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ella holzmann
a shades of the departed special birthday edition: ladies in glasses
Many of my ancestresses suffered from poor eyesight, but only a few of them were ever bold (or perhaps desperate) enough to wear their glasses for the camera. My great-great grandmother Ella was a very fashionable lady and a very strong-willed one. It’s likely she didn’t need glasses until she was middle-aged (her side of the [...]
max and ella, ca 1903
Ella & Max As I have mentioned before, my great-great-great grandfather Jacob was relatively prolific with regards to wives and children: he had at least 2 – maybe 3 – wives with whom he raised at least 7 children over a span of 30 years. This meant that my great-great-grandmother Ella, who was born to [...]
ella, september 1931
Ella was born in what is now Slovakia in 1882. She came on a ship to the United States by herself at the age of 15. She married, had 2 children, got divorced, moved to California and lived until the age of 89. Somewhere in between all this, she went to Glacier National Park and [...]
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