Saturday, May 16, 2026

On a Haystack

 I have more than one copy of this picture. There are three different lists of the people in the photo.


"L to R Bill Thomas, Charles ", Nancy ", ?, ?William Ford, Renue Thomas"

"Renew, Thomas, Father Ford, Rosa's [?] little girl, Elmer W, Nancy, Charlie Thomas, Bill Thomas"

"On a Haystack (Bangor, Mich.) Bill Thomas, Charlie Thomas, Nancy Thomas, Elmer W., Father Ford and Renew Thomas with little girl"


After much study and deliberation (and comparing it with other photos taken the same day), here is my official list of the people, left to right -- Bill Thomas, Charles and Nancy Thomas, Wilsie McMurtry, William Ford, Renue, and Georganna Thomas.

Bill Thomas is my grandfather.
Charles and Nancy Thomas are my great-grandparents (Bill's parents)
Wilsie is a cousin visiting from New York (the Elmer mentioned in the first list was Wilsie's brother -- but it wasn't Elmer in the photo, it was Wilsie)
William Ford is Nancy's father (so my great-great-grandfather)
Renue is Bill's sister (my great-aunt)
Georganna is the daughter of Bill's older brother Roy Thomas. 
I don't know if Roy was there that day or not -- maybe he was the one taking the pictures. 

I don't know whose handwriting is on the backs of the photos. The pictures were taken in 1914.

Here are some more pictures taken that same day
PHOTO: Back - Nancy Thomas, Wilsie McMurtry, William Ford, Renue Thomas, Charles Thomas. Front - Mel Thomas, Georganna, Bill Thomas




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