Born: October 6, 1864, New York
Died: January 24, 1944
Relation to Author: 2nd Great Grandmother In-Law
The genealogy site Ancestry.com has its strengths and weaknesses. It doesn't have a lot of actual obituaries, birth certificates or death certificates. But it is great for census records and some military records. It also has a lot of ship arrival information. And once in a while, it can be a good source of pictures shared by other users.
The picture in this post is one good example. It is a picture of Grace Fairchild James and her sisters. This picture hadn't been in my wife's family that anyone can remember. Now it is. Enjoy.
From left to right (according to the user who shared this picture) are, Ida (born: abt 1872), Grace (b 1864), Gertrude ("Ted" - born: abt 1867), Alice (born: abt 1864), Mary ("Belle" - born: abt 1862) and Ethel (born: abt 1877), the youngest. Note that Grace and Alice both have 1864 as their birth year. They are not however twins. The 1880 census is not precise enough to give us birthdays but it says that Alice was 16 and Grace 15.
The picture was taken in 1889 - the year that Grace married William Crittenden Adams. I don't know though whether the picture was taken before or after her marriage.
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