24 October 2012

Various photos of Roxa

Roxa Taylor was Vera's mother.
There are other posts with photos of her, but these are the remaining photos I have of her with various members of her family.  Most photos look to be taken around the 1930s-1940s.

Jesse Gray and Roxa Taylor.
Jesse married Roxa's eldest granddaughter, Althea, daughter of Zelma.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber 
Roxa Taylor and Clarence Jensen.
Clarence was Roxa's first son-in-law- he married Roxa's eldest daughter, Zelma.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber
Roxa, Doris, Keith, Vera, and Roy in back holding a baby.
Photo was taken at the home of Doris & Keith Ross
(Doris being one of Roxa's younger daughters)
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber
Roxa with coat on.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber
Zelma in back, Della, Ruth (Ralph's wife), Roxa, Althea (Zelma's daughter), and unknown.
Lady on far right pops up a lot in photos- I wish I knew who she was.
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber
Zelma, "Nanna" (Roxa), Doris, two Ross boys and Keith Ross
From the personal albums of Clayton Huber
Vera standing with mother (Roxa) holding unknown grandchild
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley
"1942, Doris, Nanna (Roxa), Keith, Rex, Cynthia- FRONT Jake, Bryce and Terry Ross"
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Cynthia (Rex's wife) and Roxa Taylor.
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Nana (Roxa) Taylor and Jake Ross (grandson via Doris)
And white dog.
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Doris, Roxa, and baby Gene Nyberg in foreground
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Nyla & Loa (granddaughters) and Nana Taylor holding Alan (grandson)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Ralph holding dog, Rex, Nana Taylor holding Alan (grandson),  Loa and Nyla (granddaughters)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Caption reads: "Our Mom (Roxa) and Clara Jensen (Zelma's mother-in-law).
Gene, Dean, Thea, and Kay.  Two Grandmothers." (Assumed written by Della Nyberg)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Caption reads: "Zelma, Cynthia, Our Mother (Roxa), Deltha and Grandma Jensen.
This is June 1929.  This was the year we had so many babies.
Cora was living in Idaho.  Mart wrote to her and told her we had sure had a mess of babies it made her homesick and she came home to see them." (Assumed written by Della Nyberg)
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
Roxa, granddaughter Althea, and daughter Zelma- 3 generation shot
(Although based on the build, I would guess this is Grandma Jensen (Zelma's mother-in-law) and not Nana Taylor... but I could be wrong)
From the personal albums of Althea Gray
Zelma, and Roxa holding baby
I'm assuming the baby is one of Zelma's but I can't verify.
From the personal albums of Althea Gray
Girl (unknown from earlier photos) with baby, Roxa, and other unknown with little girl
(My guess is it's Roxa with her granddaughters and their kids?)
From personal albums of Althea Gray
Unknown, Roxa, and Della holding small girl
(My guess is it may be a multi-generational shot?)
From personal albums of Althea Gray
Nana Taylor with Jesse Gray sitting in bottom right of photo
From personal albums of Althea Gray

19 October 2012

Della and Doris through the years

Doris and Della were Vera's two younger sisters.
As they spent significant time together as the youngest of 11 living children, there are a handful of photos of them enjoying life together.
* The "personal albums of Gene Nyberg" are the albums he inherited from his mother, Della.  They are all attributed to her assembly and to his wisdom in holding on to them.
"Doris & Della-
Two little girls when they're dressed in blue,
always know just what to do."
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
"Della and Doris when they first came to Lapoint; making their own recreation.  Their nicknames at this time were Day and Dode.  Della is about five, Doris about four.  It's probably 1916 or 1917."
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg
"Doris and Della dress for last day of school program 1923"
From the personal albums of Gene Nyberg

Doris and Della in their teens
From personal albums of Gene Nyberg
"Della, Doris, and little Loa"
From the personal albums of Rhea Merkley
Della Nyberg and Doris Ross
From personal albums of Althea Gray
Doris Ross and Della Nyberg
From personal albums of Althea Gray