Enjoy this short collection of photos of mother's in my family tree with their children.
Happy Mother's Day!
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| 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
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| My great-great-grandmother Julia Thurston Bixby with her son Neil, my great-grandfather, circa 1917, Salem, Oregon
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| 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
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| My great-grandmother Louetha Jones Brown and my grandmother Bettye, circa 1926, Helena, Arkansas | 
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| My great-grandmother Louetha Jones Brown and my grandmother Bettye, circa 1938, Indianapolis, Indiana |  |  |  |  | 
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| My great-grandmother Louise Custer Wadleigh and my grandfather Paul, c. 1940, Indianapolis, Indiana
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| 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
 
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| My great-grandmother Bertha Hoffman Bixby and my grandmother Patricia, circa 1940, Mankato, Minnesota
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| My grandmother Bettye Brown Wadleigh and her children, l to r: Mark, Randy, Karen, 1952, Indianapolis, Indiana | 
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| My grandmother Patricia Bixby Plymale and my uncle George, 1953, Seattle, Washington
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| My grandmother Patricia Bixby Plymale and her four children: Catherine, Deane, Barbara, George circa 1963, Port Angeles, Washington
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| My grandmother Bettye Brown Wadleigh (Staley) and my Dad, 1964 | 
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| My grandmother Bettye Brown Wadleigh, her eldest child, Karen, and eldest grandchild, Lisa 1969 | 
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| My grandmother Patricia Bixby Plymale and my mother Barbara, 1967 | 
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| My mom and I, circa 1985, Federal Way, Washington | 
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| My mom and my sister Carmen, 1995, Kent, Washington | 
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| My mom and three of her kids, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts
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