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GETTING AN EYEFUL FROM THE BOARDWALK

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  Pretty girls showing off the very latest in sexy swimwear. Fully decked out & completely matching.  Had I been in my 20s in the ‘20s, no one would have been surprised to see me show up in a matching outfit like this number.  Not my fault.  My mother drummed the matching thing into me from the time I was old enough to dress myself and I’ve often been kidded about it – good naturedly, of course.   These gals are ready for a fun time on the beach. Only trouble with skirts in the water – you have to wring them out when you come back on shore. A slimmer line would probably work better. My husband’s grandmother, Daisy May Elizabeth Young on the left, her sister, and a friend sporting two-piece slim-line swimsuits of the day. A daring one-piece.  You’d really have to have the perfect figure for this one! Slim line suits would work better if you wanted to do acrobatics on the beach . . . . . . or dance to a crazy song called “Cleopatra Had A Jazz Band” -...
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MALE FACES ON OUR SON'S ANCESTRAL TREE

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  Our son as a happy, carefree lad in his early 20s . . . . . . all grown up with a wife & 3 grown children. His paternal great grandfather, Harry Edgar Brasier, was a new car salesman who kept the family driving nice new cars. His paternal grandfather, Francis Anthony (Tony) Hoffman, in 1944.  Tony was an aeronautical engineer. Tony in 1960 Our son’s father, my husband, Tony’s son, in 1968 at our wedding . . . . . . and today at age 86. Our son’s maternal 4xs great grandfather, Col. Jotham Sewell Chase His maternal 3xs great grandfather, Frederick William Taylor, M.D. was a doctor administering to gold miners in the field and also ran an apothecary shop in Sacramento, CA during the Gold Rush era. His other maternal 3xs great grandfather, Jeffrey Smedley.  I have no idea what his line of work was.  He had four sons – Issac, John Kinsey , Jeffrey, and Charles. His maternal great great grandfather, John Kinsey Smedley at age 23 or 24.  He was a naval engineer ...
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SISTERS

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  From my husband’s family:  His grandmother, Daisy May Elizabeth Young, seated, with her sister. My husband’s other grandmother, Lillian Ross Pringle on the right with her 3 older sisters, Margaret Ann, born 1858, Mary Elizabeth, ’60, and Florence May, ‘76 .  Lillian was the youngest born in ‘81. Except for Lillian, I have no idea who’s who?  The girls also had 6 brothers. Lillian Ross Pringle Brasier’s two daughters, Phyllis, and my husband’s mother, Virginia.  Virginia was the eldest sister, born in 1910.  Phyllis was born two years later in 1912. Sisters Phyllis and Virginia flank their Mum, Lillian c. 1925 The two sisters kick up their heels. There was a third sister, Peggy, born in 1925.  Here she’s being held by her eldest sister, Virginia – probably around 1927. Now to my family.  My paternal great grandmother, Ella Chase Taylor, is seated with her sister, Eliza Taylor, standing beside her.  Ella was the elder sister and was probably ...
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