., Marty Zabel, Cedric Duryee Guion.

Clockwise from left: Daniel Beck Guion, Cedric Duryee Guion, Raymond (Zeke) Zabel, Aunt Anne (Peabody) Stanley, empty chair…

Daniel Beck Guion, 2nd son of Alfred Duryee and Arla Mary (Peabody) Guion, was born in Mount Vernon, New York on October 27, 1915. The following is the story of his life  in pictures.

Arla Mary (Peabody) Guion with Dan, 1916

Alfred Duryee Guion holding Dan, Arla (Peabody) Guion with Lad

Lad and Dan in Larchmont Gardens, New York

Arla Mary (Peabody) Guion and children – Dan, Lad, Ced, Dick, and Biss at the Trumbull house, 1922

Dan (upper left) with siblings in Trumbull

Dan (far left) with siblings on porch in Trumbull

Dan Guion, 1934

Dan, self-portrait

Daniel Beck Guion 1938

Dan in Venezuela, 1939

Dan, 1940

Dan in Alaska, winter of 1940-41

Dan, in France, 1945

Dan and Paulette’s wedding, Calais, France, 1945

Dan in France, 1944-1946

Dan and Paulette Guion, 1980