New information regarding the identities of the persons in the photograph has been provided by Sharon Anderson, grand daughter of Bertha McGrath. She stated:"I believe that the young girl next to Uncle Frank is my grandmother Bertha and that Millie is in the second row next to her Mother.
I knew my grandmother very well and I knew of her admiration for her brother Frank and her little brother George and I don't believe she would have been to far from either one. Following is an excerpt from my grandmother's personal history which might have been the reason for the picture being taken.
"I was baptized on 6 December 1903, in the Gila River by George A. Gale.My !! But it was cold.I was confirmed by Brother Clouse on 7 December 1903.My sister, Belle, older than myself,and
my step-sister, Millie,were baptized the same day.We were baptized in full dress in those days;long underwear, long stockings, petticoats, and heavy dresses.When they were hung up after the baptism, they stayed frozen for days".
I also have attached a picture my Grandmother had taken on her wedding day in 1910 eight years later when she was sixteen. I think she looks more like the young girl in the first row than the young girl in the second row."
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I think Sharon makes a good case! And, she supports it with a journal entry...
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