Showing posts with label Esther Matthews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Esther Matthews. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Annie Rebecca Seward Kennington and home

We may have seen this before, but let's take another look. It's from Maude's album. Annie Rebecca was her grandmother and Esther her first cousin. I was under the impression they (Maude and Esther) were around the same age. So this photo may have been taken by someone older. Anyone know?

Did Annie Rebecca stop teaching school when Esther came to live with them?

Sunday, May 9, 2010

From Maude's photo album

Here's a look at the little home of Annie Rebecca which is on the west end of the block in the Jenks' photo. Forrest photographed this from Maude Ranzenberg's album. She had everything labeled.

A story about the old house from Forrest: Apparently there was an addition between the kitchen and another room. Over time the house settled and there was a gap in the floors. One of the family members lost a silver dollar down the gap and was unable to recover it. So they told the rest of the family and when the little home was demolished a generation later, the dollar was recovered and returned to it's original owner.

Bert was Annie's youngest son. He was a tall man - especially compared with his petite mother. Esther's mother, Annie's daughter, had passed away and Esther was raised by Annie. By the way, Esther was also a school teacher, as was Maude. They followed in their grandmother's footsteps.