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 |