Photos of Homer's time spent with relatives at home and in Ohio.

 
Homer's mother Emma Kirtland-Hine
at the
707 23rd North home in Seattle.
  The photo is dated 1911.  Homer and
Rose's daughter Ruth was born in
late December of that year.  This and
 the snow in the photo suggest that
 Emma may have came to Seattle to help out with the new baby in  the house. 
Daughter Ruth at the child's play house (known in the family as the
 "Wee Mansion") on the lawn of Homer's childhood home in Poland, OH.
  While I'm not positive, I suspect that Emma Kirtland-Hine is in the doorway.
 The photo is dated 1913.  It appears to me that this and the next photo
were likely taken the same year but they are dated a year apart.

 

 

   
Homer holds daughter Ruth in Poland, OH. in this photo dated 1914.  An
inscription on the back identifies the others in the photo as (standing L to R):
 Emma Kirtland-Hine (mother), Rose (wife), Charles Hine (brother) & wife
 Helen, Marguerite Hine (niece), Nell Hine (sister), and Alfred Hine (brother).
Homer's brother Kirt (Samuel Kirtland
Hine) visiting in the Seattle area in the mid to late 1920's
 
   

Homer with brothers Kirt and Charles somewhere in Washington.  The
Ohio license plate dates the photo to 1932.  Apparently at least 2 of Homer's
siblings drove to Seattle that year for a visit.
 

A Nov. 4, 1933 Seattle newspaper article indicating that the Hine family had
traveled east to Chicago and Wyoming
that summer.   (Click for more.)

 

 
In the summer of 1933 Homer and all his siblings (along with their family members) held a family reunion at their childhood home in Poland, Ohio which at the time was occupied by Homer's sister Ellen Louise Hine ("Nell").  Homer and his family likely drove from Seattle and the above newspaper article suggests that they stopped at the Chicago Worlds Fair and a dude ranch in Wyoming along the way.   The reunion was well document with photos taken on the lawn of the home, some of which appear below.  At the time Homer's brother Charles lived in Cleveland, OH, brother Samuel ("Kirt") lived near Youngtown, OH, and brother Alfred ("Alf") lived in nearby Pittsburgh, PA.
 

The 4 Hine brothers.  L-R:  Charles, Homer, Alfred (Alf), and
 Samuel (Kirt).  (1933 Photo)

The 5 Hine siblings:  L-R:  Charles, Homer, Alfred (Alf),
Ellen (Nell), and Samuel (Kirt).  (1933 Photo)

   
   
L-R:  Homer's brother Kirt, Rose, Alma (Kirt's wife)
 and Homer.  (1933 Photo)
 

 

Homer and Rose are standing at left.  Daughter Ruth is standing 4th from left and son Kirt is seated partially hidden in back wearing the sports jacket.  The others are some of Homer's brothers, his sister, and various nieces and a
nephew. I can't identify the fellow standing at right.
(1933 Photo)
   
Son Kirt (left) and daughter Ruth (2nd from right) with
 some of their Hine cousins.  (1933 Photo)
Homer and Alma (brother Kirt's wife).  (1933 Photo)
 
 

 
Homer's sister Ellen Louise "Nell" Hine with his granddaughters Ellen and Ann Darling in 1943.
The photo was likely taken in Leavenworth, WA.