Today I am posting photos of mothers on both sides of my family to honor their memories for Mother’s Day this coming Sunday.
My mom and I:
Florence & Karen, c1959.
My grandmother Hilda (Scaer) Schumm with her three daughters:
Hilda (Scaer) Schumm with daughters Amy, Esther, Florence, c1937.
My great-grandmother Lizzie (Schinnerer) Scaer with her granddaughter Amy (my aunt Amy).
Lizzie (Schinnerer) Scaer & granddaughter Amy (Schumm) Boenker, 1929.
Sarah (Breuninger) Schumm, my great-grandmother, mother of my grandfather Cornelius Schumm:
Frieda, Sarah (Breuninger), Cornelius, Louis J Schumm (1905).
My great-grandmother Christine (Rueck) Miller and her family:
Front: Carl, Jacob, John, Christina (Rueck), Clara, Caroline Miller. Back: Mary, Peter, Jacob Jr, Christian, and Maggie Miller.
Gertrude (Brewster) Miller, my grandmother, with her family:
Front: Herb, Anna Lou, Kenny, Vernie Miller. Back: Carl, Gertrude (Brewster), Ruth, Helen, Kate, Em Miller.
Five generations. Gertrude Brewster, my grandmother, was the little girl:
Front: William Reid, Gertrude (Brewster) Miller, Mary Ann (Cotterell) Headington. Back: Pearl (Reid) Brewster, Elvira (Headington) Reid, c1898.
My great-great-grandmother Emily (Bryan) Reid and her daughter, my great-grandmother Pearl (Reid) Brewster.
Emily (Bryan) Reid & daughter Pearl (Reid) Brewster, 1936.
My grandmother Gertrude (Brewster) Miller and her mother Pearl (Reid) Brewster:
Gertrude (Brewster) Miller and mother Pearl (Reid) Brewster.
My great-great-great-grandmother Hannah (Huey) Bryan, seated with her Bible, and my great-great-grandmother Emily (Bryan) Reid, standing at the far left.
John & Hannah (Huey) Bryan, children Emily, Mary, Hallet, Alta Jane, William Riley, Byantha, c1883
Jeff and me.
Karen and Jeff, 2008.
Happy Mother’s Day to all mothers everywhere.
