Mother's Day

Enjoy this short collection of photos of mother's in my family tree with their children.

Happy Mother's Day!

My great-great-great-grandmother Artinecia Riddle Merriman with 10 of her 16 children, circa 1890, Medford, Oregon.
Left to right: Auletta Merriman Harvey, Lucinda Merriman Prather, Will Merriman, George Merriman (my great-great
grandfather, Effie Merriman Hill, Artinecia Riddle Merriman, Isabel Merriman Fronk, Isaac Merriman, Josephine
Merriman Beek, Marie Merriman Bennett, Laura Merriman Bradley

My great-great-grandmother Julia Thurston Bixby with her son Neil,
my great-grandfather, circa 1917, Salem, Oregon

My great-great-grandmother Mary Murray Merriman with three of her daughters:
l to r: Blanche, Mollie and Vera (my great-grandmother). Circa 1918, Medford, Oregon

My great-grandmother Louetha Jones Brown and my grandmother Bettye, circa 1926, Helena, Arkansas

My great-grandmother Louetha Jones Brown and my grandmother Bettye, circa 1938, Indianapolis, Indiana

My great-grandmother Louise Custer Wadleigh and my
grandfather Paul, c. 1940, Indianapolis, Indiana

My great-great-grandmother Christina Kling Hoffman and her four children:
l to r: Ernest, Bertha (my great-grandmother), Dora and Howard, circa 1940,
Mankato, Minnesota
 

My great-grandmother Bertha Hoffman Bixby and my grandmother
Patricia, circa 1940, Mankato, Minnesota

My grandmother Bettye Brown Wadleigh and her children, l to r: Mark, Randy, Karen, 1952, Indianapolis, Indiana

My grandmother Patricia Bixby Plymale and my uncle George,
1953, Seattle, Washington

My grandmother Patricia Bixby Plymale and her four children: Catherine, Deane, Barbara, George
circa 1963, Port Angeles, Washington



My grandmother Bettye Brown Wadleigh (Staley) and my Dad, 1964

My grandmother Bettye Brown Wadleigh, her eldest child, Karen, and eldest grandchild, Lisa 1969

My grandmother Patricia Bixby Plymale and my mother Barbara, 1967

My mom and I, circa 1985, Federal Way, Washington

My mom and my sister Carmen, 1995, Kent, Washington



My mom and three of her kids, 2012,
Boston, Massachusetts