Scott and Fred Seaver in Uniform in 1970 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #917

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders from the Seaver family collection:

This photograph is of my youngest brother, Scott, with our Father Frederick Walton Seaver, in about 1970 at the Pioneer Presidio Pony League field in Balboa Park as part of the Morley Field complex (south of Upas Street, in San Diego). 

By 1970, there were four baseball fields at Morley Field -- two for Little League (ages 8-12), one for Pony League (ages 13 and 14) and one for Colt League (ages 15-16).  Our father coached and managed there from 1957 to 1971. We essentially "lived baseball" at Morley Field from April through June several nights a week and most of Saturday.  

This event is part of my family history!!

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Lyle Carringer in 1917 at U.S. Marines Boot Camp -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #916

This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders from the Carringer family collection:

This photograph is of my maternal grandfather Lyle Carringer (1891-1976) in May or June 1917 at the U.S. Marine Corps boot camp in Balboa Park in San Diego.  Lyle is the man standing on the left with his arms folded. I don't know who the other men are -- they are all part of a squad training to fight in World War I. He was in the Marine Reserves, and expected to be sent to Europe.  However, he served two years on active duty and stayed in San Diego working in the Post Exchange (PX) at the Marine Corps Camp in San Diego, probably because of his accountant and retail store experience.

I received this photo in 1988 from my mother, Betty (Carringer) Seaver.  The original photograph is black-and-white. I asked MyHeritage to colorize it.  

Then I asked MyHeritage's Scribe AI tool to describe the photograph:

A black-and-white photograph depicting a group of five young men in military uniforms gathered around the entrance of a canvas wall tent. Three men are prominently featured in the center and right, while two are partially cropped on the left and right edges. Another individual is partially visible sitting inside the tent on a cot or footlocker. The men exhibit relaxed, casual body language, with arms crossed or resting on their knees. The setting appears to be a sunlit military encampment with a wooden boardwalk or ramp leading into the tent.

Scribe AI then provided some historical background:

This photograph captures US Marines during the immediate mobilization phase following the United States' entry into World War I on April 6, 1917. The rapid influx of recruits necessitated temporary housing, resulting in sprawling tent cities at training bases. The relaxed posture of the men suggests a moment of downtime between drills. Research Tips: To verify the subjects, genealogists should search US Marine Corps muster rolls for May 1917, specifically looking for 'Lyle Carringer'. Local historical archives in San Diego (such as the San Diego History Center, which houses the Carringer family collection) would likely contain corroborating records or the original physical photograph.

Scribe AI provided Visual clues:

• Uniforms: The men are wearing early 20th-century US military field uniforms, consisting of button-up shirts, trousers, and canvas leggings (puttees) over leather boots.
• Headgear: They are wearing 'Montana Peak' campaign hats. Crucially, the hats on the right feature the distinctive Eagle, Globe, and Anchor (EGA) emblem, identifying them as United States Marines.
• Camp Equipment: A standard military canvas wall tent is pitched over a wooden platform. Inside, a wooden footlocker or crate and a metal-framed cot are visible.
• Environment: The harsh shadows indicate bright, direct sunlight, suggesting a warm climate or summer season. The ground appears dry and dusty.

I love Scribe AI!!!

This event is part of my family history!!

Now I'm woindering what became of my grandfather's uniforms, hat, medals (?), etc. 

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Grace Louise (Richmond) Shaw and Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver at Whalom Lake in About 1925 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #915

   This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders from the Seaver family collection:

This photograph is of Grace (Richmond) Shaw (on the left) and her sister, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (on the right) at Whalom Lake near Fitchburg, Massachusetts in the 1920s (I think). Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver is my paternal grandmother.

Check out the hats, the long dresses and the white shoes. Pretty classy for a summer outing at the lake. There is a child to the right of Bess who is mostly out of the picture. It may be my father Frederick Seaver (born in 1911), my uncle Edward Seaver (born in 1913) or my aunt Geraldine Seaver (born in 1917). My guess is that it is Geraldine and that the photograph is from about 1925.

The Frederick and Bessie (Richmond) Seaver family owned a cottage at Whalom Lake for several years in the 1920s. There was an amusement park there, also.

What do Grace and Bess have in their hands? Is it a bag of popcorn? Is that a boat on the lake between them?

I received this photo in 2008 from my cousin Laura, who is a great-granddaughter of Grace (Richmond) Shaw. She had some pictures of our Seaver family that I did not have (because Bessie sent them to Grace) and kindly shared them with me.

I colorized the photograph using the MyHeritage photo tools.

This event is part of my family history!!

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Lyle Carringer, U.S. Marine Reserves -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #914

  This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders from the Carringer family collection:

The photograph is of my maternal grandfather, Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976) in his U.S. Marine Reser4ves unifrom, probably taken in 1917 as he attended boot camp at Balboa Park in San Diego, or after when he served in the PX (Post eXchange) at the base. 

He is standing in front of the Carringer palm tree near the northeast corner of 30th Street and Hawthorn Street in San Diego, California. The palm tree can be seen in other Carringer family photographs from 1900 until about 1950. 

My guess is that his mother, Della (Smith) Carringer, took this photograph. The original photograph is black and white.  I requested Google Gemini 3 to enhance and colorize the black and white photograph as seen above.

This event is part of my family history!!

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Baby Randy and Grandpa Lyle in the Yard in 1944 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #913

  This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders from the Carringer family collection:

I asked MyHeritage, Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT5 to enhance, sharpen and colorize the photo -- here is the Google Gemini 3 rendition:

This photograph is of my maternal grandfather Lyle Carringer (1891-1976) with Randy Seaver (moi) on his lap in about 1944, probably on the Carringer property in San Diego.  There is a series of photographs of me with different family members, perhaps to be sent to my father after he enlisted in the U.S. Navy in August 1944.

My guess is that my mother, Betty (Carringer) Seaver, took this photograph.

This part of my family history!!

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Bessie, Ed and Fred Seaver at Columbia University in 1935 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #912

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders from the Seaver/Richmond family photograph collection passed to me by my cousin Laura in 2008 (colorized using AI Google Gemini 3 from a black-and-white photograph): 

This photograph shows Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962), Edward Richmond Seaver (1913-2004), and Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) on the happy occasion of Ed's graduation from Columbia University, probably in June 1935.  I don't know the exact setting for the photograph, but it is probably at Columbia University in New York City.

Alma Bessie and Frederick Seaver were my paternal grandparents, and Edward Seaver was my father's only brother that survived childhood.  Edward Seaver was the first college graduate in my Seaver line, I believe.  He also played guard on the Columbia college football and the team went to the 1934 Rose Bowl, defeating Stanford 7-0 on a rainy day.  

My thanks to cousin Laura for sending this picture, and many others, to me, and for permitting me to display them.

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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Ed, Janet and Peter Seaver Visit the Chamberlains in San Diego in 1944 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #911

  This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders: 

The people in this photograph are (left to right):

• Emily (Richmond) Taylor (1879-1966), my grandmother's sister, holding the baby
• Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-????), the baby held by Emily
• Dorothy (Taylor) Chamberlain (1904-1988), daughter of Emily, wife of Marshall
• Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), my father, kneeling in front
• Janet (Roukes) Seaver (1913-2002), wife of Edward Seaver, mother of Peter
• Marcia Chamberlain (1926-2016), daughter of Marshall and Dorothy
• Betty (Carringer) Seaver (1919-2002), my mother, wife of Frederick.
• Peter Seaver (1942-????), son of Edward and Janet Seaver, in front held by Marshall
• Marshasll Chamberlain (1903-1968), husband of Dorothy, father of Marcia, kneeling in front

My guess is that Edward Seaver (1913-2004), the father of Peter, husband of Janet, and brother of Frederick, took this photograph.  I think the photograph was taken in the Chamberlain back yard at 4601 Terrace Drive in San Diego. 

This photograph was taken in the summer of 1944.  Edward Seaver was in the U.S. Navy and stationed in San Diego.  Janet and Peter had flown from Massachusetts to see Edward before he was to depart for World War II in the Pacific Ocean.  

I enhanced and colorized a black-and-white photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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The Thomas Richmond Family in Massachusetts in About 1888 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #910

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders: 

The people in this photograph are (left to right):

* Charles Percival Richmond (standing, 1880-1910), son of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

* Everett Glens Richmond (seated, 1875-1917), son of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

* Alma Bessie Richmond (seated on Edwin's lap, 1882-1962), daughter of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

* Julia (White) Richmond (seated, 1848-1912)

* James Henry Richmond (seated on Julia's lap, 1886-1913), son of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

* Thomas Richmond (seated, 1848-1917)

* Edwin Thomas Richmond (seated on Thomas' lap, 1883-1935), son of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

* Emily White Richmond (seated, 1879-1966), daughter of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

* Grace Louise Richmond (seated, 1876-1963), daughter of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond.

The oldest daughter, Anne Frances Richmond (1869-1939) was not in the picture.

This Richmond family photograph was probably taken on the Richmond farm in Putnam, Windham County, Connecticut. It was probably taken in 1887-8 (since James, the youngest, was still in a "dress"). - perhaps on the occasion of the 20th wedding anniversary of Thomas and Julia.

This photograph is in the possession of Randy Seaver, and was obtained from the Seaver family photograph collection handed down by his parents.

My grandmother is Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.  Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond are my great-grandparents.

I enhanced and colorized a black-and-white photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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The Thomas Richmond Family in Massachusetts in About 1898 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #909

This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders: 

This picture is of the Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) family taken in Clinton, Massachusetts in about 1898.  Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond are my great-grandparents.  The persons in the picture are:

*  In the back row, standing from left to right: Edwin Thomas Richmond (1883-1935), Charles Percival Richmond (1880-1910), Grace L. Richmond (1876-1963), Emily White Richmond (1879-1966) and Everett Glens Richmond (1875-1917)

*  In the front row, seated from left to right: Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), Julia (White) Richmond (1848-1913), Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) and Anne Frances Richmond (1869-1939)

*  Seated in front: James Henry Richmond (1886-1913) and the family cat (name ????) lounging in front of James.

If this was taken in Clinton, Massachusetts, it was probably at the home of Walter and Annie (Richmond) Pickford. The occasion may have been the 30th wedding anniversary of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond who were married on 20 June 1868.

All of the children living in 1898 are shown in this photograph.  The first son of Thomas and Julia Richmond was Frederic J. Richmond (1870-1875).

This photograph has hung in the hallways of the Seaver and Richmond homes forever, it seems.  Every grandchild of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond had a framed photograph with the names on the back of the photo backing. 

The four sons shown had relatively short lifespans - 52, 30, 42 and 27 years.  I wonder if there was some genetic problem passed through the Y-chromosome in this family line, or if it was just happenstance or environmental factors.  The father, Thomas, died at age 69.

The four daughters had relatively long lives - 70, 87, 87 and 80 years.

My grandmother is Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962), who married Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.

I enhanced and colorized a black-and-white photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

I also used the sepia colored photograph to do a LiveMemory video on MyHeritage. Here it is (click on it to play):

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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Georgianna, Betty and Emily in 1924 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #908

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders: 

This photograph was taken in Buckman Springs, California (east of San Diego, just  south of Pine Valley) in the back-country mountains, perhaps in about 1924 (since my mother looks to be 4 or 5 y ears old). 

The people are Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952, my great-grandmother), Betty Carringer (1919-2002, my mother) and Emily Kemp (Auble) Carringer (1899-1977, my grandmother).  It is a three generation photograph.  My guess is that my grandfather, Lyle Carringer (1891-1976) took this photograph.

My Carringer grandparents would take automobile rides to the back country mountains - to Descanso, Buckman Sporings, Mount Laguna, Campo, etc. and sometimes went with friends.

I enhanced and colorized a black-and-white photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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Randy in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire Graveyard -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #907

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders:

This photograph was taken by my wife, Linda, as we toured England in the summer of 1993.  This graveyard is in Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, where we stayed in a 17th century manor house of the Richmond family.  I have Richmond/Richman ancestry from Wiltshire - my great-grandfather was Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) who migrated to America in 1856 with his family.  In 1993, I did not know if the Ashton Keynes Richmonds were in my ancestry, but I jumped at the chance to stay at a Richmond manor house and learn about the family and the area.

The tombs shown in the photograph are, as I recall, for Richmond family members who resided in Ashton Keynes.  The tombs are weathered and lichen covered, and the inscriptions are, in general, impossible to read.

I enhanced and colorized a colored photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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Betty Carringer At School in About 1925 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #906

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders:

I think that the girl holding the ball on the right is my mother, Betty Virginia   Carringer. She is probably age 5 to 7 in this picture, meaning it was taken in 1924 to 1926.

My guess is that the picture was taken by her father, Lyle L. Carringer at Brooklyn Elementary School (on the block surrounded by Fern Street, A Street, 30th Street and Ash Street) in the Golden Hill neighborhood of San Diego. The building in the background is typical of San Diego school architecture! Betty attended this school, as did all three of her sons.

This must have been some sort of special event - all of the girls have flowers in their hair and one of the boys is wearing a tie (and a flower too!). Perhaps it was an open house and the children were going to demonstrate playing dodgeball or something tamer.

The original black-and-white photograph is from loose pictures found in a box, probably from my grandfather's photo album, that I scanned back in 2009.

I enhanced and colorized a colored photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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My Parents Home and the Cement Truck in About 1982 (Gravity is Ruthless!) -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #905

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders:

Guess what happened here!  Guess whose house this is!  No, not mine...but it is the house that my grandparents (LYle and Emily Carringer) built at 825 Harbor View Place in San Diego in 1951, and that my parents lived in from 1978 until my mother died in 2002.  This event happened in about 1982, but I can't narrow the date at this time.  I cannot find a newspaper article about this event on GenealogyBank (which has the San Diego newspapers). 

The house above is at the foot of a very steep hill (Lucinda Street).  About 100 yards up the hill, a homeowner was having cement poured, and, when completed, the truck started down the hill, and the brakes failed.  The driver managed to turn the truck about 30 degrees to the left before he hit the curb and the brick wall and smashed into the garage (full of stuff, and my father's pink Cadillac).  That stopped the cement truck but ruined the Caddy.  The driver was badly injured. Gravity is ruthless!

My father watched this happen in front of his eyes...he was in the den looking out the window (it's under the V in the roofline) and if the driver had not turned the truck a bit, it would have hit my father and killed him.  My mother was in the kitchen and she would probably have been injured or killed too.  The incident happened in about five seconds from start to finish.  Someone (probably a neighbor) had the instinct to take a picture.  My parents sent it to Aunt Marion, who put it in her album, and Marion's daughter gave me the album!  

The truck was removed, the house was repaired, and my father bought a new car. 

I enhanced and colorized a colored photograph with the Google Gemini 3 and MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  

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Smith, Carringer, Crouch and Loucks Families in San Diego in 1913 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #904

  This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders:

Della (Smith) Carringer did me the favor of identifying each person in her handwriting on the edges of this photograph, and helpfully dated the photograph as taken in June 1913. When I scanned this photograph, I added the names to the digital image. The initial scanned digital image is now lost.

The persons in this photograph are:

* Back row, left: David Devier Smith (1863-1920), brother of Della (Smith) Carringer

* Back row, second from left: Austin Carringer (1853-1946), husband of Della (Smith) Carringer

* Back row, third from left: Elizabeth (Vaux) Crouch (1851-1931), sister of Abigail (Vaux) Smith, wife of Samuel Crouch, "Aunt Libbie" to Della (Smith) Carringer

* Back row, fourth from left: Amy (Ashdown) Smith (1867-1939), David Smith's second wife and mother of Maybelle Smith.

* Back row, fifth from left: Edgar Carringer (1854-1946), brother of Austin Carringer, never married.

* Back row, third from right: Hattie (Vaux) Loucks (1850-1924), wife of Matthias Loucks, first cousin of Abbie (Vaux) Smith, 

* Back row, second from right: Lyle L. Carringer (1891-1976), son of Austin and Della (Smith) Carringer, my grandfather.

* Back row, on right: Matthias "Tise" Loucks (1848-1918), husband of Hattie (Vaux) Loucks.

* Front row, seated on left: Samuel Crouch (1841-1931), husband of Elizabeth (Vaux) Crouch.

* Front row, standing, second from left, next to Sam Crouch: Maybelle C. Smith (1902-1964), daughter of David and Amy (Ashdown) Smith.

* Front row, seated, on the right, below Edgar: Della (Smith) Carringer (1862-1944), daughter of Abbie (Vaux) Smith, wife of Austin Carringer, and mother of Lyle Carringer.

The setting is probably along 30th Street between Hawthorn and Ivy Streets in San Diego - the Carringer house was on the northeast corner of 30th and Hawthorn.

If anybody reading this has any of the Crouch family, Loucks family, or David Smith in their ancestry, I would love to hear from you!

I enhanced and colorized a sepia-colored photgraph with the Google Gemini 3 and MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history.  Della's identifications really helped. 

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The DJ Carringer House in 1900 in San Diego -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #903

 This is a priceless (to me) image in my computer file folders:

This is the house of David Jackson (D.J.) and Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer on the northwestern corner of Ella Street (north-south) and Horton Street (east-west) - presently 30th and Ivy Streets.  The entry steps face south, on what is now Ivy Street. 

The photo was taken in about 1900.  D.J. and Rebecca are enumerated in the 1900 U.S. census at this location.

The persons in this picture are (from left):

*  Harvey Edgar Carringer (1852-1946), son of D.J. and Rebecca Carringer, seated on porch.
*  Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976), son of Austin and Della Carringer, and grandson of D.J. and Rebecca Carringer (seated on top step of the porch)
*  David Jackson (D.J.) Carringer (1828-1902), husband of Rebecca, and father of Edgar and Austin; standing on the porch in the center of the picture.
*  Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901), wife of D.J., mother of Edgar and Austin; standing on the porch to the right of D.J.
*  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), son of D.J. and Rebecca Carringer, husband of Della, and father of Lyle; standing on the ground to the right of Rebecca.
*  Della (Smith) Carringer (1862-1944), wife of Austin and mother of Lyle; standing on the right side of the house.

There is some handwriting at the top of the photo, which is in the hand of Lyle Carringer.  It says:

"D.J. Carringer.  Cor. 30th & Ivy St"

As you can see, there are no other houses in this photograph.  The house of Austin and Della Carringer is on the next block to the south and east, at the corner of what is now 30th and Hawthorn Streets in San Diego.  

This house no longer exists - it was replaced decades ago by other houses.  This is the only photograph I have of this house.  It was probably taken by a professional photographer for the family.

I enhanced and colorized a sepia-colored photgraph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

This photograph is a part of my family history. 

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Betty Carringer at Age 16 in San Diego -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #902

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This photograph is of my mother, Betty Virginia Carringer at about age 16 taken in about 1935 at San Diego High School.  She is wearing some sort of costume as part of her school activities.

I enhanced and colorized a black and white photgraph with the MyHeritage photo tools. 

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Linda In the Patio in December 2025 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #901

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This photograph was taken 13 December 2025 of my wife, Linda Seaver, in the patio of her skilled nursing and memory care facility in Chula Vista, California.  It was a fairly warm day (probably mid-70s F) and she was enjoying the radiation from the sun. We go for walks outside when it's warmer, and walks inside when it's cooler.

This photograph is a part of my family history. 

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Randy's Christmas Picture 2025 in Santa Cruz-- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #900

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This photograph was taken 25 December 2025.  Randy visited daughter Lori and grandson Loigan at their home in the Santa Cruz, California mountains for a week - he hadn't been there for over a year. He got to wear his "Christmas tuxedo" shirt which was a big hit at the 5K run and the restaurant on Christmas Eve.  Grandson Lucas was working over the holidays in Portland, Oregon.

These photographs are a part of my family history. 

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Randy and Linda's Christmas Picture 2025 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #899

  This is one of the priceless (to me) images in my computer file folders:

This photograph was taken 20 December 2025.  Randy visited Linda in her memory care facility and celebrated Christmas that day along with playing Uno with her.  I gave her this Christmas shirt for her birthday and bought myself a Christmas shirt at the same time.  Linda is healthy and fairly alert, but doesn't recall much of our life together for over 55 years.  

This photograph is a part of my family history. 

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Georgianna (Kemp) Auble in San Diego in About 1940 -- (Not So) Wordless Wednesday #898

 This is one of the priceless (to me) images in my computer file folders:

The person in this photograph is my mother's maternal grandmother, Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952).  She lived with her daughter's family - Lyle and Emily (Auble) Carringer - from 1920 until her death in 1952.  I don't know exactly when or where this photograph was taken.  She appears to be about 70 years old, so perhaps in about 1940?  My guess is that the setting is a patio in the back yard of 2130 Fern Street in San Diego. There is a chair on the right side of the photograph, and a floor covering (linoleum or similar).  

I colorized the original black and white photograph with the MyHeritage photo tools in recent years.

This photograph is a part of my family history. 

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