From My Grandmother’s Album – the 1920s

The women in the middle changes in these two pics

From what I can tell that’s my great grandfather on the left. No marks or notes on these two pics .

From My Grandmother’s Album

No identifying marks on the back of this photograph. What is the story of these two women who lived more than a hundred years ago? I don’t think they are my ancestors. But I don’t know. Illinois   Early 1900’s.

September 4, 1887

My Maternal Grandfather was born on September 4,1887.

Judd Dewitt Van Sickle.  Durand, Illinois

John Christopher Van Sickle 18511927and Lucy Maria Judd Van Sickle 18501915 were his parents. He was the one of their seven children, to reach full adulthood, passing in 1975.

The inscription on the back of his baby photo is in my mother’s hand.

 

108 years ago today

Born in Durand, Illinois on September 3rd, 1912. It’s the anniversary of my mother’s birth. One hundred eight years ago. Next week marks  twenty years since she passed. The early years, from my grandmother’s album.

Marian Van Sickle Hendricks

My Mother in a Field With Flowers

From my grandmother’s album My mother is on the right   not sure who the woman is on left but my guess is it’s Mabel, their next door neighbor, who grew gladiolas 

Durand, Ilinois

 

Kids in Wagon 1919 Throwback Thursday

Marian, Robert and John Durand, Illinois 1919

From my grandmother’s album. My mother Marian and her brothers, Robert and John, in a wagon. Durand Illinois.