March 2 - Post a photo of one of your female ancestors. Who is in the photo? When was it taken? Why did you select this photo?
This picture was taken in 1930 according to a note on the back of the photograph. Betty was age 11 and Emily age 31. Emily is younger in this picture than my two daughters are now. I look at my daughters and say "Wow, what beautiful and wonderful women they are." And then I think - "No wonder, they are descended from these two women, and from my wife and her family too."
I selected the photograph because it shows the beauty, innocence and hope of my mother and grandmother at this point in their life. At this time, their life was pretty good - they had a home of their own, Betty's father was working as an accountant, three of Betty's four grandparents were living on the same block in San Diego, and they had a fine set of friends and relatives. They did not know what life held for them - about the Great Depression, World War II, marriage, births, deaths, education, occupations, interests, social events, etc.