Married 28 January 1904. Durand, Illinois. My great Aunt May B. Rowley (b.1883-d.1972) and her husband Ralph Alson Potter (b. 1882-d.1971). My grandmother Charlotte’s sister.
I visited Uncle Ralph and Aunt May’s home in Durand when I was a kid. I remember I didn’t understand the words on a plaque over his garage- Dun Workin’ .
They had one son Melburn Clark Potter. b.1906-d. 1940
Love the “dun workin” and what a keepsake photo
As I looked at this Ruth – I at first thought it was simpler times – but then wondered if they had wedding stress like any other time period – hmmm
I’m hoping my eldest cousin on this side of the family can tell me more. I’m sure life wasn’t easy.
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When you look closely at her face, she looks like she’s about 12. Is she also very short?
A wonderful family photo. She is standing and he is sitting! …. oh, maybe to show her dress, which is beautiful!
Beautiful photo
So lovely!
What a wonderful photo kindling childhood memories!
I love the sepia tone. They look happy despite the facet that they’re not smiling. No one smiled in those days. I wonder why?
Life was seriously hard
Lovely wedding dress. I don’t think it was the thing to smile for photos in those days. How tragic that their only son died so young.
Very sad. No one smiled I think they had to hold the pose a long time.
Maybe that was the problem. They were so tensed up waiting for the camera to click that they daren’t even breathe.
It looks like they had long lives – but heartbreaking that their child died before they did.
I know. Very sad.