Grandma & Paul ~~ Late 1910s ~~ Washington D.C.

 

Grandma & Her Mother Sibyl ~~ 1911

 

Grandpa ~~ @ 1918

An Easter Wish ~~ 1911

This Easter postcard was sent by my great-grandmother Sibyl to Lizzie Mann (her sister-in-law & my great-grandfather's sister) in Danville, Virginia.  Lizzie's name was Elizabeth Virginia but everyone called her Lizzie or in my grandmother's case she was "Aunt Lizzie". Aunt Lizzie and Aunt Rosie were mainstays in my grandmother's early life after the untimely death of her parents.

Grandma & Uncle Paul ~ 1918/1919 "ish"

Grandma ~~ 1914

A Joyful Christmas - 1911

My great-grandmother Sibyl used to correspond with her sister-in-law Rosie in Danville via letters and postcards.  When my grandmother was a year old in 1911, Sibyl sent this postcard to Rosie but wrote it as though it were from my grandmother to her cousin Coy (also a year old).  It's postmarked from Washington D.C. on December 23, 1911 at 10:00 AM.  She writes on the back:

"Dear Coy,

Your card came today.  I went downtown with my mama today.  Santa said he was going to send you something from Washington.  My daddy has got a bad cold.  Love to Aunt Lizzie and Grandma and you.

Love,

Virginia"

Among many other items, this postcard was saved by Rosie and given to my grandmother as a keepsake of her mother.

   

Grandma (on the right) and her cousin Coy - 1912 "ish"

My great-grandmother's wedding day photo - October 30, 1907

This is my great-grandmother Sibyl on her wedding day with her first husband, George Robert Lake.  She was 18 years old.  He was in his early 20s and sadly passed away a little over a year after the marriage from a lung ailment.  They had no children.  She married my great-grandfather 2 years later.

Grandma - 1916

Grandpa - 1911