John Agustus McClear (1859-1954), below and in the white coat, ran a general store at 482 West Side Avenue in Jersey City until he was well into his 90s.  Some of Rich's earliest memories are going to that store.  Great grandpa would throw orange peel on the fire in the pot bellied stove and start telling stories.

 The store and a period street scene from Jersey City.

The truck above is Great Grandpa's from the 1920s

Ege Avenue in Jersey City in the 1950s, the family gathers to go to a Cahill's Bar summer party.  Left to right.

Frank Spadaccini, Richard Brew (Rich's grandfather) John McClear, Willard McClear (Rich's grandfather), Vance McClear (Rich's dad), Willard (Uncle Billy) McClear, Lester McClear.

John McClear (born 1822) and Sarah Tyler McClear (1823-1913)

Rich's Great-great grandparents.