This is Elizabeth Walpole (ne Holly) and Alanson (Lance) Holly, the oldest two siblings of my husband's mothers mother. They were born less then a year and half apart, September 1906 and February 1908. Their mother, Mabel Holly (ne Barbour) had never taken care of kids when she became a mother and was a bit at a loss of how to juggle the two of them. Elizabeth was a quiet and sensitive kid who preferred to sit and play imaginative games and Lance was active and rambunctious. When their different play styles started causing problems, she would put Elizabeth on a big arm chair, sit in front of her and then let Lance climb all over her trying to get to his big sister.
Elizabeth had 5 children and was by all accounts a gentle loving mother. She also helped to raise her youngest two siblings.
Lance had three children. Sadly he lost contact with his son, name unknown but probably either Lance Jr or Angel, when he got divorced to his first wife, Catherine, and moved to California. We assume she got remarried and her husband raised the baby as his own.
Siblings
Laundry day!
This is Mary Higgins (Holly), my husband's great aunt. She was born in 1911 in Lafayette, Indiana. She was married to Carol Higgins and they had no children. She died in the early 90's but I don't have the date.
I was doing this this morning, although I didn't have to stand on a step stool to reach the laundry line. I love she is concentrating so hard on the task.
Photo Friday!
I used to do a vintage photo friday on my personal blog, but I got out of the habit. I miss doing it though, and this seems like a good place to resurrect it.
This is Elizabeth Arnold Barbour (alternate spellings I've seen for her, Barber, Barbor). She was born October 28, 1817 and died October 23, 1888 or 1870. She is the mother of my husband's mother's mother's father. She had six children, three sets of twins, and was widowed shortly after the birth of the last set. To try and make ends meet, she started a day care/school out of her home. I will post the story later of what happened when she wasn't able to make ends meet.
All 6 of her children went on to have families of their own, and two of her sons served in the civil war.