I recently discovered this picture in the collection of family pictures from Cousin Skip (Hansen). It took me a few minutes to figure out who these little girls were, and how they fit into the family tree.
On the back, written in faded ink, is "Marjorie Inez and Evelyn Adele Burroughs August 15, 1905". The picture was taken in Seattle, Washington.
The little one on the left is Evelyn Adele Burroughs (Burrows), born April 11, 1905 and her older sister is Marjorie Inez Burroughs (Burrows), born May 12, 1904. They are the daughters of Don Francis Burrows, older brother to my Great Grandmother Vere Burrows Hansen.
Marjorie was born in California, and her middle name was given in remembrance of Inez Francis (sister to Don and Vere) who passed away in 1899 at the age of 8 in Grass Valley, California. Evelyn was born in Washington state. Adele is the middle name of another Burrows sister, Wanda Adele Burrows Nankervis.
Don used the spelling of Burrows on all of his official records, so I am not sure how the spelling of Burroughs made its way onto the back of this photo. But it is very precious!
My post of July 26, 2020, entitled "A Hurd of Burrows", lists all of the Burrows children (there were 12). I do not have any pictures of Don Burrows, but I have several letters he wrote, as well as this picture. He eventually settled in San Francisco with his family (wife Lillian and their last child Don Steven) and was also a lawyer by profession, as were both of his parents.
Marjorie and Evelyn, it was nice to meet you!
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