Thoughts of my mother, whose birthday was yesterday. Here's lots of photos of her. She died when 86 years old in 2003, and sadly had had dementia about 10 of those last years.
Happy Birthday Mom
Born March 26, 1917, San Antonio, TX
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| Baby portraits, Mataley Mozelle Webb, 1917 |
Her Grandma Eugenia Booth Miller and Mataley and 2 playmates, San Antonio, TX 1922
- I think it likely that this was around the same time as the following pictures however she marked her album.
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| Her mother, Mozelle Miller Webb and Mataley, 1924, the year Mozelle remarried to Fred Munhall |
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| Fairy princess, probably the same year as pictures above, thought it is marked 1926 |
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| 1929 House on Lafayette, San Antonio (Mataley was around 12 but looks much older to me.) |
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| Jefferson High School, San Antonio, TX 1934 |
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| Don't you love the kids peeking out the window! |
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| Mataley with her two younger cousins Patsy Rogers and Robert Rogers, San Antonio, TX 1934 |
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| Bridesmaid before 1936 |
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| Wedding Announcement, 1936 |
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| Nov 21, 1936 San Antonio, Texas |
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| That's probably the San Antonio River. |
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| Probably a photo that she wished had been destroyed, but somehow survived through the years. |
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| Newlyweds and Mother in Law at shared Rogers home |
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| George and Mataley (notice his hair at this time) from my father's album |
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| A hunting we will go, trip with in-laws in Feb. 1937 |
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| My mother, Mataley, George Sr., Uncle Chauncey standing, Ada kneeling, my Dad, George Jr. sitting in front, at tent for camping trip 1937 |
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| Living on their own, on Washington Ave, Beeville Tx, sometime before 1941 (notice his hair is thinner) |
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| Mataley in swing, (pregnant with Barbara,) while Ada and George Rogers Sr are cutting up, Dallas, TX 1942 (The senior Rogers were moving from San Antonio to Houston sometime that year.) |
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| Mataley, George holding Mary Beth, Barbara in front, 1946, Dallas, TX |
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| Barbara, Mary Beth and Mataley, 1947 Easter Houston, TX |
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| St. Louis, 11/23/50 first snow |
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| Mary Beth, Mataley, Barbara at chapel of Principia College, Elsah IL, 1950-51 probably |
My parents moved to St. Louis to enroll me and my sister in Principia, the Christian Science school. We both attended through our 3rd years of college.
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| Mataley, Mary Beth and Barbara with Studebaker, Forest Park St. Louis, Mo 1952 perhaps |
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| Mataley and her mother, Mozelle Munhall with Mary Beth in front, 1954 St. Louis, MO |
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| Mataley, my cousin Claudette Rogers and Barbara, St. Louis, 1954 |
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| George Sr, Mataley in back, Barbara, George JR, Ada and James Rogers, St. Anne MO 1957? |
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| Ada, George and Mataley, St. Anne MO, around 1957 |
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| Mary Beth, Mataley and Barbara, St. Anne MO, 19589-60 perhaps |
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| George, Mary and Mataley in front of home they built in Clayton, MO, 1961 |
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| Family gathering at San Jacinto monument and restaurant. Barbara on left, Mary (back) Russell Heym, Mataley with hand raised, Lisa Miller on right, Zachery Miller climbing steps, probably 1978 |
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| Home in Houston, TX |
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| Mataley and Barb at Disney World Epcot Center 1981 |
I haven't copied many other pictures of my mother that were taken during my adult years, while she became a grandmother. So there are lots of images in my mind that I don't have here to share. I hope you enjoy this glimpse into her life, 1917-2003.
I love the one of George Rogers sr pulling up his socks. Unusual to see any kind of action in photos taken during that period. You have lots of wonderful photos to remember your mum.
ReplyDeleteActually, my guess is that he's putting back on his shoe and sock, after demonstrating his trick of picking up a dime with his toes. At least that's the trick which I remember seeing him do when I was a little girl. You are right, most people would have a photo of them sitting primly and smiling for posterity. Not my Poppy though!
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