Saturday, November 26, 2011

Early Photographs of George Kennington Children

Version 1 Caption:
Back Row: Cousins, older girls unknown, maybe Nora Low and ? holding baby ?, Cliss and Berniece (or visa versa)

Front Row: Garth, Gwen or a cousin, Gordon or Gwen? or some cousin mixed in with the group.
About 1918 - 20?


Version 2
Back row: cousin 1, baby - Perhaps Gordon?, cousin 2, Cliss & Berniece (about school age)
Front row: Garth (about 4), cousin 3, maybe Nora Low?, Gwen (abt 2)

About end of summer, 1919?

Options for older cousins might include: Wanda Low (1902), Nora Low (1905), Irene Kennington (1903), Annie W. Kennington (1903), Annie Oda Jensen (1907), Melba Jean Kennington (1910), Ada Berlin Kennington (1912) and probably others for whom I don't have records.

I think Annie Oda looks like Cousin #2 and Nora could be #1. The little girl by Garth looks like Martha Jensen (1915). Baby is still a mystery.
Version 3
(The most accurate)
Back row: Nora Low, baby likely Gordon Kennington, Annie Oda Jensen, Clarissa and Berniece Kennington (or reverse order).
Front row: Garth Kennington, Martha Jensen, Gwen Kennington.

Location is almost identical and summer cotton clothes match with women's picture in the post,"A fine Spring Day" Sept. 2010. So the cousins likely belong to those aunts: Molly Lowe and Ida Jensen. Anyone have suggestions? It seems more like late July after the first crop has been cut and you can get out into the fields. They weren't big on lawn mowers back then were they? A picnic for the 24th? Apparently there is a photo from this series of the men too.


You can almost imagine the call for the kids' picture first, then get all the women for a shot. My mother Dorothy, remembers Dad(Forrest) mentioning that Esther Matthews had the camera, but George's family didn't, so these photos came through Esther's efforts.


Source: Found this series of photos in the "Family History" box at Mom and Dad's. Esther Matthews Crook, niece to George, apparently took these pictures.
You may all ready be familiar with the images. They're done on heavy paper and are slightly blurry. They show George's first 6 children. Please let me know if I mis-label anyone. I'm guessing on this first photo. Your input would be welcomed!


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