On my mother’s side.
Four Generations
My Great Grandmother Mary S. Smith Rowley
My Great Great Grandmother Charlotte Ann Clark Smith
My Great Aunt May Baker Rowley Potter b.1883-d.1972
her son Melburn Clark Potter
b.1906-d. 1940
My Great Great Grandmother Charlotte Ann Clark Smith
Born in Ohio 31 May 1834 Died Durand Illinois 22 January 1916 Aged 81
Buried in Durand Winnebago County Illinois Laona Cemetery
My Great Grandmother
Mary S Smith Married Eugene Baker Rowley in 1880
Born in Durand, Winnebago, Illinois, Died 1917
Daughter of Clark Smith & Charlotte Ann Clark
Mother of Clair S Rowley, May Baker Potter 1883-1972 Charlotte Rowley Van Sickle 1888-1980, Edna Rowley Morey 1892-1990,, Cecile Rowley Caven 1897-1957
Classic image. I always wondered if folks often looked stern because the photographer asked them to hold still for long exposure. Often infants and little children are blurred as they did not cooperate. Also — Mary passed in 1917 at age 60, perhaps from the flu?
Great family portrait of outstanding quality. I am amazed how photographers of several generations ago could produce such marvellous photos, Ruth.
That is a special picture of some very special people in your life!
What a treasure to have a photo of these ladies… don’t you just wonder what their lives were like?
A treasure. Any idea on when this photo was taken?
1908. Thanks Stef