Front row: Paul Van Sickle, Mary Hendricks on Roy Hendricks, Marian Van Sickle Hendricks, Elizabeth Van Sickle, Kathryn Van Sickle, Rhea Van Sickle holding Martha Van Sickle
Back row: John R. Van Sickle, John B. Van Sickle standing in front of Robert Van Sickle and Judd Van Sickle
My grandmother Charlotte must have taken the photo.
From my Grandmother’s Album.
Not sure about the significance of this photo. No recognizable relatives. Location is Durand , Illinois. At least this one is dated. My mother would have been five years old that year.
My mother Marian standing on wall on the the left and her brother Robert seated below her. Not sure who the other women are.
I tried to see if one was their mother, my grandmother. They must have taken their brother John to Boy Scout Camp.
I might discover I’ve posted this pic previously.
She’s on the left in her ruffled dress, her brother Robert next to her, then their mother Charlotte in the cloche hat, her brother John and their father Judd. I’m guessing on the date .
My mother is standing in the white dress, back left. Her brother John on the right. Notice the cat pillows.
She’s holding a cat pillow that’s similar to one I sewed together as a pillow. I never noticed it in the photo album before. In fact, I think a reproduction cat pillow might be at my sisters home. Or it was.
That’s the only real detail I know, as told to me by my Aunt Rhea.
Grandmother Charlotte Van Sickle had what was called then a “nervous breakdown” as far as I could decipher. The woman in the floral dress came to help . Aunt Rhea said she was her nurse.
Not sure of her nursing credential .
About 1918 Durand Illinois. Not my aunts or grandmother. Four Unidentified friends from my grandmother’s album.
Durand Illinois
Durand Illinois about 1916. The only people I can identify are my maternal grandparents. These two photos are next to one another in my Grandmother’s Album.