Tag: Durand Illinois

Four Generations

On my mother’s side.

I realized I posted this photograph five years ago. But they were still looking at me in my living room today

My mother’s Aunt May Rowley Potter (1883-1973) on the right with her son
Melburn Clark Potter (1906-1940), my mother’s grandmother Mary Smith Rowley (1857-1917) in the middle and my mother’s Great Grandmother Charlotte Ann Clark Smith (1834-1926)
Light pencil on the back identifies the ancestors
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My Great Aunt Cecile 1897-1957

My Maternal Grandmother’s younger sister

Cecile Rowley Caven

Photographed by Erickson in Menomonie Wisconsin
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Judd Dewitt Van Sickle

My maternal grandfather Judd Dewitt Van Sickle Durand, Illinois

Born Sept 4,1887 Died-August 20, 1975

Born September 4, 1887
Feb 7 1912.
Children John Robert and my mother Marian
Judd Dewitt Van Sickle
Judd on the left with hat. My mother (almost 3) in her grandfather’s arms
My mothers handwriting on back of photo
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Winter 1918 Durand Illinois

My mother Marian (b 1912) on the left
Uncle Robert (b 1914) in front
Uncle John (b 1910) on the right

I may have posted this photo of my mother and her brothers previously but I love my mom’s and brothers’ hats so I’m reposting on Throwback Thursday today.

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Throwback Thursday c.1922

My mother Marian in the knickers
Her brother Robert in cap to her right with their mother Charlotte behind him and brother John between in the back row and their father Judd to her left, just behind her and my Great Grandfather second from left

Uncle Edgar and Aunt Edna on the far right
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Spring 1918

From my Grandmother’s album. Durand Illinois. My mother Marian with her brothers Robert (4) and John (8). Her 6th birthday would be in the coming September.

Robert Marian and John
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My Mother at Four-1916

Uncle Robert on left, Uncle John in center, My Mother Marian on right and not sure who is in front –
1916 Durand Illinois
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Ancestors’ Picnic Throwback Thursday

Picnic Durand Illinois
My maternal grandmother Charlotte on the far right My mother Marian w glasses third from right My Great Aunt Edna head turned looking at the camera My mothers brother Robert in the straw hat with dark band. And I think that is my mother’s brother John in the striped tie on the left.
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Aunt Edna and a Horse

One of grandmother’s sisters
Edna Rowley Morey 1892-1990
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My Mother c.1916 Durand Illinois

My mother was born in 1912. I’m guessing she’s about four years old in this photo.

From my grandmother’s album.

My mother, Marian VanSickle on the left.
Other children unidentified
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