Thursday, October 29, 2009

Identifying Old Photos

I'm still working slowly on my husband's biography, starting with a little background on his ancestors. Allen has these two old photos that were framed and given to him by his brother. Originally they belonged to his grandma Gladys Floyd who had given them to his mom Wanda. Very old photos they are with no names on them. Through the process of elimination we think we have identified them as the mothers of his grandma and his grandfather. See below:

Meet Hattie Catherine Weaver born in 1870 in Texas. She is thought to be part Native American possibly Cherokee Indian. She has the same round face as her daughter Gladys and that helped us identify them.


Meet Nellie Alloysius Mundy also called Alicia born in 1870 in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Both she and her husband were college educated unusual in those days. She rode horseback around the countryside giving piano lessons. They later moved their family to Gatesville, Texas.