Sunday, May 11, 2014

The mothers in my life

In honor of the mothers in my life on Mother's Day.

My mother, Geraldine Martin (1928-2013)

Geraldine c 1932

Geraldine c1960

Gerry 2012

My maternal grandmother, Clara Maxine Fitzgerald (1903-1987)

Clara Fitzgerald 1904

Clara Fitzgerald

Clara’s mother, Mabel Viola McAboy (1883-1966)

Mabel McAboy

Four generations – Clara Fitzgerald, Geraldine Martin, Mabel McAboy, Carolyn Levy, Deborah Levy

My beautiful picture

Mabel’s mother – Rebecca Moriah Waller (1845-1928)  Photo courtesy of Kris Nagamine


Rebecca Moriah Waller 1920

My maternal grandmother – Mildred Loraine Gunzendorfer (1896-1982)

Loraine 1897

Loraine Xmas 1912

Loraine 1969

Loraine’s Mother – Bertha Schwartz (1872-1950)

Bertha Schwartz1 c1876

Bertha Schwartz 3

BerthaSchwartz2 cropped

Bertha’s mother – Rebecca Steen (1848-1918)

Rebecca Steen cropped

Four generations – Rebecca Steen, Bertha Schwartz, Hannah Plotzky, Loraine Gunzendorfer

4 Generations cropped

That’s a lot of mothers!


2 comments:

  1. Wonderful photos to have! You have some cuties in your tree.

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  2. What beautiful photos. And to have pictures of the mothers at different stages of life is fortunate. Your collection makes me realize I have very few formal portraits of the mothers in my life.

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